Best quip I’ve seen re MSFT/Skype: RT @xriva: Microsoft Skype: The Blue Screen of Voice. (via @Pogue)

@timothyjoreilly Neither the stock market nor I see this deal increasing shareholder value $8.5 billion (MSFT down >1% today).

@anders94 I’m not able to go to the Robotics event tonight; My wife and I have a standing date to go dancing on Tuesdays.

With Skype, Microsoft is throwing money after ever-elusive synergies; it won’t earn the $8.5B purchase price back for decades if ever. #yg

Making digital media pay: Fortune is selling its “Inside Apple” article as a $0.99 Kindle Single; no Web version. http://amzn.to/ivdbK2 #yg

Off to the International Steampunk Festival in Waltham today. I’m eager to view the latest Mechanical Phenomena on exhibit there.

Northeastern University graduation at Boston Garden / North Station today. Perfect day for a lot of very happy grads.

@jksloan @JeffreyBreen Jeffrey’s presentation was awesome. You expected otherwise? Here, let me note your name….

Apple has released iOS 4.3.3, which deletes iPhone and iPad location caches older than a week and to not sync that data to PCs ever. #yg

What he said: May the 4th be with you. Happy #starwarsday (via @jksloan)