How often do you get to have dinner with a legend of the computing world?  Last night I was honoured to play host to Jim Bair, who is a Director at Qumana, and his friend Cece Royal.  We had an amazing dinner at the Artist's Bistro here on Salt Spring.  I hadn't been there in a long while, so I was more than a bit nervous.  Well, many folks told me, and them, that it was (it is!) an excellent resturant.  I guess it is pretty good because famous Salt Springer Randy Bachman (Guess Who, BTO, etc) was there having dinner with his wife (who is a gifted basket weaver and gardner, btw) and some friends as well a couple tables away.
 
Anyway we talked about Qumana, of course, politics (come on with two Americans and an American ex-pat, it's going to come up), and technology.  Who better to talk about technology than Jim.  You see Jim is a pioneer of computing.  He helped shaped how we work with computers in very fundamental ways.  Networking, human interface design, knowledge management, the mouse.  Yeah, THE MOUSE.  He helped invent it.  Cece is a technical writer for HP, so she had a lot to contribute to the conversation as well.  So, here on the left is a mouse, signed by Jim, for my friend's 16-year-old daughter.  I know that this mouse has now been retired and will be displayed with honour.
 
Jim and Cece, thanks for a great dinner and I'll see you at the AGM on Thursday!
 
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