Apologies for my brief hiatus from blogging last week. I was in Santa Cruz for an extended weekend with my wife, which was fabulous…thanks for asking. Also got a chance to catch Wicked in SF. It was a great way to kick off the weekend.

In between Defying Gravity and bird watching on the California coast, I did get a chance to post Part One of an Interview with Microsoft’s Stefan Weitz on Search Engine Land. It was the kick off of a series I’m doing on where Search goes from here. Stefan and I talked mainly about Microsoft’s “Decision Engine” strategy and what Microsoft currently thinks is “broken” about search. An interview with Stefan can’t help but be interesting, so I encourage you to check it out over at Just Behave.

In the meanwhile, I’m still hopping across the country, but am hoping to get a few new posts done on the Psychology of Entertainment in between plane rides and racking up Hilton HHonors points. Why do I feel a compelling kinship to George Clooney’s character in Up in the Air?