I attended Mix ’06 this week and had a pretty damn good time, too. Dave Winer says that the conference didn’t make much of an impression in the blogosphere, and that Microsoft only “went with safe bloggers” at the event.
Yes, I take offense at this. I don’t think of myself as a safe blogger. I’m an unpredictable, sometimes shocking, occasionally intimidating and basically completely out-of-control blogger. Yeah, I’m a blogger on the edge. Who knows what I’ll say next, it could be anything. (ok, kidding, but seriously, calling me a safe blogger is like a girl saying you’re a “really good friend” – it sucks).
So Dave, why didn’t you just go? You could have taught us softies a lesson in real blogging. 
Yeah they’re calling you Blogger Lite™ now, some people like Bill’s Best Blogger Boy. And others favor Mr. BOGU 2006.
Mike is a blogger on the edge(io)
Well, I attended the “show me the money” discussion panel at MIX that you sat on and I thought your comments were insightful and you were extremely well spoken and polished. If that makes you “safe” then so what? Why apologize for it?
The ebay guy on the other hand was more than a little weird.
I got a lot of ideas from that session.