One of the best things about the future is robots. This isn’t the future that we live in, but the future we were promised as kids. This is the future with flying cars and jet packs. While at CES 2010, I had a small encounter with one of these relics from the future. A pet robot dinosaur named Pleo.

Ugobe, the company that made the original Pleo, went out of business and dashed my hopes and dreams of ever owning my own pet robot dinosaur. Luckily, Innvo Labs brought the Pleo back and made some awesome improvements.

I had the pleasure of speaking to Derek Dotson at CES 2010 about the Pleo’s second coming and the improvements made to the unit for the second release. Check out the interview in the YouTube embed and see more of my CES coverage and see all the videos the team produced at CES at TechPodcasts at blip.tv

Starting today, I’m a contributing blogger over at Upstart Blogger. For a long time I’ve wanted to write about the creative process, and I feel the Upstart Blogger community is the right community to share this writing with.

The first post is titled The Virgin Notebook Beckons. Answer the Call. It’s a post about the allure of a blank notebook and the obstacles that you may self-impose before starting a new project. Upstart Blogger has been a great resource for bloggers (I was using Upstart Blogger WordPress themes for a long time), and I’m looking forward to having a conversation with the Upstart Blogger audience and I hope that you’ll join me over there.

Referenced: The Virgin Notebook Beckons. Answer the Call.