Guy Kawasaki has a good interview with Mickos here.

My favorite:

Question: Have you had any kind of concerns that MySQL will be run like a "big company"?
Answer: I had those concerns even when we were a small startup! Complacency and arrogance can creep in without your noticing in any sort of organisation. To avoid it, we have taken some specific steps. We have released our software under the GPL thus exposing ourselves to the risk of forking. This keeps us running fast. We have also chosen to serve the fastest paced and fastest growing business in the world such as YouTube, Flickr, Zillow, and Nokia.

This also forces us to run fast. And we have a company culture of no-nonsense and of following The No Asshole Rule by Bob Sutton--pardon my French, but the book by that name is so good. For these reasons, there is no time for complacency. These aspects apply to Sun as well. And if for whatever unlikely reason we would ever encounter some big company behavior within Sun, we will do our utmost to help change it.

Thanks to Steve Rubel for sharing a link to "oh, don't forget." ODF is a cool service that allows you to setup future SMS reminders to any mobile number. That's all it does...no other useless clutter...no account creation, friends, tags, videos...just one simple service done right.

I like it.

A robust file synchronization utility is a must-have for anybody with multiple machines. I have tried many solutions and always found something to be lacking. And then I discovered MirrorFolder.

This product is simple, yet incredibly powerful. I have used it for six months now and couldn't ask for anything more. The thing I like most about this program is that after telling it what files/folders you want synchronized, you just forget about it. MirrorFolder does its thing in the background and without bothering you. No annoying system tray notifications, no emails, no popup windows...just sync'd files.

Using MirrorFolder, I now have my notebook (my primary development machine) happily sync'd hourly with my home server (which backups to iBackup.com nightly). I have yet to notice when the sync happens since it does not seem to impact resources in any meaningful way. While this setup works great when I am working in my home office, it didn't provide a good way to backup when I am mobile.

After researching my options, I decided that an ultra-compact USB drive is the way to go. The Seagate ST90000U2 fits the bill. This little drive is compact (5" x 3.75" x 1"), light-weight, totally silent and gives me 120Gb of portable storage using only USB power (no bulky adapter to lug around). I set MirrorFolder to sync with it when available so when I am travelling, all I have to do is plug in the USB connector at some point and I have a backup of all changes. (If I know I haven't made too many changes, and if I am in a hurry, I just use my Cruzer Mini 4Gb USB stick.)

On my recent trip to San Francisco and Australia, I used MirrorFolder and the Seagate drive. Both performed flawlessly and allayed my fear (paranoia?) about data loss.