Recently, my role as avideouserswitched to thatof a developer when Iwas given a video playerprojectto convertDVDfilesofan awardceremonyforremoteWebpresentation.
The gala carried a theme, "Women, Music, and Diplomacy, " and included anawardpresentation to former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who has long championed the institute.
The "Blister in the Sun" Award for best packaging to highlght an innovative product goes to the Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 , itself an award-worthy mashup of tilt-wheel notebook mouse, presentation remote and laser pointer.