I have seen Microsoft do many wacky things to entice developers, but this Flash movie has got to be one the funniest. Ready2005.Com 홈.

Here are some screenshots to give you an idea …

I’ve been giving quite a few presentations lately, and my style means I am clicking about 600 times in 12 minutes. People keep suggesting I get a remote so that I am not locked in front of my machine. What pushed me over the edge was doing a presentation at IIW yesterday where the table holding my laptop was low enough that I had to bend over to click the mouse.

Searching the web for clickers, I came across Salling Software, and their Salling Clicker for Mac. It is software that you put on your phone, or similar device. I have a Treo 650 (another rant there) — so I thought, “Hey, why get another device?”. There is a trial mode so you can see how it works. After figuring out how to get photos off the Treo without it puking about lack of memory, I got the software on the Treo.

As those that know, I am not easily impressed, but this app is quite cool. It will control iTunes, Powerpoint, Keynote, iPhoto, video and a few system functions. Remoting Mail and NetNewsWire don’t work so well (likely because of the amount of data I have). It is all done with scripts, so keeners could add other items.

The cool part was when moving through the Powerpoint slides, your notes show up on the Treo. I can’t wait to integrate that using it into a talk. Screen grab of some of the items …