It's not as if everyone is shifting away from IT, but there are some other sectors like alternative energy, business services, and outsourcing that have drawn a little bit of interest away from IT.

It looks like 2004 was an abnormally strong year for San Diego, and it's now come back down into line with how it's been historically.

It was a pretty strong first quarter.

M&A is a much more lucrative exit for them right now. It is hard to say whether a window will open up again where we'll see strong IPO activity, but I think M&A will remain the more popular exit in 2006.

With Damp coming in, he's bring a lot more energy. That's what we needed from him. I think that's going to get him his drive back.

That just makes the show exciting and more passionate. We tend to vent our energy onstage when we have an argument. It's a lot easier and more natural. We've learned to keep our anger in until the show.