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I gave a talk at eTech two weeks ago. It was a busy time - I was in the middle of my wedding, which was in Brazil, and I actually had to leave Brazil and fly to San Jose to give the talk, have a couple of meetings, and fly right back so that I could rejoin the wedding festivities. We were announcing a collaboration with Microsoft (which has garnered its own attention and criticism, and deserves its own blog posting here, which it will get) as well. I'm also trying out some new themes for talks. I gave over 70 talks last year and although I loved the three core talks I gave much of the year,…