Spencer F. Katt

The Tawny Titan of Tattle hustled through Times Square, dodged the Naked Cowboy and took a cab to the posh 21 Club on 52nd to cover a schmoozefest at the venerable victualer sponsored by BEA and Blue Titan. The event was a potpourri of Wall Street software analysts, vendors and the press. There was plenty […]

Not there! Not again! But yes. Spencers editor was having a J. Jonah Jameson moment and was not to be crossed. He insisted that the Enterprise Enquirer repack his duffel and fly to Vegas. It didnt come at a good time; the risk-loving Ringmaster of Rumor had just lost more than one paycheck in an […]

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Spencer was one famished Furball when he slipped into the Portland Marriott Downtown hotel to attend the OReilly Open Source Convention. Except for the few SpongeBob crackers he had pawed from his neighbors tray on the morning flight, the Mouser hadnt eaten a morsel in more than 30 minutes. Alarm spread over the Intrepid Interrogators […]

Coming up for air after vendor meetings in the Big Apple, Spencer sat in Central Parks posh Tavern on the Green restaurant and pondered last weeks ruling by the Ninth District Court of Appeals declaring that bloggers cant be held for libel for any info they publish on their Web sites. But, the Beacon of […]

From: spencer_katt@ziffdavis.comSent: Monday, June 30, 2003 12:18 AMTo: eWEEK readersSubject: Livin off the land Back from the road, Spencer was fidgeting in his cramped apartment when the idea hit him. Camping! But where? That very evening, the bucolic babbler was sipping from a bottle of cold duck, while a few yards away, the Boston Public […]

From: spencer_katt@ziffdavis.com Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 12:38 AM To: eWEEK readers Subject: Clintonian curveball dulls Sapphire luster “Well, I guess the IT biz aint over till its over,” the Furball formulated as he spied baseball great and philosopher Yogi Berra schmoozing with CeBIT attendees at an MCI booth. Once again, June found the tech […]

From: spencer_katt@ziffdavis.comSent: Monday, June 16, 2003 12:31 AMTo: eWEEK readersSubject: Sneaking snacks, facts in Frisco As Spencer checked in to San Franciscos Nikko hotel to attend this years JavaOne conference, he was startled to see a figure as sweaty as James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, after a 2-hour gig, dash across the lobby. The […]

From: spencer_katt@ziffdavis.comSent: Monday, June 9, 2003 2:40 AMTo: eWEEK readersSubject: From Tech Ed security bashing to Salesforce.com gate crashing Upon downing a double bourbon in the Dallas/Fort Worth airport last Monday night, Spencer felt himself getting as corked as Sammy Sosas bat. But he needed the drink after spending all day and most of the […]

“Ich bin ein Penguiner,” caterwauled Herr Katze from the wall of Building 34 of Microsofts Redmond campus before security guards chased the fantasizing Feline from the property. SFK had thought his JFK impression would stir up more ire from the Redmondites than it did, considering recent reports that the burgermeisters of the German city of […]

“Chicago, Chicago / That toddlin town. … ” The tone-deaf Tattlemeister emulated Ol Blue Eyes as he wended his way to the Windy City last week to attend the Information Builders Summit User Conference. Although Spencers main mission was to meet and greet the “InfoElite” at the Hyatt Regency, he wandered across the hall to […]

The road-weary Kitty was finally home after living out of a suitcase during a two-week road trip of booze, schmooze and rumors of news. In a week where Microsoft couldnt decide whether to commit or get off the pot when replying to queries about its fabled Web-enabled iLoo commode, Spencer was happy to be back […]