Best of the blogs: Well, one reason is that “employers offer work that drains but never re-fills you,” Nick Corcodilos argues in It rolls downhill. Indeed, too much focus on cost containment and schedule pressure, leaves no time for workers to deliver process improvements and innovation, he writes. “So when you read that glowing job ad about how ‘Your career will take off at our company!’, pause to consider the processes the company uses at work.” Columnist’s corner: Playing around with Microsoft’s RoundTable, Oliver Rist finds that the tabletop device — and its audio-visual capabilities — needs a little beta polishing, but it eventually worked. Microsoft packs A/V Web conferencing features into RoundTable. “And the brains really kick in when someone speaks.” One caveat: You’ll need Office Live Meeting 2007; the 2005 version just won’t cut it. Platforms: What with no iPhone yet and Leopard delayed, Tom Yager wonders exactly what will come out of the upcoming Apple Worldwide Developer Conference. “To pull developers to the Mac and keep them there, Apple needs to give its coders an easily-crossed bridge to mobile and embedded that enhances the reach of their skills,” he writes in Apple WWDC: Nothing to see here? Careers