Last year I started following the progress of a new media company called Xuropa, started by James Colgan.  James is a marketing guru who has worked for EDA companies like Sonics and DAFCA, each time working to make their programs stand out a bit from the rest of the EDA crowd.  A few weeks ago, we got together over coffee in downtown Redwood City to talk about what Xuropa was up to and look into how Cadence Design Systems has  jumped in with both feet on the new site.