I was delighted to see that Gary Bolles and Shel Israel at Conferenza have recently re-launched the conference reporting service as a blog! I was a contributor to Conferenza from 1999 to 2003, reporting on many technology events over that time. So, I’m really stoked about seeing the guys again at Demo ’06 in Phoenix, Feb 6-8. Seems it will be an awesome crew of bloggers at this very highly regarded event! Gee, sure hope I can keep up in the company of such greats at Shel, who of course co-authored the great new book just out, “Naked Conversations”.
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First, Guy Kawasaki puts forth his hilarious definition of a blogger — see his blog’s subtitle here. Then Bill Burnham comes out with this really funny earnings report about his blog, tongue planted firmly in cheek. Gotta love it. Bill used to be a tech analyst at Piper Jaffray here in Minneapolis, back in the day. Nice to see he’s now got this much time on his hands. 🙂
And here you thought it was all about writing. Wrong! For the business world, anyway, as it slowly gets acclimated to the blogging phenomenon, there’s a whole lot more listening going on than writing. And that’s a good thing. As I noted in my blog post of January 3 on “Intelligence Mining,” companies will increasingly be gathering knowledge and insights from blogs, especially related to consumer research. They’ll be picking up information that was more difficult or costly to obtain pre-blog, and they’ll be doing that by…simply listening. That is, by monitoring what’s being said about them and their products. So, I thought this piece, recently published by Information Week, would be a good follow-on to my previous post — it’s called Companies Go Bloggy For Marketing.
Got blogged by Doc Searls. Thanks, Doc! You *are* da blogman… I met Doc in about ’98 (we’d been emailing for while before that, in his Cluetrain Manifesto days) — really before the whole blog thing fired up. I recall it was at an Internet World event in LA. I liked him instantly. I think we had a lot in common because we’d both been technology ad guys once upon a time.
Then, he actually came to Minneapolis to cover an event for Linux Journal, and we met up again. Since then, we’ve seen each other at various conferences, including O’Reilly’s, and stayed in touch by email. I’ve gained even more respect for Doc over time — it’s amazing what he does, the great perspectives he provides, the way he so clearly presents and positions things going on out there. The man also has a great quality missing too much these days: humility. I think he personifies the best of the whole blogging phenomenon. And to think it all started with that simple, yet oh-so-prescient quote of his: “Markets are conversations.”
One of my favorite people in the world of technology is Guy Kawasaki — Mac evangelist, Apple Fellow, book author, columnist, and lately a VC. A couple of days ago, he became an ex-holdout in the realm of blogging (I can relate), launching a very nice blog, which he named, quite appropriately, “Let the Good Times Roll.” Why is it a good name in Guy’s case? Because he’s a really funny, entertaining guy, whether through the written word or onstage. But, more importantly, he has such a positive outlook on life, and that includes being a strong supporter of all the great things technology and innovation can do in our lives.
The name doesn’t stop with the above, however: I got a huge kick out of his subtitle, too! It’s his definition of a blogger. Right in line with my mind set — see my post of November 6, 2005, “Of Blogs and Boredom.” Not much has been written about this dirty little secret of the blogosphere, so it’s nice to see someone else calling it out — or at least having fun with it.
I think Guy’s blog is going to carry a whole lot more worth reading, too. Welcome, Guy! And forget about having to blog daily (remember, the non-bored among us don’t care). Hey, even if it’s only a couple posts a month from you, your blog will be great!
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