So, What Have I Been Up to Lately?

Glad you asked. Would you believe I launched another blog? That’s right, I’m a glutton for punishment. It’s actually a blog for my business.  (So, I guess that means this one becomes my personal blog)  The new blog is the first online wrinkle for a new practice of my consulting firm (GT&A Strategic Marketing), which I call NewMediaWise — so that’s where you’ll find it.
Its purpose is to explore the new world of marketing that’s being enabled by social media tools and technologies.
Design of the site is by Geise Design. Randy and I have worked together much in the past, including when we did interim gigs together for the launch of BestBuy.com back in 2000. Randy’s a real master at web site design and development, and is particularly adept at ExpressionEngine™, an amazing platform behind many great sites (such as PaidContent.org and iLounge). I’m looking forward to getting the rest of the site built out.  Meantime, I’ll be blogging there about all things new media and marketing related. Here at Tech~Surf~Blog, I’ll continue to write about all kinds of other topics, including my coverage of tech conferences…and, of course, a little surfing from time to time.  If you’re interested in new media and marketing, I hope you’ll get a chance to check out the new blog and become a reader there as well.

What else have I been up to?  Well, I was quoted twice in the media in the past week or so — first in a business article in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, and then in an article on "The Business of Blogs" in the December 2007 issue of Twin Cities Business magazine (but that site doesn’t yet feature the current issue at the time of this posting).  So, its been a busy November so far.  Happy Thanksgiving to you all, and now bring on December!

UPDATE (the day after Thanksgiving): Oh, I almost forgot another thing: Tech~Surf~Blog was named one of "Top 100 Analyst Blogs" by Techobabble 2.0 (a blog written by an Edelman PR exec in the UK) . Can ya beat that?