Monday, February 07, 2005

new digs for big chief tablet. likely, not earth shaking news, but the big chief has moved to userland radio. i figured that if Manila is used at work, then radio should be used elsewhere. plus, the userland team has been very good to me as i have learned blogging over the past few months and i could at least renumerate them in some manner. over the next few posts, i will attempt to provide an account of my journey through the blogosphere. not that my tale is illuminating in any special manner, but to help provide a road map for others that may follow. this may be meaningful to others who are attempting to incorporate blogs within a large scale corporate environment. i say large scale corp environment as my company is a F500 company and my efforts have been relatively single handed to this point. to me, both of these elements are significant as size/corp hierarchy is a major roadblock and being an individual voice in a sea of thousands is another non-trivial element. not that i have been without major assistance. in fact, there are many people that have helped me along this journey. first, all of the blog pioneers that created this entire landscape. Locke, Winer, Searles for Cluetrain. to me, without Cluetrain, the entire blogging experience is without a reference point. it is something that we can always use to ground our phrases and expostulations. blogging sets the Cluetrain in motion and the Cluetrain gives blogging a reason. for me, the two are intertwined, like a Yin/Yang symbol. in fact, if Hugh ever stumbles across this, maybe, he could artistically represent this on a card. symbols aside, i only blog because it helps to create a conversation with the market. my second influencers have been the bloggers out there now. Rick Bruner was a very early influence and he was my first window into the possibilities of business blogging. Scoble and Channel 9 came next and each demonstrated that a company need not fear blogging. others quickly followed. notably, Evelyn, Hugh, Johnny, Halley, Jennifer and recently, the Head First gang. Each of these people helps me to envision what can be accomplished with a blog. finally, before beginning the story, a great deal of credit goes to the Userland folks that have answered so many stupid questions of mine. they have also been incredibly patient with my continual benchmark requests that are foisted upon me by the various IT/web people within my corp. without the support of Scott Young and his team, i would have punted the quest a long time ago. so, now the story can be told....however, like a good suspense writer, the reader will be kept waiting until the next installment. stay tuned. i promise it will be worth reading. 11:29:10 PM

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