Back to the Blogging
It's been a while since I last wrote a post, in fact it's been almost two months. However, despite the lack of posts things have been quite busy for me and, unfortunately, I just haven't managed to blog recently, despite having the intention to. So this morning I promised I'd write a post and here it is.
I'm going to try and get back to posting every couple of days with something interesting, but before I get into that, here's a run down on what's been happening.
Role Changes
- The biggest news is that I'm no longer the EditLive! Product Manager, that title now goes to Rob (and he's doing a great job so far). I am still at Ephox and I am still a product manager, only the products have changed. I am now heading up our efforts with both IBM and a new initiative called E2.0. For now I'm going to let that remain a mysterious code-word but you can be certain that there will be some more blog posts about that shortly.
- I'm also no longer in charge of non-IBM integrations with EditLive!. That job now goes to Adrian. This is an area where my attention was often lacking and I think that Adrian is going to do an excellent job.
Travel News
- I spent most of April in the USA talking with clients and attending conferences and came home with a suitcase full of shopping, great feedback on E2.0 and some interesting experiences in capital raising. This time I was in the Bay Area for the whole time which made a nice change from my usually hectic travel schedules.
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I visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium whilst there and I must say it was amazing. If you're ever in the Bay Area and can take the drive from San Francisco down to Monterey then I highly recommend visiting. A few tips though:
- Visit during the week, it was incredibly crowded on the weekend
- Don't go when it's raining
Business News
- I've spent some time recently helping out a few friends with some business ideas. Now, I know from meeting a lot of people in "The Valley" that I'm no business guru, but I do like to help where I can. This has really opened my eyes to a few things and I hope to have some interesting posts about that in the coming week or two.
- I attended the Web 2.0 Expo whilst in San Francisco and was a little awed at the level of attention various technologies were getting. I was excited by some of the demonstrations I saw, while many others had me wondering if another bubble was emerging - I guess time will tell.
- After talking with clients and with many a representative of Enterprise 2.0 startups I was amazed at the growing dichotomy in business software between traditional and cautious approaches to business software and new, innovative and consumerized approaches. Both approaches certainly have benefits and both approaches have often vocal proponents and opponents. We are certainly living in interesting times and I'm going to be very interested to see what level of success Enterprise 2.0 startups (Ephox included) are going to have amongst the traditional enterprise customers and vendors. Whatever happens I'm more convinced than ever that it's going to be a fun ride for the next few years and I'm glad that I'm on board.
School News
- Finally I am back at university, taking a business law subject to get that much closer to finishing my MBA. I've only had one class so far, but it appears that Australia's legal framework may not be quite as dry as I once thought. Certainly having an interesting lecturer helps on that front so a heads up to Gavin Nicholson (unfortunately I couldn't find if Gavin has a blog, so I've just linked to his QUT staff profile).