Jeff Jarvis: “It is an issue only with the tin-hat society.”
A classic case of the ignorance of the media. The people writing the stories don’t know how web sites work and how common this practice is.
My contributions to the DSI book are all submitted. We’re in review and edit mode from here on out and things should move pretty fast. There is a lot to do, but the heavy rocks have been lifted. Thanks to Jim Minatel for his support and patience. Working with Jim has been a great experience- he truly appreciates the challenges associated with getting these books written. While this is my second book, for a lot of reasons this one has been the hardest. I didn’t have this project in my heart at the beginning. It has grown on me, but there has been plenty of adversity. I think the results are going to be very good in the end however.
I’m tired now- very tired. I’ve spent 20+ hours writing over the past 3 days. I don’t recommend it, but I made it through. I’m taking New Years Eve off, but will return with New Years posts on Sunday/Monday. A big year is coming, and there is a lot to talk about. More writing, some changes anticipated at work, and plenty of personal resolutions to focus on. More soon…
Ray Ozzie: “If 2005 was a year of “changeâ€? for me, 2006 will be a year to “buildâ€?. Much of what I seek to accomplish here is already clear; some is emergent thinking. As plans gel, I very much look forward to interacting with some of our largest customers so they can play an active role in shaping the ‘services transformation’ of enterprise systems in a way that’s material and meaningful to their businesses.”
A lot of interesting comments from Ray. Like many MSFT employees, I’m very much looking forward to more of Ray’s input as the finishing ‘build’ touches are put onto the next wave of products and the rapid feedback of the Vista and O12 beta cycles drive improvement to the products shipping in 2006 and also provide ideas for the next generation of products. Ray’s input into our RTC products, as evidenced by the “always-on ‘portals’” he describes in his post, should be very exciting to see as well. Here’s to 2006 and some exciting product shipments.
Update from Web 2.0 Explorer-Â Ray Ozzie’s Christmas Message
Interesting predictions this year, especially surrounding Google. In this one, Dave predicts Google’s Hailstorm.
InformationWeek has named Robert Scoble as a change agent that will affect IT in the coming year. He’s changed Microsoft to be sure- I’ll be interested to see what he does in 2006.
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