Today marks the tenth year that I’ve been writing here. Like all things organic the pace ebbs and flows. Topics evolve and morph. Technologies appear and disappear. Over all this time, the reward that turns out to matter most is the opportunity to make and build relationships.
This week brought an excellent example. I was in New York at the contactcon conference to talk about the work that David Friedman and I have been doing on Collaborating Minds. Besides all the fascinating new people we met at the conference, I was also able to finally meet several colleagues in person that I’ve come to know digitally because I’ve been present here. Both George Por and Flemming Funch were at the conference as well and we were able to expand on our friendship instead of starting them.
A special treat was being able to meet Dave Winer face to face and to thank him for all he has contributed to my work. I started blogging using tools and ideas he created. For that matter I started using his tools for writing and thinking (ThinkTank and Ready) in the very earliest days of personal computing.
Once again my thanks to all of you that I’ve been able to meet and get to know from this outpost on the Web.
Congratulations, Jim. Incidentally, I am in Boston this year, so give me a bell if you’re in town.
Thanks Espen. I may well be in Boston next month for a short bit. Will give you a shout if I make it there
Keep at it, Jim. I’m in Boston for short bits every weekend lately.
10 years.. Your blog is like a dinosaur amongst the other newbies’ blogs.
Totally oldschool!
Congratulations, Jim. Don’t stop writing!