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February 19, 2008
Welcome to TNL.net. If you like this content, you may consider subscribing to the RSS feed.It’s been kind of quiet here as I’ve been busy with the job search and a number of other matters.
The Job Search
I am reasonably optimistic in terms of job prospects. The silver lining on this cloud, if there is one, is that this has helped me spend a little more time thinking about what I want to do and I’ve come to the realization that, at the end of the day, I’m not tied to one industry or another but I do want to be involved with internet strategy.
As I’m zeroing in on that focus, it appears that opportunities actually abound in that space and that I provide 3 different capabilities: an ability, as a net native, to translate business objectives into actionable internet strategies, an ability to work as a translator between business and IT (as I speak both languages) and a big strength in my ability to manage projects from inception to closure (thanks to HSBC’s superb training in that arena).
Thanks to everyone who’s been helping. It’s been really heart-warming to see how helpful the community can be when you reach out. I was a little anxious when I sent out a blast message to everyone I know but I’ve now learned how kind people are and how random contacts with complete strangers can turn into something more wonderful.
Please keep sending good vibes as I’m not yet out of the woods on this front and am keeping my fingers crossed for potential job offer letters to come my way soon.
Web 2.0 Expo New York
Web 2.0 Expo is coming to New York! I’m one of the advisors for this great conference so I’d appreciate your help. The call for paper is now open and I think we can get a conference that will rival San Francisco’s. As one of the other advisors said in a recent discussion, “this is a town that ships software, not betas”. We have a tremendous start-up scene here in New York so let’s fly the local colors and highlight some of the cool stuff that’s being done here.
Writing
I’m also starting to return to writing. I have to admit that, for the past year, I had been a little remiss in doing some proper writing. I now want to make sure that I’m carving some time out to continue pursuing that. I think what happened was a little of a writing burnout, considering how much energy I expanded in 2005-2006 (really the big writing years as far as this blog is concerned) and I had to let a number of ideas germinate.
At the same time, I found that there were so many excellent voices with original content that I thought I couldn’t not really compete for mindshare considering the high quality of works by people like Jeremiah Owyang, John Gruber, Fred Wilson, Michael Parekh, Allen Stern, etc… and the teams blogging at ReadWriteWeb, PaidContent, TechDirt, Alley Insider, O’Reilly Radar, etc… (this is, by no mean, an exhaustive list as I currently read about 300 feeds) Oftentime, other people would cover a lot of what I was thinking about and thus I felt that my voice or thoughts would not add anything to the conversation.
What I’ve learned in the last couple of weeks, though, is that a lot of people want me to say what’s on my mind and do believe that I have something to contribute even though I’m not so sure that’s the case. So I’m starting to get back on the horse and develop a better handle on some stuff. I’ll start posting to the blog again when I feel that the posts I currently have in draft form are better baked.
So that’s about it in terms of update. Once again, please go and submit something good for Web 2.0 Expo NYC and see you all very soon.
