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March 06, 2006Confessions of a Reluctant Blogger
I confess I was dragged kicking and screaming into this world of blogging. Frankly, I don’t think my style is well suited for it. I’ve had 2 books published, and another is almost complete. I prefer to consider and edit my words.
In fact, as I get older I find that I prefer to listen more and speak less, to reflect before I react, to weigh my opinions and be more careful with my words. I have no interest in letting you know what song is going through my head. For example, I haven't weighed in with a reaction to the BEA acquisition of Fuego, because first I wanted to schedule briefings with both BEA and Fuego. I plan to post something once I speak with them. and have some insight to share. Apparently my style is not well suited to blogging.
But it’s all about Web 2.0 now, and I need to change with the times. However, the real issues companies are now facing with SOA and integration implementations are complex and multi-dimensional. Beyond the hype is a lot of hard work. Business agility needs to be designed and planned - it doesn’t just happen by moving faster. It is my belief that companies need to know best practices and frameworks that provide success. They need insights. Am I incorrect in this assumption?
I’d like this blog to be a forum for sharing issues, problems and solutions with our ebizQ community – that’s you. So please send me your questions and comments. I really want to hear what you are most interested in. This is a way to communicate your interests, and that will influence my research and blog posts.
What are the critical issues you are now facing? What do you consider are the most formidable barriers to SOA and integration within your organization? Looking foward to hearing from you.
Posted by bethgb at 03:40 PM in
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Hi Beth,
I think it is great you are blogging. Not because I want to "know what song is going through your head" (or vice versa I'm sure), but because we can interact with each other, and the broader community.
As for "posting first, thinking later", don't. Work the way that makes sense for you... To me, that's part of the power of blogging. But then again, I've never been a stickler for rules!
-Brenda
Posted by: brenda michelson at March 7, 2006 03:08 PM
You're reading my mind! There's definitely a problem with the leap first, look later approach to instant analysis.
Web 2.0 is great for introducing dynamic collaboration. Ideas after the fact often don't survive translation. But as we embrace the goals of real-time collaboration, let's not fall into the trap of "Internet time," where organizations made hasty decisions on the assumption that there was no tomorrow. As it turned out, for many of them that proved exactly the case.
As we embrace Web 2.0, let's keep some perspective: there is a role for real-time idea exchange AND digested analysis.
Posted by: Tony Baer at March 9, 2006 12:42 PM
It's true: A lot of folks say blogging gets you into some bad writing habits, like snap judgements, cheap irony, and moldy cliches. Heaven knows there's enough of that floating around the blogosophere.
On the other hand, I find it makes me more aware of writing as a process, with all those steps forward and backwards and those side expeditions and cul de sacs. I guess it's sort of like a "making of" documentary for any firm conclusions I eventually work out ... my daily rushes. Supposedly helpful souls will appear and leave comments showing me where I'm going wrong ....
Posted by: CB at March 19, 2006 11:03 PM
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