I'm back

Several months ago I had an idea for a new company. Through factors ranging from my own naïveté, serious mis-reading of colleague's integrity, and the fact that people get pretty odd when there's a potential for genuinely big money on the table -- my involvement with that venture has ended.  No-one likes sob stories but the highest level shine on this one is that it's been as much of an emotional wrenching as losing my  parents.

And so,,, 

I'm back at where my passion has been for over 18 years -- with the ideas surrounding my core belief that applying collective mental horsepower towards solving problems creates substantial value.   Wikis are one of the tools we can offer, blogs - another.  In days gone by we might've suggested conferencing tools.  As time moves on, we might find ourselves suggesting newer content management systems or any number of social computing environments.

The specific tools matter less than technologists would have us believe.  What does matter is the truth in the statement that everyone is smarter than any one.

It's good to be back.

Tom Portante    Sunday evening, 10 December 2006.