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If you’ve just (or have recently) stumbled upon this blog, welcome! I’d like to give you a quick sense of why this blog exists, why you might want to subscribe to it, or to add it to your RSS reader, and how to get the most from it.
I’ve been thinking recently about this blog and it’s purpose. Thanks to the excellent ProBlogger site, I’ve challenged myself with the question, “What do I want this blog to be known for?” By focusing on this, I can hopefully work towards making those goals a self-fulling prophecy – but I’ll let you the reader be the judge of that – and please do let me know how I’m doing!
So, first, what this blog is not:
- It’s not commentary or reviews of the “topic of the day.” There are many great sites that provide that service well – no matter what your area of interest. It’s not my thing.
- It’s not a content aggregator. Again, many such sites exist and can provide value with their “links for today”. While I will occasionally point readers to a link I think is particularly interesting or helpful, it’s not my purpose.
- It’s not a review or commentary of vendors or their products or services. Many sites do a fine job, specializing in this – I don’t.
So, what do I want this site to be known for?
What do I want you the reader to feel, and to tell your colleagues?
- It’s a source of valuable ideas for IT leaders.
- It provides a forward-looking perspective on IT organizations and how they can increase the business value captured through IT investments, assets and capabilities.
- It’s a great repository of practical reference materials. Most posts from 18 months ago are as relevant today as a post from last week. So it’s a great resource to search for ideas on just about any aspect of IT management.
So, how can you get the most from this blog?
Fist, subscribe. You will find RSS feeds, and a link to subscribe by email down the right hand column near the top. You’ll find a quick link to add this to Technorati or to bookmark it on del.icio.us near the top of the left column. Or, just make sure you are at the Home page, copy and paste the URL to your reader (I use Google Reader for my tracking of blogs and news I’m interested in, but there are many good alternatives).
Second, there’s a running list of “Top Posts” (i.e., by popularity) down the left column – scan that from time to time, and see why so many people visit these particular posts. There’s also a list of recent posts, further down the left column, and finally links to archives at the bottom of the left column.
You can also look at the tag cloud down the right hand column for tags you are interested in searching on.
Last, but not least, (and one way I actually use my own blog as a reference source) use the search bar just below the header and use the site as you would Google to see what I’ve written about governance, or ITILv3, or social networking, or whatever.
And finally, please feel free to use the comment feature – ask questions, disagree, clarify, debate – engage in the global conversation about IT value realization.
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