An article in the Guardian about MySpace...: "It's really nice to be called a Social Software expert again - particularly after slightly losing my identity inside the monstrous belly of the BBC. I have felt a bit disconnected from the social software community over the last year or so in that while I feel I still have as much to say, I never really get the chance to express it in public. And that makes you invisible and eventually redundant. I'm going to have to try and spend a little more time engaging in the debates of the day from now on, I think."
I know a lot of IA's who work in small and large companies and have a lot of expertise to share, but don't. I want to encourage them. Write a blog. Or a book. The blog is easier, and it gets you almost as much recognition as a book does, so start with that. It's more fun too. But if you always wanted to write a book, that's cool too. If I've learnt one thing from my time online, it's that conversation is what it's all about. I'll shut up now.