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Digital_domain_073006Cool to be quoted yesterday in Randall Stross's Digital Domain column in The Sunday New York Times Business section (July 30, 2006). Stross interviewed me at length for the article and mentioned The Corporate Blogging Book "which Portfolio Hardcover is to publish this week." He began by positing that CEOs tend to avoid high-risk activities like sky diving and rock climbing... and blogging. But why? He goes on to cite Sun Microsystems Fortune Digital_domain_073006Cool to be quoted yesterday in Randall Stross's Digital Domain column in The Sunday New York Times Business section (July 30, 2006). Stross interviewed me at length for the article and mentioned The Corporate Blogging Book "which Portfolio Hardcover is to publish this week." He began by positing that CEOs tend to avoid high-risk activities like sky diving and rock climbing... and blogging. But why? He goes on to cite Sun Microsystems Fortune 500 CEO blogger Jonathan Schwartz (the only F500 CEO blogging publicly). Schwartz's comments on his blog in the wake of Sun's most recent quarterly earnings announcement are a "tonic," writes Stross. "Tonic" is a great descriptor, I think, for the effect of Schwartz's blog entry. What Jonathan writes isn't earth shaking but it's a spirit booster and we all know…

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Digital_domain_073006Cool to be quoted yesterday in Randall Stross's Digital Domain column in the Sunday New York Times Business section (July 30, 2006). Stross interviewed me at length for the article and mentioned The Corporate Blogging Book "which Portfolio Hardcover is to publish this week." He began by positing that CEOs tend to avoid high-risk activities like sky diving and rock climbing... and blogging. But why?

He goes on to cite Sun Microsystems Fortune

Digital_domain_073006Cool to be quoted yesterday in Randall Stross's Digital Domain column in the Sunday New York Times Business section (July 30, 2006). Stross interviewed me at length for the article and mentioned The Corporate Blogging Book "which Portfolio Hardcover is to publish this week." He began by positing that CEOs tend to avoid high-risk activities like sky diving and rock climbing... and blogging. But why?

He goes on to cite Sun Microsystems Fortune 500 CEO blogger Jonathan Schwartz (the only F500 CEO blogging publicly). Schwartz's comments on his blog in the wake of Sun's most recent quarterly earnings announcement are a "tonic," writes Stross.

"Tonic" is a great descriptor, I think, for the effect of Schwartz's blog entry. What Jonathan writes isn't earth shaking but it's a spirit booster and we…

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