Early Christmas Gift…

My Business Partners, whether they know it or not, have given me an early Christmas Gift.  No, it’s not one of those cool little remote control helicopters, although those are pretty neat, instead it’s the fact that they have both launched their own personal blogs.  Why is this such a big deal for me?  Well, anyone that knows me knows that I spent a lot of time in the blogs, I love to read what others in the industry have to say, in most cases I can learn a lot from my peers perspectives, not all of the time, but a lot of the time.  I think that social networking is only in it’s infant stages of development and the Blogosphere is probably going to be the next big frontier we try to wrap our minds around the next few years. 

Now, back to why I am sooo excited about my partners both launching their Blogs, it’s simple.  I have been in this industry a long time and have had the privilege to meet with and work with a lot of different individuals with various backgrounds but in my opinion my business partners both bring a lot of innovation and knowledge to the table that I haven’t seen equaled by anyone else.  Over the past few years i have had the privilege of collaborating with them on various projects, even our own corporate focus, and I have to tell you these guys are pretty sharp and it’s a joy working with them.  I think that if you like to check out my blog from time to time I know you are going to enjoy theirs. Also, by reading our blogs you are also getting an inside track into what’s on our mind, and in my opinion that’s the best way to learn about a company (www.pleth.com) is to familiarize yourself with it’s leadership.

Greg’s Blog: (www.gregorysmart.com)

Greg is a purist when it comes to developing code for client projects, he has more patience than any other developer i have worked with when it comes to standards compliance and code weight.  More than once I have been looking over his shoulder tempting him to “throw a table in there dude…”  He is also very well versed with standards compliance and follows all of the pioneers in that arena like Zeldman, etc.  You can probably always count on his blog being in compliance for both CSS and XHTML.

Stephen “Kegal” Smart (www.kegalsmart.com)

Stephen, or Kegal as we call him, manages most of the day to day behind the scenes business of Pleth, he hasn’t really posted anything yet on his blog, but it’s only been up a few days, but I am speculating that he will probably blog on issues he follows pretty closely like SEO, Domain Registration, Email Solutions, and Management Issues related to owning a Web Development and Hosting Firm.  Kegal is also a pilot so he will probably blog on some aviation stuff that none of us will understand from time to time as well. 

At any rate, I hope that my readers will check out Greg and Steve’s Blogs this next year and see what all they have to offer the industry, I think hat you will agree with me in that they both have a one of a kind take on various topics.