Being Peter Kim: Now's the time, the time is now [del.icio.us]

My digital yawp over the desktops of the world. Focusing on marketing, advertising, and culture-at-large. Now's the time, the time is now Now's the time, the time is now Today is my last day at Forrester Research. On Monday, I'll officially be joining Jeffrey Dachis to build a new company focused on enterprise social computing. You may have heard about this venture a few months ago. Why am I leaving? Because I believe this new company offers both professional and personal growth opportunities. I've learned a lot at Forrester over the past 2.5 years about effective writing and public speaking/presenting; along the way, I've won internal "Best Research" and "Top Keynote" awards. And there are other skills I've acquired elsewhere that will now be put back into play, e.g. strategy formulation, project management, technology... [read full story]