I wrote - or rather ghost wrote - one book. Never again. The process is far too time consuming and tiresome.
What has not changed - now that’s something I come back to now and again as I occasionally trip up over content from my past life colleagues and acquaintances.
I plan to write two books but no idea when ;-) -- the first is a memoir and the second is a book about why being an outsider is an opportunity. Both fall into your broader sustained lessons vs. point in time observations category (although the memoir is also a bit of a dark comedy...)
Frank, one of my readers told me books are the highest value product mankind ever conceived. He said Authors distill years of research and experience which can be consumed in a few hours at pennies a page. Actually That’s one reason to NOT write books :) most of the economic value accrues to middlemen not the author who would be better off selling their expertise as advisory or IP. I have written 10 books because they force me to do a lot of primary research via interviews and case studies not just regurgitating what vendors or media present. I monetize them via speeches, advisory, videos, blogs etc
Hi Vinnie, thanks for the reply. As you may have guessed, you are one of those long time associates that I was thinking of when I wrote the first end note.
Frank, overdue I think is a 50 year look back on packaged enterprise applications business software. Which packages sold like hot cakes and stuck around, because of how they innovated, made easy to use. Or caught the tailwinds of technology innovation such as SQL or Windows from priority hardware to the PC-era and now back again post-PC to custom AI chips. Perhaps some insight on how vendors marketed: SAP, Oracle and Salesforce come to mind.
Good for you!! I am with you.
I wrote - or rather ghost wrote - one book. Never again. The process is far too time consuming and tiresome.
What has not changed - now that’s something I come back to now and again as I occasionally trip up over content from my past life colleagues and acquaintances.
I plan to write two books but no idea when ;-) -- the first is a memoir and the second is a book about why being an outsider is an opportunity. Both fall into your broader sustained lessons vs. point in time observations category (although the memoir is also a bit of a dark comedy...)
I’d read them both!
Frank, one of my readers told me books are the highest value product mankind ever conceived. He said Authors distill years of research and experience which can be consumed in a few hours at pennies a page. Actually That’s one reason to NOT write books :) most of the economic value accrues to middlemen not the author who would be better off selling their expertise as advisory or IP. I have written 10 books because they force me to do a lot of primary research via interviews and case studies not just regurgitating what vendors or media present. I monetize them via speeches, advisory, videos, blogs etc
Hi Vinnie, thanks for the reply. As you may have guessed, you are one of those long time associates that I was thinking of when I wrote the first end note.
Frank, overdue I think is a 50 year look back on packaged enterprise applications business software. Which packages sold like hot cakes and stuck around, because of how they innovated, made easy to use. Or caught the tailwinds of technology innovation such as SQL or Windows from priority hardware to the PC-era and now back again post-PC to custom AI chips. Perhaps some insight on how vendors marketed: SAP, Oracle and Salesforce come to mind.
Hi Clive, that would make a great book! Oh, wait.