Future Changes in 2009 – Part 2: Industry Coverage

This is the second in a series about the changes taking place on this blog in 2009. In Part 1, I wrote about the new name. Now, let’s look at industry coverage.

When this blog started in 2005, I wrote primarily about wikis in education. Over time, the focus expanded to wiki & enterprise social software adoption in all types of organizations. I also began to cover industry developments, and that started a series of conversations with people at several software makers, including: 37signals, Atlassian, JotSpot, PBwiki, Wetpaint, and Wikispaces.

In late 2006, I joined Atlassian as their wiki evangelist. I also wrote and published my second book, Wikipatterns. During that time, I focused this blog on the launch of Wikipatterns.com, promotion of the book, and continued my emphasis on wiki adoption strategies and examples. That focus on wiki adoption continues today.

In August 2008, I announced I was leaving Atlassian to build my specialist consultancy and help organizations get the most out of their investment in social software. As part of that, I’m increasing my industry coverage to stay on top of the evolution of wikis and & social software, and help people make informed buying decisions. I’ll be watching and reviewing the latest products and services coming from companies like MindTouch, Traction Software, GroupSwim, Atlassian, Socialtext, eTouch, ThoughtFarmer, and others.

So, here’s a call to wiki and enterprise social software vendors. If we haven’t met yet, please drop me a line, either in the comments section below, or via my contact form.

Next: Advertising

Bonus: Here’s a piece of trivia from those conversations: 37signals first website was a manifesto containing 37 nuggets of “online philosophy and design wisdom”. Number 33 explains the scientific origin of the 37signals name.