Full time blogging- day 1

By Jul. 23, 2008, 6:32am PT 35 Comments

Today is the first day of the rest of my life.  OK, that’s a pretty old cliche but like many of them it rings true in this case.  I should start off by thanking all of the good folks who have reached out since the announcement went live that jkOnTheRun has joined the GigaOM world.  The outpouring of thanks and well-wishes has been monumental and very touching.  The great community here is one of the major reasons that Om Malik wanted us in his family so rest assured you played a big role in this for us.

Since today is my first day as a professional blogger it makes sense to share some of the thoughts I have about how I will approach this.  I am a heavy mobile tech user and that will not change as that is who I am at the basest of levels.  Today started like any other if you count getting 150+ emails overnight normal.  It seems I heard from everyone I know about the big GigaOM deal and it’s been great. 

My early morning routine has changed since I picked up the iPhone 3G, and I feel it’s for the better.  The first thing I do each morning is catch up with my email followed by tracking my RSS feeds for items that interest me that appeared overnight.  The iPhone 3G has become my go-to device for those two chores because it handles it so well.  Even with the deluge of email waiting for me this morning I sped through them all on the iPhone in just a short time.  I responded when necessary and spun through the rest with ease while sitting in my comfy chair in the living room.  True mobility at work.  I then opened up Google Reader on the iPhone and hit my RSS feeds.  The iPhone interface that Google has developed for Reader is masterful and I was able to spin through hundreds of items in short order.  I tapped the star for items to save for later or tapped the article title for those I wanted to read right then.  Google Reader for the iPhone opens the article inline when I do that so reading quick items is much faster than on the desktop version.  It is simply masterful how they have made this mobile version work.  I was able to spin through things quickly even though I was reading more items inline than I usually do because so many of them dealt with our deal with GigaOM.  I am amazed at how big this news was considered in the tech world.

Once I finished my RSS feeds I got me a bowl of fresh fruit for breakfast and made the commute to the office.  Even though it was pouring rain, a gift from Hurricane Dolly, the commute to my office took 10 seconds.  That’s the joy of blogging full-time.  :)  Speaking of Hurricane Dolly, where did that come from?  I’ve been so heads down with this blog deal that I totally missed it was coming!  This commute is the real beauty of being a blogger.  :)  I will be assessing how my change in work affects my current technology strategy and I will share that process with you over time as it unfolds.

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