I’m going to try to get back on top of things starting this weekend.  So wanted to update the blog briefly.

1. A completely rebuilt Swivel Business launched last week.  I’m proud of the work the team has put into it.  It has not been easy, and there is still a long way to go, but I believe this product is a solid stake in the ground.
2. I’ve been training for a triathlon.  I’m not sure which one, but I have been swimming, biking and running 6 days a week.
3. I’m running The Relay in early May.
4. I was recently at P-Camp ’09, and unconference for Product Managers.
5. Visnu, Brent, Huned and I participated in Rails Rumble in October.  We built Gentrifire, which came in 29th, but got good press.
6. I’ve consolidated the best blog posts from Attemptry into this blog.  It was too hard to maintain two blogs.

As part of the blog consolidation, I reviewed a number of old posts.  It’s amazing how much reading and thinking I was doing last year.  Especially in relation to how little I am doing right now.  I just haven’t seemed to have had time.

Hopefully, I can get my life to balance a bit better and begin to write more interesting posts again.

The dialog in the comments below the post contains as much valid insight as the post itself.

The general, logical, consensus from the discussion is:

1. Invitation only soft launches are good from an engineering perspective. They let you test your product in a friendly environment and help you ensure that it’s stable and ready for the big time.
2. When your product is ready for the big time, then you can do a Hollywood style launch that builds up a bunch of buzz and gets people excited.