Welcome to the Blogosphere - PVE Design

Recently, I gave a talk at a Wiley Lunch and Learn session where I demonstrated the technical aspects of setting up a blog.  The example I used was a local mom and friend who is an incredible artist. 

Well, the blogosphere will be happy to know that the amazing woman behind PVE Design has her blog up and running.  After reading the first few entries, I wondered what took Patricia so long.  Her spot on observations and careful thoughts are a natural for this format - it’s like she’s been a blogger all her life.  

Subtitled “a penchant for creating an artful life”, the blog treats readers to selections of her art with the backstory on how it came to be.  She also talks about some artists who inspire her.  Even someone who dresses mono-chromatically for fear of clashing colors and who has a daughter who thinks the pink camouflage shirt matches the green camo pants because they’re both camo can be inspired by her writings and art.  Read the PVE Design blog and aspire to greatness! 

 edited to include the hotlink!  see what happens when you write these late at night to post the next day!

Naptown Jams

If you’re interested in learning more about how sales reps approach selling books, get thee to my co-worker Jason Marcuson’s new blog.  Jason is a sales rep turned marketer returned sales rep (couldn’t resist that dig) selling to some of the biggest retailers in the business.  His blog talks about his view of the marketplace (stuff I don’t come across every day) and his love of technology, all with a very opinionated voice.  Do check it out if you’re interested in learning more about that side of our business or just want a good blog read. 

Microsoft 2.0 : The Book

Many of you may have wondered why Mary Jo Foley is listed as a Wiley author when she has not as of yet written a book for Wiley.  “As of yet” is the key word in that sentence.

Today on her Microsoft Watch blog, she announced that she will be coming out with Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft Plans to Stay Relevant in the Post-Gates Era. 

She posted a brief description on her blog and revealed the cover.  This cover process was pretty easy, surprisingly.  The designed submitted several candidates, and when we saw this one, the lightbulb went off and we felt we had something pretty cool on our hands. 

All of us at Wiley are geeked about this book.  Mary Jo’s blog has been required reading for me for a while.   I’m very eager to get her take on what’s the current state of Microsoft and what she thinks it’s future direction will be.   Congrats, Mary Jo!