i know this is not the best title to start a blog post, but i just finished up a great brainstorming session for our team's fy09 strategy (msft's fiscal year ends at the end of june) and we discussed how important it is to have an online connection with the community. I agree whole heartedly, but i just don't want to do it with a blog.

not that i don't think that there are some fantastic blogs out there. i have my blog reader filled with great feeds from both my colleagues at microsoft as well as some great ones from the community. however, it is just not where my passion is. i much prefer to be out talking to folks and interacting. however, that becomes challenging when we start talking about scaling to reach such a large audience. there are all kinds of social communities that i participate in and i find the short "status" reach is what i prefer.

so does that mean that i abandon my blog? not hardly. but it does mean that my focus will be on other methods of reach (if you have ideas, drop me some comments) instead of only my blog. let me know what you think.