I’ve been thinking about blogging for a long time, but haven’t jumped in until now.

Seth Goldstein and I started a new conference series - Open Data - which is all about opportunities and challenges around the proliferation of API’s, feeds, etc.

OpenData2007 was beyond my expectations, way beyond. The group was diverse - journalists, technologists, VC’s, entrepreneurs and corporate folk. Despite the various perspectives and interests, conversation was passionate, vibrant and insightful.

One outcome is that we’re going to do more of it - a series of discussions - maybe even bi-coastal.

Another outcome is that I am finding my voice. That’s what I’ll do here.

As for my day job, I run a new group within Reuters. From the outside, I thought it was a news company. From the inside what I’ve found is a company that is focused on delivering the utmost quality and timeliness in financial services information. Underpinning that is a set of trust principles that inform and guide the company to be independent and free from bias. My team’s mission is to unlock the vast content within the company and put it in the hands of our customers. It’s the perfect opportunity for a guy like me who loves technology, markets and creative problem solving. There’s a lot of untapped revenue potential.

I don’t know how often I’ll post. That’s partially why it’s taken me so long to make the jump to blogging. We’ll see where this goes…