Kevin,
I’m sorry the folks who did a lot of hard work 2-3-4-11 years ago didn’t get enough credit–really I am. That happens all the time in business.. folks who do the real work are not allowed to talk and don’t get credit.
… but that has nothing to do with me!
Everything I stood for at AOL was empowering the people in the trenches. I never asked for credit for AIM Lite or AOL Search… if I got it that’s because other folks were not blogging–BUT I’M THE GUY WHO KEPT PUSHING EVERYONE TO BLOG!
If I really wanted to take all the credit I would have/could have pushed people NOT TO BLOG and been the one voice of AOL in the blogosphere. I didn’t….
In fact, I did the opposite… I went to the communications department and Miller talked to them over and over about the value of letting our product people blog. I told them the risks were low and the rewards were high… I fought–and won–that fight more than anyone did.
In fact, me even being at the company was a big test to see how “AOL Open” would work–and it worked.
You can take shots at me now that I’ve left, that’s fine… but I fought for *your* right to take those shots and I hope you realize that!
Rock on.
best j