Last week, John Coonen announced that I'll be joining him at The CMS Connection as the new Editor in Chief. In John's own words, I'm there to "zero in on the most intriguing and interesting people in the CMS world, to help you get unique perspectives, advice, 'insider' tips and insights to build your professional skills and make more valuable connections". In my own words, my role at The CMS Connection is to celebrate people.
Over the years, there have been a number of "people stories" that I've had to pass because as a story they seemed out of place for CMS Report. For instance, I've been wanting to write an article about John W. Tuggle from Learning Guitar Now but beyond the news that his site runs WordPress, it becomes an article that is no longer focused on content management systems. As much as I love to write stories such as when Drupal's Dries Buytaert starting up Acquia or my friend Scott Liewehr starting up Digital Clarity Group, I've always been concerned that those profile articles showed bias for a blog intended to report content management news. Yet, I think The CMS Connection has the potential to cover these profile stories very well and allows me to stay focused on CMS as software here at CMS Report.
Update: After several months of solid and dedicated hard work, John and I decided to "pause" our partnership on this project. We moved forward some great ideas but the results of such efforts never fully materialized. However, I personally consider the experience a "pathway" to a better understanding of what we each have to offer for similar projects in the future. The time spent working with John was of great value to me personally.