Change is in the air
May 11th, 2008 | by David |I am writing this post while on a flight from Salt Lake City to Houston. I’m wrapping up a week of vacation in which I got a lot of sun, ate and drank just about anything I wanted and spent a wonderful couple of days in a great Salt Lake City hotel. To top it off I’m sitting in first class thanks to cashing in a couple of years worth of frequent flyer miles. First thing in the morning tomorrow I head to Las Vegas for a week of Ariba activities. I enjoy the luxuries I experienced over the last week and what I’m sure I’ll see in Vegas next week, but that stuff doesn’t drive me. And that’s why I feel like this week and next are almost a type of last hurrah.
Supplier View is going to happen. I just spent the last hour putting more effort into better articulating the vision I have for what this application is going to be. I have documented milestones from the group handling the development of Phase 1. In June, I expect to have a Beta version out ready for real live users. I’m anxious to talk with some of the people that have shown interest in what I’m doing, I’m still looking for that person that will be the Chief Technology person and a true ’skin in the game’ Supplier View partner.
The leather first class seats, margaritas on the beach and visits to the 40/40 Club are all great but I’m going to give that up for the opportunity to work on something that I feel will be a game changer or a curve jumper as Guy put it. If things go well maybe I’ll be sitting back up in first class again in a couple of years but until then I’ll happily sit wherever I need to to get this idea turned into reality.
