The Book ...

After months of discussion, good humored debate about content, topics, chapter structures and the like Los Quatro Amigos (John Zysman, Stu Feldman, Niels Christian Nielsen and myself) finally got down to some real work on "The Book".

Wharton Press have signed on as enthusiastic publishers for the project. With four co-authors on the project we were in serious need of a CAW (Chief Author Wrangler). The press were kind enough to find us one of the best in the shape of Karl Weber who recently authored, Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism, written in collaboration with Dr. Muhhamad Yunus.

The first working session was held at the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley over four days last week.

Unfortunately Stu could not be with us in person but he valiantly joined us over a high tech conference link dodgy phone connection.

From left to right: Niels, Karl and John, me behind the lens.

It a little too early to go into specifics about the topics we're going to cover. However, in the words of Gertrude Perkins it will either be "-- a giant rollercoaster of a novel in four hundred sizzling chapters. A searing indictment of domestic servitude in the eighteenth century, with some hot gypsies thrown in..." or it will be compelling read about the long term impact of Moore's Law on the development of the global service economy.

In the words of Baldrick, it looks like we've finally started our "Magnificent Octopus." More to follow...