I recently had the distinct misfortune to misplace my cell phone. Yup. I lost the darn thing. As I searched frantically to find it, one day gave way to two days, which gave way to a week. For those five days it seemed like I was unplugged, out of touch, dejected. It was awful. Getting a new one turned out to be quite a pain in the patootie as well, as I quickly learned that my wireless carrier’s customer service was apparently trained at the same place as my last accountant (the Proverbial School of Un-Accountability).

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What do Atlanta-based MfgQuote.com and upstart RFQWork.com have in common? One is highly capitalized, the other is not. One has a robust transaction platform, the other does not. One is the proverbial Goliath, the other his potential David. Both have communities behind them, but as you’ll see in this article, a “community” can mean a lot of things.

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It never ceases to amaze me how many companies spin their wheels when it comes to their software development methodology.

There is no single methodology that is a panacea for all things process related.

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I’ve decided to try something a little different here at the Pothole, and I must confess that I am not quite sure how this will play out in the end. As with so many of you, I come into contact with an abundance of talented, motivated people during my business networking travels. We are fortunate here in Atlanta to have so many wonderfully talented entrepreneurs, executives, and investors, and I never tire of meeting them and learning more about what their individual pursuits entail.

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My friend and fellow Columbus-ite Ricky Steele will again be the speaker at the 2006 kick off meeting for the TAG Entrepreneurial Forum Series. If you haven’t had the privilege of seeing Ricky present, you have really missed out. On top of being the “guru” of business networking, he is also one of the funniest guys you’ll ever meet. He’s a stitch.

Ricky will be sharing his new presentation entitled Deeper Into The Heart Of Networking. This presentation will expand on the ideas shared in his 2004 book, The Heart of Networking. If you haven’t read this book, drop everything you are doing and get thy rear end down to the nearest bookstore and pick up a copy, or order one from his web site. This book is essentially $10,000 worth of free networking coaching jammed into 100 or so pages.

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Tonight I attended the monthly meeting for the Atlanta Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN). As usual, it was a great affair, with around 30 folks gathering at the Oracle’s Atlanta field office. IT veteran and SPIN board member, Ron Wojcik, delivered a fantastic presentation on how a formal project management approach can be integrated with a software development methodology.

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For those of you who are members of The Kettering Executive Network (an executive networking group here in Atlanta), I am scheduled to deliver a presentation which will closely follow some of the material in my upcoming book, Managing Your Social Capital.

I will be presenting on Friday, January 6th, 2006, at 10:00am. I believe the meeting will be held in the offices of Seibel Systems at 1 Glenlake Parkway.

Kettering events are by invitation-only, so if you are not a member, and would like to have the presentation delivered for your organization, by all means, let me know.

I look forward to seeing you all there!

Cheers.
Scott