http://www.platformonomics.com/2006/10/a-new-approach-to-earnings-calls/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:01:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.platformonomics.com/2006/10/a-new-approach-to-earnings-calls/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Charles Fitzgerald Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:09:21 +0000 http://66.147.242.168/~platfor7/2006/10/a-new-approach-to-earnings-calls/#comment-47 <p>I wish I'd blog more too. Part of it is the lack of time, part of it is that ideas that pop up in my day job are often less valuable if shared with the entire world.The book would be historical by the time I get around to writing it. Whatever other parallels there may be between Microsoft and the CIA, there is no vetting process at Microsoft for blog posts or books.</p> I wish I’d blog more too. Part of it is the lack of time, part of it is that ideas that pop up in my day job are often less valuable if shared with the entire world.The book would be historical by the time I get around to writing it. Whatever other parallels there may be between Microsoft and the CIA, there is no vetting process at Microsoft for blog posts or books.

]]> http://www.platformonomics.com/2006/10/a-new-approach-to-earnings-calls/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Rohan Jayasekera Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:59:00 +0000 http://66.147.242.168/~platfor7/2006/10/a-new-approach-to-earnings-calls/#comment-46 <p>I'm curious why you can't blog about the things you'd most like to.I gather that these are things "in which you have a stake", but if you can't blog about them now, how will you be able to publish them in a book?Is it that the book will be checked by Microsoft to ensure that nothing secret is being revealed?Whatever the requirement, I wonder whether it could be extended to your blog as well.If, for instance, the vetting process (if that's what it is) involves too many people or takes too long, perhaps that could be streamlined.Or is it that, for instance, vetting necessarily involves senior people whose time would be available to vet a single book but not multiple blog posts?I ask because I very much appreciate your excellent insight in this blog - thanks! - and think it's a shame if you can't blog more, especially about what you'd most like to, and what you're most expert on to boot.</p> I’m curious why you can’t blog about the things you’d most like to.I gather that these are things "in which you have a stake", but if you can’t blog about them now, how will you be able to publish them in a book?Is it that the book will be checked by Microsoft to ensure that nothing secret is being revealed?Whatever the requirement, I wonder whether it could be extended to your blog as well.If, for instance, the vetting process (if that’s what it is) involves too many people or takes too long, perhaps that could be streamlined.Or is it that, for instance, vetting necessarily involves senior people whose time would be available to vet a single book but not multiple blog posts?I ask because I very much appreciate your excellent insight in this blog – thanks! – and think it’s a shame if you can’t blog more, especially about what you’d most like to, and what you’re most expert on to boot.

]]>