New Hampshire in the rain and

New Hampshire in the rain and ruminations about the job market, XML, Linux, and IT cost reduction     

It is no fun driving in torrential rain from Boston to New Hampshire!  But I drove slowly and got a lot of thinking done, however, about XML, software development, open source software, and the kind of business I want to create.   Over the past two weeks, a contingency recruiter who wanted to work with me called over 70 companies to see if they needed someone in knowledge management.   He called consulting firms and law firms and no one wanted to hire someone in a leadership position in knowledge management.   Now maybe he  did not know how to describe the value that I could add, but no one responded positively.   I am wondering if knowledge management is a tired concept.

The business that I may create, if I can build enough momentum is focused on content management, knowledge management with a primary focus on dramatic cost reductions by transforming the content management processes, transforming the applications, using XML, and running the apps on low cost linux systems maybe using grid computing rather than on high cost windows based systems or proprietary software like Lotus Notes.

After the drive, I relaxed and watched “The City of Lost Children”.