User:StaceyHamilton/BlogEntry: 2009 March 20 16:48:14 EDT

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Shelly Goodin gets into the spirit of St. Patrick's Day

Earlier this week, O'Reilly media sponsored a limerick contest in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. The prizes? Three lucky “poets” would receive O’Reilly electronic books. All participants who posted limericks (involving technology or O’Reilly themes) were entered into a random drawing. I did indeed submit my own limerick:

I could get into a geek tizzy

but frankly I'm much too busy

To give Facebook much thought

and complain I should naught

That the new layout makes me dizzy

Alas, the luck of the Irish was not on my side. But you can't win if you don't compete, and here is proof that my name was in the hat (or cup, so to speak). My 15 minutes of Web fame!

Last month, a few SAS Publishing colleagues and I were fortunate enough to attend the O’Reilly Tools of Change Conference in NYC. Two jam-packed days of cutting-edge discussions and directives for the ever-changing publishing industry. The conference was crackling with energy, and the buzz about e-books, content delivery methods, and social networking was apparent beyond the ballrooms of the Times Square New York Marriott. I left the conference feeling good about the direction in which SAS Press marketing has been moving for the past several months, while at the same time realizing that there are so many NEW opportunities to explore.

Now fast-forward one month later. . . . I am looking at my Twitter account to see what people are saying about SAS Global Forum, scheduling podcast interviews with SAS Press authors who will be attending the conference, writing this blog, and wondering how O’Reilly convinced a dog to draw one of the winning names out of the red cup.

Pretty cool stuff. And as new (and useful) opportunities for interacting with SAS users become available, I hope that you will join us for the ride.

If you are tweeting, be sure to follow me at sgoodin.