CrashTestChix

It all started with the Nerd Girl BOF at Lotusphere January 2009.  A little nudge to start a blog.  And now many months later as a result of that blog – CrashTestChix – a huge opportunity has surfaced.

Packt Publishing contacted me (out of the blue) about writing a user guide for Lotus Sametime.  It turns out that the editor had read my blog and liked my writing style.  Wow!  Once I realized that this was not a caffeine induced hallucination,  I had to think about whether such a large project was practical for me.  Three hundred pages? WOW!

After talking with family and friends, I realized that it was a chance I could not pass up.  It also occurred to me that I would be wise to seek some assistance on this project.  So I asked Tom Duff to join me as a co-author.  He was stunned and flabbergasted.  I had to pour water on him (figuratively) a few times to revive him, but convinced him that since we had worked well on the TDI blog articles that we could work through a larger project.

So here we are at the very beginning of a new opportunity.  Thanks to the Nerd Girls for that initial nudge.  Thanks to Connie and Joni (the original Domino Divas) for your daily support.  Thanks to Packt Publishing for finding my blog and giving us this opportunity.  Thanks to Paul, Warren, and Gab for agreeing to provide a test environment (we will endeavor not to crash servers).  Thanks to Tom for acting as co-pilot in this venture.  And finally thanks to the larger Lotus community/family.  I look forward to seeing many of you in January 2010! Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines!