Please forgive my absence from this blog - professional efforts have been keeping me busy in my offline life.

However, as the new lead organizer for Chicago Net Tuesday, I’m interested in reaching out to former and current members to get direction, build on past suggestions, and move forward, reengaging in a professional (and personal) interest.

And trust me - I will be more active on this blog, most likely a post per week.

Sorry I’ve been away for so long - I’m putting on a Chicago-based training, and would love for those interested to attend

More blogging in the future - I promise.

Doing marketing for this event; please feel free to register

From a recent professional presentation. 

A slightly humorous take on a pretty good cause. Thought readers might enjoy.

I’m putting on a training for small businesses and non-profits on 09/01 - would love for readers of this blog to attend.

Loren Estleman talks about some aspects of Google Plus. A little strong, but quite frankly, he makes some *great* points.

In lieu of original content specific to this blog, a guest post from me via the Job Stalker about open source software in job seeking.

From Geoff Livingston, one of my favorite social change/non-profit bloggers

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Any press may be good press, but good press is even better. Yet, how do you stand out among your competitors and catch…