Fool me twice. Shame on me.

Last week I wrote I was going to de-emphasize some “Drama Queen” vendors going forward because they “are enormous time sinks for the blog or book content they provide. They over promise in their marketing and under deliver over and over, year after year. Or they have rabid fans on social media or Wall Street I seem to waste time arguing with.”

I did not name them, but I have reached out and told their reps about my decision.

Every day since I have wondered why I did not make my move earlier.

This week:

a) I thanked my decision almost 7 years ago to make broad the charter of my New Florence blog “global technology innovation and impact on how we work, live and play”. I have been running a series of posts on innovations inspired by the London Olympics. I am at over 20 posts here and here , and boy, how inspiring. This month, I will have more innovation inspired by the RNC in Tampa  and the US Presidential Race

b) I attended an Oracle Customer Experience web event this week. How productive to not have to travel and how nice  to get vendor, customer (Marriott Hotels), analyst (Bruce Temkin) packed in a couple of hours. And how refreshing to hear front office/revenue focused technology perspectives.

c) I edited a series of guest columns from practitioners I respect for this blog. You can read Bob Ferrari’s on supply chain excellence in well run technology vendors here, and you will read others over next few weeks.

d) I agreed to do 4 innovation talks over the next few weeks. It gives me a chance to share with audiences the wide range of innovation from my books and blog posts, not just what many vendors spend billions marketing.

e) I reviewed my calendar for Fall, and am excited at events I  will be at that always seem to have diverse, customer-heavy, forward looking perspectives including Cognizant Community, Tibco TUCON and Workday Rising among others.

I am just upset I let myself be fooled over and over by the vendors I am deemphasizing. Shame on me. The good news is you will see a richer, more diverse blog going forward.