I don't know how this happens, but things at work all seem to time for the same week. Here is what MindTouch has been up to over just the past two weeks:

• Released MindTouch 9.02.2 - huge update - the equivalent to XP SP2 - 9.02.x finally got stable!
• Released MindTouch 2009 for Windows - MindTouch will now run stable on IIS, holy crap - this is technically being released end of this week. We've been available on every major Linux platform... now comes the Windows world!
  
• Announced the Collaborative Intranet solution - This was very marketing/product heavy and didn't touch much (if any engineering resources). Hopefully engineers aren't too miffed they were left out of the decision making process, but c'est la vie. This is important because it's the first step in maturing MindTouch as a company outside of enterprise wiki sales into more solutions-based deals ($$$). This was also my first foray into something more non-engineering; conceptually understanding and messaging was very hard for me. (The 287 word post from below references the copy on this page)
  
• Launched WhoRunsGov.com's Phase 3 tonight - these are huge updates, and begin to show the fruits of the dev team they've brought on to manage these properties.
• Wrapped up professional service projects - we've got three (1, 2, 3) which are in hand-off mode.
• Revamping the corporate homepage (new homepage + new solutions page launched - see above) has been an ongoing task - it started off with a new products page a few weeks back - then an overhaul of the design for IA purposes, then the IA reorg, and now the copy is being rewritten and refreshed. I really WISH I had taken a screenshot of the homepage before the current one. All I can say is that every week, the corporate website gets in a better and better place, and it makes me happy.
  

It's amazing what our team continues to accomplish. What we do with our resources ... is really a testament to the strength of skills of MindTouchers. As we continue to integrate the product/dev/sales/marketing teams more closely together (not too hard in a 25-ish size company), I'm really excited at what the future holds.

I'll be honest - I am abso-f'ing-lutely thrilled all these works ares are getting wrapped up. Juggling all of the above deadlines and making sure shit doesn't get dropped has been mentally draining (hello, burn-out city!). The past few weeks have been rough ... to say the least. But I feel, mentally, that we're past the rough patches and we're starting to make some real nice forward progress. Hope for a less stressful lifestyle begins. Yay!

Now that this stuff wraps up, what's next?

• Manage the Minneopa release (maybe I can do some dev!)
  
• Drive our internship program (we have two incredibly smart and capable interns - I'm excited!)
  
• Assist with product management for the intranet solution
• Scale out professional services
• Continue to drive the professional service projects (we got 2 new ones)

It's been a while since I've felt the freshness of starting something new. And while these items are shimmering brightly, I'll be happy to latch onto them. But a Fuel so cynically notes, "all that shimmers in this world is sure to fade..."