Andy Plesser, who organized the impressive Impact '05 conference at New York University in September, sent me this note about his plunge into blogging.

It includes a link to a video clip of myself (blush), I was on a panel with Joe Trippi, Howard Dean's political consultant and probably the most high profile political consultant in the US right now because of his experience with blogging and other media technologies, used to great effect during Mr Dean's presidential bid.

[Andy is a consumate professional and has been one of my earliest and staunchest supporters especially when I left the FT and ventured forth to test out the new media waters nearly two years ago...He and his family are also wonderful hosts whenever I'm in New York, which is not often enough.]

Hope all is well. After sitting out the blog world for a while, I've
jumped in with a video blog, which I have titled Beet.TV - it's on the
very cool VideoEgg/TypePad platform.

It's a work in progress. I wanted to present thinkers in the

media/PR/tech space - it's a great way for my firm to keep in a

leadership position and to create a new platform for our ideas and

clients.

Here's a clip of your excellent appearance at last year's Impact.

http://www.beet.tv/2006/03/tom_foremski_on.html

All the best, Andy

Andy Plesser

Plesser Holland Associates New York + Washington