Welcome to 2007

Hello!...I am the VP of sales and marketing, and also the co-founder of SchmartBoard. I am the guy on the right, Andrew Yaung, President and Co-founder, is on the left. This is a photo from the SchmartBoard|ez launch at DemoFall in September 2005. I have decided it is time to blog. It is time for two reasons. First of all, technology is moving so fast that one must try and stay current with the popular trends if they are to remain relevant within a popular culture. When dealing with an audience who are generally savvier than most in terms of technology, this becomes even more imperative.

The second and perhaps more important reason is accessibility. Today any customer can call me direct without a "gatekeeper". We are small, nimble and eager to have a more complex relationship with as many of our customers as we can. Many of you who may be reading this have had conversations with me via phone, e-mail or in person at an appearance. Blogging is yet another avenue for this relationship. After reading an entry, you may choose to give me feedback, ideas, or recommendations. This is a wonderful thing, customers telling me what we need to do and why. Previously a company would have to pay a lot of money for intelligence like this.

In this blog, we will give you insights regarding what we are doing and thinking. What new products, technologies and special events such as the Schmartie Awards are we thinking about? Where is SchmartBoard going to have a booth? Why did we choose to support a particular component size with a new board? How did we invent the next technology that we will release?

I hope many of you will find it useful and interesting, even entertaining on occasion, and subscribe to us in your favorite RSS reader