10/30/2010: Found JUMP! on the Shelves in California!

I had the privilege today to facilitate a JUMP! session for the SoTEC conference at the Long Beach Hilton Hotel. What a great group of speakers at this event — really headlined by Peter Coffee, the director of platform research for SalesForce.com. He gave a visionary presentation of what life is, and will be like when software as a service and real cloud computing are ubiquitous. Fantastic! I was pleased to be included on the agenda with such great speakers.

Also, on my way back to LAX, I thought I’d check to see if JUMP! has made it to any stores in California yet. Lo and behold, I went into the Borders in Torrance (about 1/2 between Long Beach and LAX), and there were TWO copies in the store! It’s hard to explain, exactly, but there’s something amazing about seeing JUMP! “in the real world.”

Borders in Torrance, CA -- JUMP! is Inside!

So… I was a little “sneaky”, and I took the two books, and turned them “cover-out.” It helps a LOT with sales if folks are just browsing, and you haven’t heard this from me — but let’s start a national trend! Go to your local Borders, Barnes and Noble, Books-a-Million, Tattered Cover, etc., and if you see JUMP!, turn it on the shelf so that the cover faces out! (I’d really appreciate it…) Thank you!

JUMP! on the shelves at the Borders in Torrance, CA 10/30/2010

THANK YOU to the folks at Borders, and THANK YOU to the organizers at the SoTEC conference! It was a fulfilling and amazing trip all around.
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