And even if I didn’t know the start and end dates, such dates are easily deducible by recent blog activity.  On the day ISM started, daily hits dropped by about a third.  Now that ISM has been over for a day, hits are up.  Way up – by over 50% relative to the norm as the hordes of practitioners lost in the glaring lights of Vegas find their way back onto the internet and back to their favorite blogs.  But I am curious – did any other bloggers notice such a significant effect on blog hits from this event?  And has any other event had such a significant effect on sourcing and procurement blog readership?

As you know, Supply & Demand Chain Executive recently announced their Pros To Know for 2007. Like Jason Busch, I think some names were missing from that list. Jason pointed out that Mickey North Rizza and Mark Hillman were conspicuously absent.

Today I make my first nomination to the Pros You Should Know – But Don’t – List. The blogger’s supplement to the incomplete Supply & Demand Executive List. That individual is Jean-Philippe Massin, former CEO of Eutilia, and editor of Strategic Sourcing | Europe [WayBackMachine]. Jean-Philippe is one of the few bloggers on the other side of the Atlantic working hard to spread the Spend Management message over in Europe and needs to be recognized for that commitment.

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. Considering the recent surge in Holocaust denial, so much so that even Scott Adams could not avoid blogging about it, that makes this an important day. Think about it.

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

George Santayana, The Life of Reason, Vol. I: Reason in Common Sense