Tom Foremski In The Valley

Recently I've commented on a few posts from Tom's blog Silicon Valley Watcher. I began reading it a few weeks ago and kind of got hooked. Not sure how it happened but it's now a daily read, probably cause it's chocked full of good content and Tom's a former journalist.

Tom Foremski, which is pronounced "For-Rem-Ski", and I met last week at the Become beta launch event. He and I quickly immersed ourselves in dialogue about blogs, pr firms, marketing, journalism and the state of Silicon Valley in general. I found out several really interesting things about Tom and thought it'd be good to share some of them with you since most of you will never get to meet him in person.

Little Known Facts About Tom Foremski

• Tom doesn't often read blogs - he's got too many stories coming across his desk without scanning blogs for posts.
• Tom owns several hundred domain names. I personally have about 300 and he has nearly 3x that number.
• Tom enjoys a good interview and is well connected for that very reason.
• PR Firms with interesting clients love him.
• He's on the cuttng edge of the blogger / PR firm relationship.
• He believes in the long tail effect.
• He's a big fan of his buddy OM Malik.

So there you have it, a sneek peak into a real live professional blogger's life. I must say that Tom is bringing some much needed credibility into the blogging / journalist / PR firm area and I'll do whatever I can to do same from the opposite coast.