Like many folks here in the United States I have been away from “civilization” for the past handful of days enjoying the Thanksgiving holiday. My wife and kids and I have had a fantastic time in Sunriver, Oregon, playing in the snow, relaxing at the spa, and cheering as Santa Claus rolled into town (my oldest is three so work with me here …)

I told my wife I wouldn’t go online on vacation. I lied.

I’m glad I did go online this weekend since two very well written blog postings were published that speak to my decision nearly a year ago to leave JupiterResearch and come to work at Visual Sciences.

You can begin to understand my decision (at least philosophically) by reading posts written by Aurelie Pols of OX2 in Belgium and Gary Angel of SEMphonic in San Francisco. Aurelie’s post about Visual Site is pretty long so I recommend you read it and the comments yourself, but Gary summarizes my thinking in a way that forced me to laugh out loud. Regarding my position at Visual Sciences, Gary says (and I quote, because I wouldn’t make something like this up myself):

[Eric is] an evangelist (and a good one) for a tool so sexy it’s the analyst’s equivalent of dating a porn star!

Gary, my man, you have a way with words. My wife, however, who was reading your blog post over my shoulder, wants to have a few words with you ;-)

Anyway, thanks to Aurelie, Rene, and Gary for taking the time to sit down with me and look more closely at Visual Site. Your comments about the technology and company are greatly appreciated.