Well, Labor Day has come and gone. And while the autumn season doesn’t officially begin (in the northern hemisphere) until September 21st or thereabouts, everyone is back from summer vacation, the kids are starting a new school year, the temperature has dropped a few degrees, and it’s time for new beginnings.

I’ve been offline for most of the summer, partly because the overall pace of business slowed to a crawl in July and August, and partly because of some family health issues that have taken up a lot of time and energy. But I’ve got a bunch of things on my calendar for the fall season, and hopefully that will generate a lot more activity on this humble blog. Here are some of the things that are currently on my calendar for the coming months:

• September 18th: I’ll be giving a presentation at the IT Metrics “Software Best Practices” conference in New York City. Details here.
• September 19th: I’ll be giving a presentation on Web 2.0 technologies and trends to an evening meeting of the Atlanta SPIN chapter. Details here.
• October 11th: I’ll be giving a presentation at the IT Metrics “Software Best Practices” conference in Detroit. Details here.
• October 16th: I’ll be giving a presentation at the IT Metrics “Software Best Practices” conference in Jacksonville, FL Details here.
• October 17-19: I’ll be attending the big Web 2.0 summit conference in San Francisco. Details here.
• October 29-30: I’ll be presenting a 2-day seminar on Web 2.0 in Rome, Italy. Details here.
• November 8th: I’ll be giving a presentation at the IT Metrics “Software Best Practices” conference in Albany, NY. Details here.
• November 13th: I’ll be giving a presentation at the IT Metrics “Software Best Practices” conference in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Details here.
• Novemberr 16th: I’ll be giving a presentation at the IT Metrics “Software Best Practices” conference in Austin, TX. Details here.

As you might imagine, all of these presentations will require some extensive updates to the Web 2.0 “mind-map” that I first began creating a little over a year ago. My last presentation on this topic was back in the middle of May, and lots of things have been happening in the field during the summer — including this morning’s amusing article in the New York Times about law enforcement officers’ concern about the use of Craigslist by prostitutes. Anyway, I expect to have an updated version of the mind-map uploaded shortly before I fly down to Atlanta; check back from time to time to see what’s going on…