Hi, I'm Douglas Jackson and this is the first entry of the e-gold blog. Welcome! My goal in this first note is not to introduce myself - I'll surely get to that by and by - but rather to scope out my/our blogatorial intentions.
I will write from a personal perspective but will mostly talk about e-gold. Given that e-gold.com has been online since November 1996, that means I have a lot of catching up to do. The story that I will relate will therefore not be told chronologically. What I have in mind instead is to explain e-gold, its doctrine and logic, my vision of how the emergence of e-gold can advance the material welfare of mankind. Sometimes, for instance when describing the rationale that informed various decisions or policies, this will entail recreating a historic context. At other times, for example when I compare e-gold to legacy monetary institutions such as government central banks or the various historic flavors of gold standards, this will require some teaching. It probably also goes without saying but I will make no pretense of objectivity. I believe e-gold can serve as a fulcrum for a better future. I can do no other than to speak as advocate - apologist and polemicist - for e-gold.
We [Reid, Barry and I] debated whether to start a personal (Douglas Jackson) vs. an outright corporate (e-gold Ltd.) blog. The fact that the URL you entered to reach this page contains "e-gold" indicates which arguments prevailed. My sense and expectation though is that the personal vs. corporate thing will not greatly influence the voice with which I post. I am the Chairman of e-gold Ltd. and it is appropriate to call me the "Founder" of e-gold. I could offer a disclaimer protesting that I am offering opinions that are mine alone and do not reflect the official position of e-gold but I can't think of an edifying instance wherein the two viewpoints diverge. Nonetheless, I don't want to hog the mike either since the health and future of e-gold depend on the expertise and best efforts of many people.
A final (for now) comment... Anyone remotely familiar with e-gold knows that it is currently, August 2007, under legal (and reputation) attack by the United States Secret Service. I intend though to stick to the affirmative message of e-gold in this blog - to undertake to do a better job telling the e-gold story and to become more visible as the human being primarily responsible for e-gold. The legal wrangle will be the subject matter for a separate legal blog.
Nice to see e-gold (and its founder) launching a blog for the company, to enable some open communication with users. And hopefully some interaction between staff and users in the comments area when there's time! :)
Posted by: Simon | August 02, 2007 at 10:14 PM
This blog, as an outward dialog from e-gold, is long overdue. Users of e-gold have many questions... (Why don't you ever update your website? What's going to happen with the lawsuit? Why aren't you offshore?) and I hope that this blog can answer a few of those.
Posted by: Richard | August 03, 2007 at 07:02 AM
Great idea. I'm glad to see this blog and I will check back often.
Posted by: Brad | August 03, 2007 at 09:20 AM
its a plesure know the egold comunication will be better than ever now.
i use e-gold since 2003 and literaly egold change my life and my business Know hows:welcome to the new era about egold.
Posted by: Luis | August 03, 2007 at 12:25 PM
Really the good attempt. Hope this will help the users a lot. Keep up the good job Mr. Founder…
Posted by: Saahoo | August 03, 2007 at 01:22 PM