DISQUS

Nicely done Michael, thank you for including me on this wonderful list of great people. FriendFeed really is something special. You are welcome around my campfire any time.

May "the voice" be- IN A (better) WORLD. Such sad news today, he seemed to have a lot of fun with his craft, the appearances on Family Guy were always great.

Geeze what a great tip! Find myself going back to my 'likes' and 'comments' just to find something again. RSS is the way to go, thank you.

Robert,

You self imposed hiatus has served you well. You are more passionate than I've heard in awhile. The issue of PR is constantly around but you brought your experience to the table and shared your relationships, this is true value.

These past few weeks I've been trying to keep up with your various pursuits and discoveries, which hasn't been easy. From discussing eGoverment to the behind the scenes look at the NBC Olympic site, you've put these encounters in true focus- your experience as an explorer. We tend to believe you because you live life in an open stream.

PR pros need to live in community, by the time a press release has been written someone has already broken the service/ product and is writing about their interaction. I've seen some tremendous shifts lately in the way larger corporations are approaching the concept of Public Relations- CEO's need to act like community managers and go through the entire process themselves. PR pros can help by guiding towards community involvement, trying the conversational tools that will enable micro-encounters. There will never be a more powerful selling device than positive word-of-mouth.

We've seen the launch of several new sites that incorporate elements from the successful social sites, some with steam and some that just laid flat. The trend that I see is the sites that are winning have the CEO/ Founder smack in the middle of the community ( socialmedian, feedly).

Thank you for bringing this all together in your post. Keep on preachin' brother and I'll keep comming to the service.

I just keep coming back to your blog, really amazing layout. Great content and visual aesthetics. Thank you for what you DO.

<abbr>Michael Sean Wrights last blog post..The Route Less Traveled</abbr>

Justin, couldn't agree with you more, FriendFeed is really something special. It feels like a real community, people reaching out to help, share ideas and converse- wow actually converse! Glad you you're here.

Robert,

I really enjoy the passion of your post(s). Your enthusiasm is contagious, your desire to share the discovered shiny objects is winsome in nature.

I am excited about The Large Hadron Collider because as an inquisitive human I want to peek under the hood and see the really tiny parts that make up the whole. The Tech Blogging Universe may not set records in size, but without the Explorers tapping furiously on their strings the general public would never know how exciting it is down here. Robert please continue to "pick" apart the features of various connective tissues so that someone may make it stronger. Finding the weakness of channels requires you look very close at the pipes, from that perspective it can get pretty remote. Keep digging though, it's clearly in your DNA. You encourage others to play in the sandbox of ideas. Your post prompted so many great comments, discoveries and connections- not a bad life indeed Robert.

The amazing part of the story is the loyalty of the audience. His AQH's were stunning as well, people camped at the site. I commented throughout the netcast how "charming" the lack of production was. People (me included) saw the honesty of the presentation. I kept thinking that we were watching a community going to new heights. Every "tech" fail (skype, etc.) added to you rooting for Leo to pull it off. Almost all the sites he mentioned during the netcast were "twit-dotted." The netcast proved that quality matters to the audience, he prepared the studio with proper lighting, mics, capacity and it payed off. It felt like a block party- I'm looking forward to the next gathering!

Twitter has always had "something" that keeps us there, I use a few ways to send twitts (feedly, tweetdeck, etc.) Each story of the "demise" of Twitter just drives people to join or re-activate their use. Sure, we all get frustrated by the instability of the platform but that just may be part of their charm. FriendFeed just adds another layer to the experience. Pile on the layers, we'll peel it back to the start when it gets too heavy.

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