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Great post, Chris. You've done a remarkable job of representing yourself through your public speaking, writing and the rest of the many communication channel you seem to use with such ease. And it's great that you continue to give back to the rest of us in your ever-expanding community. Thank you for walking the walk!

I use the DM to thank people for following me and have any DMs I receive forwarded to my gmail account. This hasn't been a big issue for me but I certainly see your point given the volume you're dealing with.

Chris, first I love the photo. Second, keep on keeping the main thing the main thing. You're touching a lot of people and that's the important thing.

A friend on Twitter recently did this shout out, and I would urge you to do the same ... thanks for the heads up about http://www.voteforchange.com/ if you aren't registered to vote yet go there now and just do it!!!

Chris, this is really, really good. How on earth do you find the time?

Mike

I don't mean this to be offensive, and somehow I doubt you'll even read my comment, but you're completely wrong to declare this race over and also doing a major disservice to the many, many of us who are actually working for Obama, when you do so.

I wish, instead, you would use your considerable network to help register people to vote and then get them out to vote, and not declare early defeat.

Please, if you actually read this, ask those who are really involved next time before making such pessimistic pronouncements. You've fallen for the McCain strategy hook, line and sinker.

Within a couple of hours, Sen. Obama accepted my request to be Linked In with him. Pretty cool.

I had forgotten to linkin with the Senator and just did so after seeing your post. I put him down as a friend. I wonder what most supporters are using when they describe how they know him.

Great post.

Absolutely Barack Obama and Don Tapscott. Both have actually drawn me into web 2.0 and made participation very meaningful.

What most of us agree with is that it is great when someone like you exposes the astroturfing for what it really is. Maybe we should have an "Astroturfing Watchdog Group" to warn elected officials, the media and the general public about manipulative efforts to affect legislation? That is long overdue. It's great that this one was exposed. I wonder how many haven't been.

Innovation networks and collaborative activities online and off will necessitate increasingly efficient ways to accomplish more. We're no doubt only seeing the sampling of the tools that will come into play in this regard. Great insights.

This is great, Chris. Thanks for giving us the heads up on Twitter. Please keep writing and I, for one, will certainly try to join in.

Sorry I missed this post earlier. I'm here because of your mention of Wikinomics the book. In case you missed it, the concepts of Wikinomics are being translated into real world enterprises. Don Tapscott is working with Steve Papermaster and nGenera to implement the concepts of the book into the Global 2000 companies. Click the link http://is.gd/cjx to learn more. Let me know if you would like to talk to Don or Steve.

I should have made more clear on my last comments that I am working with both of them and can help facilitate. If you'd rather I communicate with you by twitter or email, I'd be happy to do so. Mike

Don Tapscott, author of Wikinomics, and Steve Papermaster of BSG Alliance have formed nGenera, a company whose mission it is to bring the ideas from Wikinomics to the corporate arena. It's name and focus come form Next Generation Enterprises. http://is.gd/aVt Either of them can contribute to your book review on social media and the impact it's having on business.

When I first went to work in D.C. for a Member of Congress, I learned quickly that nothing is off the record and if you didn't want to read it on the front page of the Washington Post, don't put it in writing. The new truth of "citizen journalism" is that there is no down time for politicians except when they are in a very private environment. They can handle it because the public's acceptance of "less than perfect" politicians is becoming as common as the new media exposure. We all make mistakes. Now all of us decide what are the mistakes, not just the small group of journalists who used to monopolize the conversation.

It is great to read the passion of the people who support eMail Our Military. The person who is being objectionable is coming from an uninformed point of view about what eMOM does and is being irrational in his arguments. What he is confused about mainly is that people with different points of view, on many issues, could actually agree the following: when American troops are away from home and potentially in harms way we can all tell them that we miss them, we are praying for and thinking about them, we thank them for their service to our country, and we wish them a safe and speedy return home to the family and friends. This isn't political, this is who we are. First, we are Americans! Let's do all we can to communicate with the very real people who make up our military services.

I've been following eMail Our Military for a while and have recently been working with them on a project to personalize emails using www.qipit.com. My dad was stationed in southeast Asia twice during the Vietnam war and he very much enjoyed getting word from home. It was very meaningful to me to be able to communicate with him. All eMOM is doing is helping real people serving our country hear from real people back here using electronic communications. It's not any more complicated than that. Hopefully with Mother's Day coming up we can beef up the communications to the Mothers stationed overseas and help Mothers here communicate with their sons and daughters in the military.

This is an excellent idea. Initially, I fell into the thinking of how difficult it would be to introduce the same kinds of innovation discussed in Wikinomics to the public sector. Then, as my mind opened and I began to think instead about the inevitability of the net generation coming of age, and the very real need for innovation right now, I have more than embraced the concepts and would like to help implement them.

Nice post, Robert. To really simplify what I think is going on...Ron Paul is benefiting from the same anti-Bush reaction and hype that fed John McCain's Straight Talk Express four years ago. Paul has stood on stage with candidates who are afraid to differ with the sitting President from their own party on most major issues, especially the wars. (I think we have a few going.) Paul doesn't seem to have that fear which is understandable since his nomination and/or election as President are not gaining any traction in the real world. It's just fun, not a real possibility at this point.

I, like many, believe the next President will come from the other major political party, the Democratic party. So there is a very important job of picking that nominee before the American people who choose to participate in the process. The blogosphere can be a very important communication tool for making that selection process more informed and less based on hype. You are showing good leadership in that regard. Thank you.