DISQUS

Dude - you suck! I was totally psyched for about 2 seconds until I read the rest of your post. Oh well, let's hope this expedites the rest of us getting Qik on our iPhones sooner rather than later.

Best,
Aaron | @astrout

Wow, thanks man. Remind me to talk about other people more often! Seriously though, great post. And I can proudly say that I read Becky, CC, Chris and Mack's blogs/twitter updates regularly (along with yours of course).

Best,
Aaron | @astrout

Thanks for the shout out Warren. Much appreciated. Whether you're teaching people to use Twitter or not, I read your blog regularly. Always some great insights.

Best,
Aaron | @astrout

Chris - you nailed it! At the end of the day, it's all about the disclosure. If you're up front about who you're doing business with and what potential conflicts might exist between sponsors & content, people can read/digest you knowing that there might be a bias. With that said, you always do a good job separating church and state.

Aaron | @astrout

Robert - Totally agree with your frustration here. In fact, as Jeff Crites mentions in his comment above, I did a post on a related topic several months back (Hiring in a 2.0 World). It obviously struck a nerve as it garnered coverage in US News and World Report and in the Boston Sunday Globe's Business/Career section. Our friend in common, Shel Israel, also wrote a follow up post. Here is the link: http://redcouch.typepad.com/weblog/2008/03/mzin...

Best,
Aaron | @astrout

Chris - one other thing for folks to remember (irrespective of who you are) is that a healthy dose of fact-checking never hurt anyone.

Best,
Aaron | @astrout

@paisano yes, thanks for the great write up. I had completely forgotten about the interview with Aaron at the Mashup Boston event - glad I was at least somewhat coherent during our interview.

@Luis, thanks for the kind words.

Ari - great comment. And yes, I agree with your KM recommendation. It's very 1.0. We should have used a more up to date term.

Thanks,
Aaron | @astrout

Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that you can assign groups in Yammer. You can however assign groups in Utterli.

@geechee_girl Joe and I are just trying to keep up with you. You are a blogging rock star on Mashable!

Great comment Dale. Thanks for adding!

Loving the feedback. There are a number of players that we didn't include in this first pass (thanks Dennis for pointing out ESME). Keep adding them to the comments - we can do a follow up post and include all the relevant players. You can also see a great list of these folks provided by my friend, Laura Fitton - http://mashable.com/2008/09/25/enterprise-micro...

Best,
Aaron | @astrout

Chris,

Good advice. I'm going to go in and add my blog RSS to LinkedIn now. You're right about doing that because a lot of my non-hard core social media peeps live there so a great place to create more awareness.

Best,
Aaron | @astrout

@scobleizer That's a fair deal. FWIW, the main reason I don't add "original" content into the system is because I blog on our Mzinga platform and when I first tried to link it up, Friendfeed wouldn't accept the feed. This dings me for my "WE Show" podcasts too since those are also embedded into our platform as posts.

I was able to add my utterli stream (I do a 2 min podcast every morning) so you'll start to see a little more original activity from me. If I can't get our platform RSS-ed into FF soon, I might spin up a Word Press blog and start cross-posting.

Thanks!
Aaron | @astrout

Hey, what about me bro? I know I talk about the Red Sox a lot but I definitely pay homage to all things technology/social media too.

http://friendfeed.com/astrout

Best,
Aaron | @astrout

Scott - this is going to be great. Thanks fir the write up/tweet!

Best,
Aaron | @astrout

Chris,

First, let me start by saying "thank you!" You are too kind. My colleague Jim @jstorerj and I are honored to mentioned in this post alongside so many other great brands/names. To that end, Jim and I work really hard to put a "human" face on Mzinga (which also has a Twitter account that Jim and I sometimes tweet from).

Second, this is a wonderfully prescriptive post (and one that I will start sending to all my "newish" friends and followers. I like that you not only clearly stated clear business value but also mentioned up front what some of the detractors are saying/will say about Twitter. Thanks for once again bringing tremendous value to my feedstream!

Best,
Aaron | @astrout

Put me firmly in the extrovert camp on both fronts. One of the reasons I love Twitter, Facebook and Friendfeed is that they extend my networking capabilities (and I agree, meeting someone on Twitter and then augmenting it with a F2F is the best). What's great about these new tools is that I can be more scalable and move beyond local boundaries with these great new social tools. For instance, I haven't felt a drop off in my conversations with friends Scott Monty @scottmonty, John Johansen @jljohansen and now Bryan Person @bryanperson.

Long live social media!

Best,
Aaron | @astrout

Yeah, I have to disagree with you too @anon. I've done a couple of podcasts with Scoble and talked with him several times in person. I've also talked in depth with @rocmanusa who produces Scoble (without Scoble present) and he had nothing but nice things to say. BTW, why don't you man (or "woman") up and come out from behind your anonymous handle. It's easy to cast stones when there are no repercussions.

Aaron | @astrout

Leslie - great to see you at the Mzinga BBQ last Thursday. We hope that you'll become a regular!

BTW, great post! I've always been a big proponent of the concept that "a rising tide rises all boats." Given the fact that we're in such a nascent industry (online community/social media for the enterprise) you're absolutely right when you say that we can all do a lot more to build awareness vs. spending time beating up on one another.

Best,
Aaron | @astrout

Chris - thanks for the shout out. It's an honor to be mentioned a) on your blog and b) in the same breath as Jive. We here at Mzinga are a huge fans of the Chris Brogan brand!

We are also big fans of enterprise collaboration and see it as a huge driver of change within organizations. At next year's Enterprise 2.0, we hope that it's talked about as something everyone is doing vs. what they hope to be doing.

Best,
Aaron | @astrout

Barry - thanks for including us (Mzinga) in this list. If anyone ever has any questions, they can ping me via e-mail aaron AT mzinga DOT com or find me on Twitter @astrout.

Best,
Aaron

Robert - I live somewhere in between two and three. Like you, I love the noise (I personally find it very useful). But I do wish there was a better filter. I am starting to use FriendFeed and Social Thing more and more but haven't figured out the best way to optimize my usage. Maybe we can do a follow up podcast to discuss these tools! ;)

I look forward to reading more and giving FF/ST add'l attention over the coming weeks.

Best,
Aaron | @astrout

Dude - thanks for the shout out! We had a great time podcasting with you.

Best,
Aaron

Jake - thanks for the shout out. Great content with the other links too. Always adding the value - that's what I love about you man!

@astrout