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Brilliant Cathy - Blogging has certainly changed my life and business too in the last six months.

I have communication now with friends and business colleagues in other countries more than in my own precious England! :-)

Blogging is clearly the new talking - long may TP site lead the way for us all.

Posted by Trevor Gay at June 7, 2005 2:16 AM

Scoble? I don't waste my time there. His conversations are superficial and his circle are very elitist without having the intelligence and sophistication you'd expect to go along with it.

Here at least we can have real conversations, and posts Tom may not agree with do not mysteriously disappear. Nor are you likely to receive unexplained phonecalls regarding the safety of your children's school bus.

In my book, Scoble rates a big fat zero which is a shame for Shel Israel who I found to be interesting and coherent.

Posted by Noel Guinane at June 7, 2005 3:18 AM

Brilliant in the sense that you'd have to pay everyone with an IQ over 100 to take part in some blogs like Scoble porn world. A book of blog is a sure loser. The Drudge Report book is an example - leaved it and left it. Dr. Tom's Big Blog for FREEEEEEE is at the perfect price point. FREE I say.

Posted by Sean at June 7, 2005 7:29 AM

Rob and Shel, have a lot of creditablity in their sphere. Not to mentioned that Times and Fortune cites Rob in the recent articles. This means that the industry is not taking them lightly. And if Rob has not single handed leveraged blogsphere to increase Face value of MSFT, then who has ???

The true converstions that are happening are in the open and are free. Just like TP blog's. However, its also takes one to move into that area and particpate and converse too. If one wants to be heard then one needs to speak up.

It surpraising that those who have soo much to comments-- hid behind a phantom name. Why ??

Posted by /pd at June 7, 2005 7:54 AM

«it's about time we posted something» ... Hello, anybody home? Isn't it about time you posted something relevant?

I subscribe to Tom's blog to hear Tom's point of view. Out of 11 items since June 2, not one is from Tom. Who's blog is it anyways?

Posted by Guy Pressault at June 7, 2005 8:34 AM

He may be right or wrong, but Robert Scoble is certainly in the middle of the discussions about blogging, and so are you all. You should not ignore what he and Shel have to say about guidelines for blogging. Reject it if you will, but read it.

And it is free. That's a big part of the point. They're giving the book away at their website. Print it out, cut it up, give it back to them the way you like it. They'll listen.

And Guy, you can tell from our RSS feed when it's Tom who's blogged. This is a collaborative effort, a blog written by Tom, and by those chosen by Tom because he respects what they have to say. We're sorry if you thought Tom was the only author.

Posted by cathy at June 7, 2005 9:09 AM

Maybe I'm showing my age here - I love blogs, find them a great source of information, knowledge and wisdom. However, I find it difficult to read a whole book (or even chapter) in blog format. Great idea, but...what if you gave us old fogies the option to print out (easily) the text?

Posted by Mary Schmidt at June 8, 2005 2:59 PM

Guy, I think this may help you understand what's happened here. T

P has created a brand - his brand. In some respects, he is like Coke Classic. Some people, however, like the fact that Coke created Cherry Coke, Diet Coke, Diet Cherry Coke, Caffeinne Free Diet Coke, Vanilla Coke, Diet Vanilla Coke, Sprite, Diet Sprite, etc., etc., etc. Tom, through his network, has brought in other highly valuable 'brands' by having frequent contributors (Cool Friends) on his site.

Drink Coke Classic (Read Tom's comments) when you are able to. Otherwise, enjoy the other 'brands'.

Posted by Tony May / Mayday Media at June 8, 2005 7:49 PM

Mary,
You can print the blog pages from your browser. It's not neat that way, but it is on paper, and easier on the eyes than reading the whole thing on your computer monitor.

Posted by cathy at June 8, 2005 7:51 PM

Re: Robert, the bottom line is that (love him or hate him) he's a major influencer. If anyone doesn't recognize that, you're not paying attention.

Those in positions of influence with others may not always be the most popular - but that doesn't take away from whether or not they have the ability to influence.

I think in many respects you can look at what Robert covers on his blog and simply weed through to what you want to read about. He's not forcing anyone to read everything.

Posted by Tony May / Mayday Media at June 8, 2005 7:52 PM

He's a passing phase. Standards will rise and his popularity will wane. And whatever else about him, he's not an independent like Tom Peters. He's a front man for a major corporation.

Posted by Noel Guinane at June 9, 2005 1:46 AM

I am starting to be disappointed by this bookblog.

The title...well, I've posted enough comments on that blog about my marketing sense relative to the book title. The porn associations are just one point in its disfavor.

The editor is not a person I would have any confidence in at all.

But worse than all this is how the site has become a Spam Magnet.

It is full of Trackback Spam, Comment Spam, and Abusive Spam.

This is shameful and though I've emailed Robert and Shel, no action has been taken. I sure wish they'd do something about this problem.

A blog on corporate blogging, that allows spam and abusive comments to remain, that displays a lack of concern for blog visitors by not deleting this potentially malicious and possibly damaging (virus, spyware attaching, etc.) spam...

...what kind of role model is this for the corporate world?

Posted by steven streight aka vaspers the grate at June 12, 2005 1:02 AM