Acknowledgement--Thanks to You All

We would like to thank all of the people who gave us constructive input through the blogosphere in the last six months. It is logitically a daunting task and below is draft #1. It includes most of you who left us comments.  As we completed it, we realized that we had not followed track backs.

Also, we eliminated any Comments that were not clearly from real humans.  If you left an email and no URL, we eliminated the email address, but will restore it upon your request. If we overlooked you, please let us know.  There is still time to add names. If you gave us a link and missed you, please also tell us and we will add you in.

Also, this chapter needs to be edited into hardcopy so the links are to the right of your name, rather than hyperlinked.

Acknowledgements

The authors give special thanks and undying gratitude to:

• Howard Israel, for teaching his baby brother a passion for books.
• Charlie O’Brien, an eternal friend and mentor.
• Andy Ruff for having the idea that became Naked Conversations.
• Buzz Bruggeman http://buzzmodo.typepad.com/buzznovation , the Connection King for bringing Scoble and Israel together.
• Dave Winer http://www.scripting.com and Dori Smith http://www.backupbrain.com for getting Scoble interested in blogging to begin with.
• Vic Gundotra http://www.vicgundotra.com for taking a deep business risk on hiring Scoble into Microsoft.
• Loic LeMeur http://www.loiclemeur.com/english, for opening Europe to us, and giving us some of our favorite business stories.
• Six Apart for extraordinary cooperation throughout this project.
• Cluetrain Manifesto’s authors Doc Searles, David Weinberger, Rick Levine and Christopher Lock for inspiring this book long before we dreamed of writing it.
• Ernie Svenson, http://www.ernietheattorney.net/ernie_the_attorney for giving us our funniest moment. As he told us how he loved technology, the phone line went dead.
• Jill Fallon http://www.estatelegacyvaults.com/legacy for contributing the most interesting story that did not fit into our book.
• Brewster, Shel’s loyal companion and Kinko, who shared his workdesk.
• Jim Minatel http://wroxblog.typepad.com/minatelfor being a friend as well as an editor.
• Joe Wikert http://jwikert.typepad.com/the_average_joe for being right about publishers and authors being partners and for picking up the Valentine's dinner tab
• Faithe Wempen http://wempen.typepad.com/sycamore_notes our copy editor who proved she is well-named.
• Steven Streight http://www.vaspersthegrate.blogspot.com who posted nearly as many words to our blog as we did.
• To the denizens of the blogosphere of you who left intelligent, constructive and useful comments:

Pete Dawson, http://peterdawson.typepad.com; Adam Barr, http://www.proudlyserving.com ; Al Cannistraro, http://www.happinessgym.com; Alek Komarnitsky http://www.komar.org , Alex Bishop, http://www.mozillazine.org ; Allan Jenkins http://allanjenkins.typepad.com ; Amy Bellinger, http://www.learnandteachonline.com/pmach/weblog.php ; Austin White, http://austinwhite.typepad.com ; DL Byron, http://clip-n-seal.com ; BL Ochman http://whatsnextonline.com ; Bill Riski, http://radio.weblogs.com/0108035 ; Bill Lazar, http://www.billsaysthis.com.

Blaine Moore http://www.runtowin.com ; Brian Bailey http://www.leaveitbehind.com ; Bruce DeBoer http://www.synthesiscreative.com/blog.php ; Christopher Carfi http://socialcustomer.typepad.com ; Constantin Basturea, http://blog.basturea.com ; Curt Hopkins, http://morphemetales.blogspot.com ; Darren Rowse, http://www.problogger.net ; Dave Briggs http://davebriggs.net ;

Dave Copithorne, http://www.hearingmojo.com ; David Tebbutt, http://teblog.typepad.com ; Dick Kusleika, http://www.dicks-blog.com ; DJ Coffman, http://yirmumah.net ; Dossy, http://dossy.org ; Elisa Camahort, http://workerbeesblog.blogspot.com ; Elizabeth Grigg, http://www.egrigg9000.com/mtpub ; Ephraim Cohen, ; Eric Eggertson http://www.mutually-inclusive.typepad.com/weblog ; Eric Schmenk.

Evan Erwin, http://www.misterorange.com ; Gautam Ghosh, http://gauteg.blogspot.com ; Geoff Jones http://www.geoffjones.com ; Hugh Macleod, http://www.gapingvoid.com ; Jack Nork, http://www.mason23.com/jack ; James Cherkoff, http://www.collaboratemarketing.com ; James Governor, http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor ; Jeaneane Sessum, http://allied.blogspot.com ; Jeremy C. Wright http://www.ensight.org ; Jim McGee, http://www.mcgeesmusings.net ; Joel Schultz http://www.joelschultz.com ;

Johan van Rooyen http://www.spanishpodcasting.com ; johnmoore http://brandautopsy.typepad.com ; Johnnie Moore http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog ; Jory Des Jardins http://www.jorydesjardins.com ; Josh Hallett http://hyku.com/blog ; Joshua Allen http://www.netcrucible.com/blog.

Jozef Imrich http://amediadragon.blogspot.com ; Justin Gardner http://www.kozoru.com; Kathy Sierra, http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users ; Ken Dyck, http://www.kendyck.com ; Larry Borsato. http://larryborsato.com ; Larry Hendrick http://www.sanleon.net/blog ; Laura Blaugra http://blaugra.typepad.com ; Lisa Williams, http://www.cadence90.com/wp ; Marc Orchant http://office.weblogsinc.com ; Marc Snyder, http://emm-ess.blogspot.com.

Marcus M. Sommer, http://marcussommer.blogspot.com ; Markus Pirchner, http://www.futurebytes.at ; Michael Kaplan, http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap ; Mike Torres, http://spaces.msn.com/members/mike/PersonalSpace.aspx ; Nancy White, http://www.fullcirc.com/weblog/onfacblog.htm ; Nick Toop ; Niti Bahn, http://nitibhan.typepad.com/perspective . Dennis E. Hamilton, http://orcmid.com/blog ; Paul Hanson ; Paul Morriss http://little-bits.blogspot.com ; Paul Woodhouse http://butlersheetmetal.com/tinbasherblog.

Phil Jones http://www.nooranch.com/synaesmedia ; Phil Weber http://www.philweber.com ; Randy Charles Morin http://www.kbcafe.com ; Rich Westerfield, http://tsmi.blogs.com ; Roy Blumenthal, http://schmucknews.blogspot.com ; Russell Beattie, http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook ; Sam Katz; Sarah,http://theeditroom.blogspot.com; Shannon Clark, http://searchingforthemoon.blogspot.com/; Shelley Powers, http://weblog.burningbird.net ; Shital Shah,http://www.shitalshah.com/blog.

Simon Harriyott, http://www.harriyott.com ; Sriram Krishnan, http://blogs.msdn.com/sriram ; Steve Garfield, http://stevegarfield.com ; Steve Newson, http://stevenewson.blogspot.com ; Steve Shu, http://www.steveshu.typepad.com.

Tara Hunt http://www.horsepigcow.com ; Thomas Hawk, http://thomashawk.com ; Tim Aldrich, http://firstdraft.blogs.com/altfunction ; Toby Bloomberg, http://www.bloombergmarketing.blogs.com ; Tom Guarriello, http://truetalk.typepad.com , Tom Raftery, http://tomrafteryit.net/views ; Trevor Cook, http://trevorcook.typepad.com ; Wilson Ng, http://www.bizdrivenlife.net .

Thank you one and all

Comments

[Blaine Moore]

You are welcome. Thank you for sharing your project with us.

[Christopher Carfi]

great job, guys. congrats on pushing it through.

[Evan Erwin]

I'm honored to have helped in any way. I wish

I just wish I could've been more active in the latter-half of development.

[steven streight aka vaspers the grate]

I must say I'm quite amazed that you thank me for the comments I posted.

I think most of the comments were constructive, sometimes defending you fellers or the blogosphere against what I perceived as unfair and unintelligent attacks, or just whatever insight I thought I had from my years as a direct marketer and web usability analyst.

Sometimes I was extremely argumentative, harsh, and close to bursting into flames.

But your best interests were always in my heart, and the honor of the core values of blogging were my battle cry.

Thanks again for acknowledging the efforts and input of so many. I discovered some really sharp thinkers here at this blog.

This blog has been far and away the blog I visited more than any other. I made sure I checked it two, three, or more times every single day, up until a few weeks ago or so.

Your referer logs should bear that out.

I learned more here than any other marketing blog, from both posts and comments.

This is where the real blogocombat and vital issues have been pounded out. Some got clobbered, all got smarter.

Now us inputers need to help you fellers sell this book.

Count me in.

Email me or post to this blog any promo instructions.

Cheers, good friends!

[Jeremy Wright]

As I said on the phone Shel, awesome idea and execution. Can you remove the "C." from my name? I no longer use it. Thanks and many, many congratulations!

[Mike Torres]

You are very welcome and congrats! It was a pleasure being subjected to your interview ;)

[shel Israel]

Evan,

We were afraid we lost you in the 2nd half. I hope you were busy with rewarding things.

[shel Israel]

Steve Streight,

Thanks for the unchaacteristically kind words. Your comments made us grit our teeth from time to time, but you served as a conscience. You also were instrumental in not letting us give our book a lame name and we thank you for it.

[shel Israel]

Jeremy,

I have already made the C-change.

[steven streight aka vaspers the grate]

Shel: this has been a beloved blog.

Okay, I'll admit it: my favorite blog. I spent more time at this blog than I did at my own. So I guess that makes us even in a convoluted way.

I can't help my Positive Hate abrasiveness. When I was born in Ft. Knox Army hospital, delivered by a Colonel, he dropped me on my head, so the legend has it, and my head with me along with it, bounced like a flubberized basketball.

Seriously, I believe we need to fight against what is evil, stupid, mediocre. My style is not for everyone, but it serves a purpose. At least I'd like to think so.

Thank you for the compliments. It's been a real pleasure to contribute a few thoughts here and there to this terrific project, a pioneering milestone in the history of the blogosphere.

Few would be brave enough to attempt to pull it off.

[John Cass]

Congratulations guys, I look forward to the book!

[Jim Young]

Congrats Shel! Looking forward to the book!!

[shel Israel]

Likewise, Steve. Likewise.

[Roy Blumenthal]

Phshew, Shel. What an unbelievably generous gesture from you and Robert. It really didn't even enter my mind that I might get an acknowledgement from you in the book! That's massively cool of you. Thankyou.

Blue skies
love
Roy

[Jozef Imrich]

Congratulations are in order. As one blogger observed this week (Jeff Jarvis?) - 'Distribution is not king. Content is not king. Conversation is the kingdom'

You Shel and Robert have a knack for exchanging ideas and creating room for different sets of concepts.

You both are leaders and dealers in hope ;-)

It is indeed an honour to have the Dragon listed among the selected heavyweights inside the world of blogging ...

[hugh macleod]

Rock on, Shel and Robert. An impressive piece of work, done for all the right reasons.

[Geoff]

Thanks Robert & Shel great to help you. look forward to seeing you on the book signing tours - hopefully in Cambridge UK

[Eric Eggertson]

The approach of publishing draft chapters and getting feedback was an interesting one. Far from making people feel they've already read the book, and don't need to buy it, I think you've created a group that now feels a stake in the success of the book and its ideas.

Now, get to work on a Flash animation of the two of you signing books, so you can do it virtually and save yourselves the gruelling book promotion tour!

[Randy Charles Morin]

Thanks! Much appreciated.

[steven streight aka vaspers the grate]

Yes, innovation now in the promotion and marketing of the book that is an innovative work about an innovative phenomenon: the weblog.

When do the action figures come out, and the blockbuster film version?

[Loic]

Shel... Honored for having helped such a book !

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Shel/ Robert,

Not really sure if you both have just raised the bar on collobration and communties at large. Initally the very concept of open book content being "webified" prior to publishing seemed out of wack, not only for authors , but the publisher too. IMHO, these efforts (blogging about the book/content) not only brings collobartion amongst the community, it just created a new paradigm of "community of conversations" - from communities of practices, learning, knowledge-- you both have created a "community of converstion". In my observation this concept is deeply embedded in the "cluetrain". While it was greatly talked about for many years, the first real model and deliverable that I am seeing is right here at this blog and the book.

I think what's more important then the book is the underlying principles that drove us (community) to clearly participate and have a new experince.
Coming out of this experine to me means that if I See another book by either of you, my hands will itch to buy a copy !!

Does anyone else feel the same way ??

[shel Israel]

Pete,
Thanks for those very kind and flattering words. Cluetrain was daunting for us at first, because we knew we couldn't really say what we had to say better than they did it six years ago. But we could bring in cases that made it more current and pragmatic, because so much has happened in six years. If you recall, I was appalled at first about making the project so transparent. Robert "outed me" back at the beginning. Now I am in absolute awe of what the blogosphere did for this project. I'm further in awe of how this project forever changed me.

[Dossy Shiobara]

I was surprised to be included in the acknowledgements for my tiny comment contribution, but this demonstrates the whole principle of the Long Tail of comments, and the tiny effort it takes to thank those in the tail delivers so much value.

I realize that I originally didn't sign my comment with my last name so it doesn't show in the acknowledgements. If it's not too late, it'd be nice to see it updated, but no worries if it doesn't happen.

Will there be a book-signing tour? Any chance there'll be a stop in New Jersey or New York? :-)

[Niti Bhan]

Thank you! I read this post and it didn't even strike me to scroll through to see my name (bHan, not baHn) - I'd say you, Shel, helped me more in my early days in the blogosphere by sharing your insights and guiding me kindly than any thing I could have said.

Again, dhanyavad

Niti