There’s an interplay in what you are saying. On the one hand, there is unbridled enthusiasm for innovation. On the other hand there is harsh cynicism and blogosphere social slander. And I think I’m hearing you encourage us to spend time thinking about what we are being exposed to… not taking things at face value… considering the alternatives… striving to understand the meaning beneath the presentation… asking the difficult questions.

You know, that kind of encouragement is really nice to hear. Thanks so much. I’ve been struggling to discover a way to engage with which I would be comfortable. When presented with this chumpitude, it gave me something solid to react to. It motivated a response. And it’s great to hear that it struck the right note.

Now I’m doubly motivated to do more of the same. Thanks.

It’s funny, because I often think of you as the counterpoint to the enthusiasm of the 2 Michaels on Dogear Nation recordings, sounding a more cautious note or ready to ask the difficult question that helps us to really drill down into the business (or indeed societal) value of any new innovation and get underneath the gloss and excitement. This piece of writing really demonstrates the same thing.

In terms of the original post, I was a little surprised by the harshness of tone. But some things do have to happen behind firewalls, and microblogging can have a place on both sides. In fact we’ve found it refreshing to interact with one another through a system as flexible as a microblogging platform as well as with regular blogs and IM.