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This is so weird.. I was just thinking about this today, when I was arguing with my wife about why I post so much stuff. I'm thinking that personal branding is important. - Joe Mac Stevens

Really good stuff, Chris. Thanks for sharing. - Bruce Turner

Thank You! Excellent topic that I will delve into right away. - Wendy J. Roan from twhirl

Excellent piece by Chris! - Charlie Anzman

add this to listropolis - http://www.listropolis.com/2008... - shaun mclane

except that you do a US only list it is a nice list. would it really be asked too much to at least recognize that for example linkedin does not rule the world and write "join the leading biz network, like for example linkedin"? - Nicole Simon

Holy crap, Chris! This is great stuff! Would you say personal branding is for anyone, or more for people who have something to sell through their online persona (a product, service, or opinion)? - Zach Landes

thanks Chris - what a great resource - wil be sending this to all my staff - if only they will DO IT! :) - Brad from twhirl

Wow, this list is awesome Chris. Thanks for sharing it. - Jason Runyan

Kick Ass - Dave Peck

great article with fantastic tips - Mick Edwards

100 Personal Branding Tactics Using Social Media. Your title is awfully modest considering you covered every marketing aspect in the online world. - Collin

weird choice of terms for the glossary... - Ian Schafer from twhirl

I spent 40 minutes with Gina on the phone for that interview and did some Scobletastic pimping of FF of my own. - Mark Krynsky

+1 for the word "Scobletastic" - ha3rvey (Ho)^3

Looking forward to diving into the Duncan tabs and now these new ones by Rahsheen, the FF experience just keeps getting better! - michael sean wright

Louis - I check them once in a while to see how many downloads. Bugs me a lot that more people don't use them. Really makes things easy for me and now have them on all the boxes. - Charlie Anzman

Shouldn't all these tabs go into a FriendFeed tabs extension ? - Michael C. Harris

Oh, and I get Google search instead of Google Calendar. - Michael C. Harris

I have been researching the best way to put them all together, but I'm picky. I want an options interface to check/uncheck what you want. Not sure what's up with the search coming up, it happened for me once, but I can't reproduce. Are you logged in? - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

I agree option are important. As for the calendar, yes, I'm logged in, and the calendar displays properly in a normal tab. - Michael C. Harris

Thanks for pointing this out, Michael. I made an error in the url (google.com/Calendar instead of /calendar). I just fixed the script so you can download it again. That's what I get for making extensive use of find/replace :) - Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah

Tested, all good. Nice work, Rahsheen :) - Michael C. Harris

Thanks Rob. Maybe I'm more like a nerd...? - Hutch Carpenter

@Mark, can't get to your blog right now getting a "can't find server". But every once in a while you had a social media marketing type post. Maybe I am mistaken and I will post an update/apology. I know I tend to get things confused. - Rob Diana

@Mark, I totally have you confused with someone else. I can't find the blog that I thought had some marketing in it, but definitely is not yours. At least I included the right blog :) - Rob Diana

No big deal, Rob. Just happy to be mentioned! - Mark Dykeman

Do not read the comments on Digg. :-) - Louis Gray

I'm getting way too cocky being on lists like these. But I am glad there are a few willing to read my(often too long) posts. Thanks Rob, you are making it harder for me to live up to expectations this way ;-) - Alexander van Elsas

From the article (social media?): "Similar mechanisms of self-assembly and self-organization occur across physics, biology and other fields of science. A beautiful example is the behavior of large flocks of birds, such as European starlings. Individual birds interact only with a small number of nearby birds; no leader tells them what to do. Yet the flock still forms and moves as a whole. The flock possesses collective, or emergent, properties that are not obvious in each bird's behavior." - Hutch Carpenter

Wikipedia has a basic overview of the idea of emergence: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... But yeah, given enough micro-systems (like individual friends) performing a set of tasks, eventually a macro-system emerges. Google Trends, TechMeme, and even Friendfeed's "best of" feature visualize that phenomenon in social media. - Mark Trapp

I thought something similar when I read that Hutch. The one difference is (presumably) the flock is trying to do the same thing and get to the same place. But I think if there were a way to get 50,000 people unified around the same cause online, all with the same amount of 'skin in the game', it might turn out similar. Hard part: getting 50K people unified around the same cause to the same degree. - Robert Seidman

There's a great MIT lady physics professor (forget the name at the moment) who's got some great theories. One of the sharpest minds in Physics today...and hot as hell to boot...! - Mitchell Tsai

I like Einstein... but I am more apt to buy Hawkings take that you can't objectify anything. that it can't be seen. "Not only are there dice, but you can't see where they are thrown." G-d is in the details, but obviously Einstein didn't see Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Moses had serious sunburn. - Noah David Simon

Newborns sleep alot, he'll have lots of random moments to surf for a while - David Knight

Perhaps Mrs. Gray is still in the hospital. Once everyone's home, then the fun begins... :) - Ontario Emperor

@Jeremy - the first couple days after they're born, Dads have a ton of time. Once they're home, the real fun begins as Ontario Emperor says. - Hutch Carpenter

@hutch - i've got a 1 year old.. i was being a little facetious. :) - Jeremy Toeman

Ah...then you know. I've got a 4 y.o. and 19 month old. Little handfuls, ain't they? - Hutch Carpenter

Those who can FamilyFeed and FriendFeed concurrently are the leaders of the next generation. - Louis Gray

of course, as a dad your duties will be fairly limited anyway, unless you can figure out how to breast-feed -- but there's always diapering :-) - mathew ingram

@Louis - LOL! - Hutch Carpenter

@Frederic, no that's not dedication. That's a sickness :) - Rob Diana

Is not. :-) - Louis Gray

my wife would have killed me if I had spent time online while at the maternity with her! ;o) - Xavier Bartholome

My wife has stayed married to me for this long. She knew what she was getting into. Besides, post c-section, aside from breast feeding, I _have_ been doing everything else. Matthew is fairly well bonded to me at this point, and she hasn't yet had to change a diaper. I'm sure this will all even out in the end. Looking forward to getting Sarah back with us, probably by end of day. She's a touch under 4 lbs. at this point, so we're watching close. - Louis Gray

@Louis, At least you have a really good excuse for not sleeping now. - Rob Diana

Great screencast-- I hadn't used hides before. I have mixed feelings on the UI, especially the number of options for "friend-of-friends." I also think pushing hidden items to the bottom might not be discoverable enough. But whatever - awesome. - jakebf

Very helpful to see how this was intended to be used. Thanks! - RyanEs