So I went to a the 5th Techcrunch Meetup which was the Launch Party for the book “Naked Conversations” (by Robert Scoble & Shel Israel). It’s about how companies have changed their relationships with their customers through blogging. Robert started a *behind the scenes* show about Microsoft called Channel 9. The whole story has been great and inspiring I big company, who is trying to become more open.

I met Robert & Shel who were really cool down to earth guys, as Dossy was able to give me a good excuse. And was able to ask each of them two questions. Instead of re-inventing the wheel I decided to ask each of them the same questions. I will summarize (which can lead to intepretation) their answers, for their exact words, I’d check out the podcast:).

1.Who is one person/position you’d like to see start blogging?

Shel: Anyone who is in a position and able to (I like his all hands on deck approach)

Robert: George W. Bush (and I was hoping Fidel Castro)

2. At AOL, there are a number of employees who are on the cusp of blogging, what would tip or encouragement do you have to say for them to get them to start?

Shel: Just start blogging
Robert: Start reading blogs, and seeing if you are interested in leaving comments; if not, perhaps blogging is not your bag.

Thank you Robert & Shel for your time.

…Will be getting the podcast out soon (hopefully it will turn out okay. Warning:it’s a bit rough) …You can check it out on iTunes: Search for AOL Mountain View, which is behind the scenes look at our crazy campus .