Blawg stories beget blog posts

I've tried not to blog about bloggers.  I would rather stick to information and opinions that might benefit folks.  However, I continually find this blogosphere thing fascinating.  For example, the Denver Post featured a story on law firms blogging three days ago.  They called me for background because www.leadershipforlawyers.typepad.com was listed onthe Denver Post Blogroll.  Then:

-  Denise Howell (blawg pioneer) posts, "Kudos to Holland & Hart for confirming what should be self-evident: a bit of inflammatory feedback is likely to come with the territory and no reason to yank down a perfectly good blawg. "

-  Another blogger - Timothy Hadley -  mentioned in the article, Math Class for Poets, posts several stories on being interviewed, with links to Holland & Hart's blogs, and echo's Denise's praise of Holland & Hart's blogs.

-  Still another blogger mentioned in the story - Larry King of ColoradoDivorceMediation.com contacted me via email, who wrote,  "In my view of the world, MARKETING is a way more important skill than just about any other taught in law school, and most mediators haven't dialed in to its importance at all." 

-  A leadership consultant read the article, visited our blogs, and contacted me by email to see if we could trade secrets over coffee some day.

-  More than 20 blogs have picked up the Denver Post story,ranging from commenting on the content to simply summarizing the article. 

Rick Klau - www.rklau.com/tins/ - once told me that blogs are an online, two-way conversation about ideas.  I am surprised, and very pleased, to discover this to be true.

-  Mark Beese

Comments

[Tim Hadley]

The multi-way nature of blog conversations was for me one of the main attractions of blogging. It can be a bit of a challenge to follow some of the wider-ranging discussions sometimes, but most writers are good about linking or using TrackBack, and using a feed aggregator to read weblogs also helps.

[Stephanie West Allen]

Mark, I would like to hear your thoughts on the difference between the conversation you mention above and the blog echo chamber described here:

http://westallen.typepad.com/idealawg/2006/09/idealawg_will_b.html

Thanks.