Age of Conversation Causes Web Crash 2007

The recent e-book Age of Conversation has generated so much talk that it caused the web to crash. For details, watch the following:

Some links of the authors involved in the Age of Conversation project (including me):

Authors:
Gavin Heaton Drew McClellan Christina Kerley Valeria Maltoni Emily Reed Katie Chatfield Greg VerdinoMack Collier Lewis Green Sacrum Ann Handley Mike Sansone Paul McEnany Roger von Oech Anna Farmery David Armano Bob Glaza Mark Goren Matt Dickman Scott Monty Richard Huntington Cam Beck David Reich Luc Sean Howard Tim Jackson Patrick Schaber Roberta Rosenberg Uwe Hook Tony D. Clark Todd Andrlik Toby Bloomberg Steve Woodruff Steve Bannister Steve Roesler Stanley JohnsonSpike JonesNathan Snell Simon Payn Ryan Rasmussen Ron Shevlin Roger Anderson Bob Hruzek Rishi Desai Phil Gerbyshak Peter Corbett Pete Deutschman Nick Rice Nick Wright Mitch Joel Michael Morton Mark EarlsMark Blair Mario Vellandi Lori Magno Kristin Gorski Krishna De Kris Hoet Kofl Annan Kimberly Dawn WellsKarl Long Julie Fleischer Jordan Behan John La Grou Joe Raasch Jim Kukral Jessica Hagy Janet GreenJamey Shiels Gia Facchini Geert Desager Gaurav Mishra Gareth Kay Faris Yakob Emily Clasper Ed CottonDustin Jacobsen Tom Clifford David Polinchock David Koopmans David Brazeal David BerkowitzCarolyn Manning Craig Wilson Cord Silverstein Connie Reece Colin McKay Chris Newlan Chris CorriganCedric Giorgi Becky Carroll Arun Rajagopal Andy Nulman Amy Jussel AJ James Kim Klaver Sandy RenshawSusan Bird Ryan Barrett Troy Worman

Comments

[Bob Glaza]

That DARN Eric Tipton...if only he had been using a 3rd machine. Let the government be forewarned...better get a back up going - PRONTO!
Thanks for keeping us up to speed Roger :)

[Roger Anderson]

What happened to the other Internets that President Bush always talks about? Did all of them go down?

Thanks Rog.

[Robyn]

WOW!!! Congrats!

[Robert Hruzek]

Gee, that would mean we actually have to use, you know, a telephone to actually, er, talk to people?!

Aauugh! (Sound of brain exploding!)

[Timothy Johnson]

Thanks for the call-out, Roger, but I gotta give credit where it's due. The Z-List artwork was the brilliance of Sandy Renshaw over at Purple Wren.

Congrats on the success of your latest project.

[Sean Howard]

LOL!

Nice work, Roger!!!

[David Reich]

Very funny. Thanks for passing it along.

[Mr. Zeus]

The Onion scores again! And this naturally leads to a great "what if?".

What if there were no internet?

Would I have more time because I spend so much time crawling the net?

Or would I have less time because the internet allows me to efficiently access information and effectively communicate with others.

Being only 22, I've had access to the net my entire conscious life practically. Would any of you prefer to go back to a time without the net?

[Phil Gerbyshak]

Hilarious Roger! Thanks for sharing this.

Who knew that 103 people could take the Interweb down? Not Al Gore, that's who!

[Gavin Heaton]

Good to see that the Internet can crumble under the weight of a good idea ;)

[Shaping Youth]

Nice job integrating the headline into a technorati tag ping! Great execution; want to give us a hand at Shaping Youth? We could sure use your talents to get the 'good' to rise to the top! Bravo.

As both a Creative Director who's used the 'whack pack' and an Age of Conversation co-author (perhaps the token nonprofit in our 103?) I've got to say, it reinforces my thinking that nonprofits MUST align with branding and marketing gurus to keep from talking to ourselves in an echo chamber if we want to be change agents on a massive scale.

This YouTube/Onion News Network web crash bit was hilarious...piggybacking onto it for AOC, brilliant...AND just coming from the YPulse conference, I've gotta tell ya, it's not so far from the truth in terms of multi-tasking; might even be prescient!

Thanks Roger, for great buzz and brand building to benefit the kids! --Amy Jussel

[Carolyn Manning]

Wonderful video, Roger. On top of that, Amy's right about the marketing genius you're displaying here. Excuse me now. I must finish wiping Bob's brains from my screen and go think about how I can become a marketing genius, too.

[David Berkowitz]

I didn't think tubes could crash.

[Steve Woodruff]

Sorry, Todd Andrlik - you're going to have to start over with your Top 150. And new we all get to start over with a zero-based Technorati rank!

[Free to think, Free to believe]

Does that mean it was a success or failure?

I can reach back to a time when the internet was barely on the horizon, and unless there is a relaxing on smoking bans in pubs - then I guess it's here to stay...

[Roger von Oech]

Yeah, it's a fun video. With more than a little truth in it.

Mr. Zeus: If there were no Internet, perhaps there would be more reading and fewer cases of AADD (Acquired Attention Deficit Disorder). Not a bad trade-off.