Holy Stumbles!

Wow. Since posting the last article about my initial impressions of StumbleUpon, over 2000 people have stopped by to check it out. It has made the most popular lists on TheWebList and popurls. Even got some Sphinns. Three more sites I would have never known about if it wasn't for SU.

Thanks so much to everyone stumbling. It is extremely humbling, gratifying, and exciting (I'm sure I could have said this with one perfectly suited German word, if I knew German) to see so many people enjoy the writing.

It has given me enough confidence to open the laundry hamper and know for sure that Dave McClure is not actually hiding out in there. But again, it was his panel at sxsw where I first learned of SU.

But this has already changed some of my SU habits, like sending thank-you notes. The SU system swears I'm a bot, so I have to go through the validation system every time I write one. This has made a lot of the folks who were gracious enough to take the time to read the article hard to reach personally.

In addition, now my friends list is busting at the seams. If you have checked out the article or fan-d me, and you haven't heard back, please accept this post as my thanks -- and know that I see you, and really appreciate the gesture.

As always, if you like the blog, please check out the agency that spawns all this writing, Emerge Digital. And if you haven't already, please subscribe to the RSS feed to get instant updates when a new post gets fired off the bow of the NMB.

Thanks again, truly!

Michael

Comments

[Dave Albert]

I just came across Dave McClure's name in an article about the Facebook Platform in a recent issue of Fast Company. If you hadn't dedicated a post to him, I wouldn't have thought twice, but now I'm starting to get paranoid he's stalking me as well.

(OK, maybe "Dave McClure Stalking" isn't a good running joke...he probably knows good lawyers. ;-)