And then I was like, "blah blah blah," and he was like...

What’s up with conversation these days? How has it changed over the past 100 years? How has the digital space altered our chit-chat?

104 bloggers spent some time addressing these kinds of conversation questions. Each person wrote a one-page chapter, completely in the dark on their co-authors’ chapter topics.

So now it’s about time to see how all the pieces fit together. The e-book comes out THIS Monday, July 16th. Visit my permanent Age of Conversation page for more information on the background of this glorious concept and to find out how to order your copy. And just so you know, all proceeds to go charity.

I included a short excerpt from my chapter, Face-to-Avatar, on the permanent page. But I’ll post it here too, just for kicks.

...As online recreation becomes the accepted norm and a digital life that was once part-time fantasy spills into full-time reality, a pesky question nags at me:

Are our face-to-face interactions affected?

Congratulations to all of my co-authors. I cannot wait to read your chapters. Seriously, I’m psyched!

Gavin Heaton; Drew McLellan; CK; Paul McEnany; Valeria Maltoni; Toby Bloomberg; Matt Dickman; David Armano; Greg Verdino; Lewis Green; Arun Rajagopal; Roger von Oech; Tim Jackson; Cam Beck; David Reich; Ryan Barrett; Mack Collier; Emily Reed; Katie Chatfield; Sacrum; Ann Handley; Mike Sansone; Anna Farmery; Bob Glaza; Mark Goren; Scott Monty; Richard Huntington; Mindblob (Luc); Sean Howard; Patrick Schaber; Roberta Rosenberg; Uwe Hook; Tony D. Clark; Todd Andrlik; Steve Woodruff; Steve Bannister; Steve Roesler; Stanley Johnson; Spike Jones; Nathan Snell; Simon Payn; Ryan Rasmussen; Ron Shevlin; Roger Anderson; Bob Hruzek; Rishi Desai; Phil Gerbyshak; Peter Corbett; Pete Deutschman; Nick Rice; Nick Wright; Michael Morton; Mark Earls; Mark Blair; Mario Vellandi; Kristin Gorski; Kris Hoet; Kofl Annan; Kimberly Dawn Wells; Karl Long; Julie Fleischer; Jordan Behan; John La Grou; Joe Raasch; Jim Kukral; Jessica Hagy; Janet Green; Jamey Shiels; Dr. Graham Hill; Gia Facchini; Geert Desager; Gaurav Mishra; Gary Schoeniger; Gareth Kay; Faris Yakob; Emily Clasper; Ed Cotton; Dustin Jacobsen; Tom Clifford; David Polinchock; David Koopmans; David Brazeal; David Berkowitz; Carolyn Manning; Craig Wilson; Cord Silverstein; Connie Reece; Colin McKay; Chris Corrigan; Cedric Giorgi Becky Carroll; Amy Jussel Kim Klaver; Sandy Renshaw; Susan Bird; Troy Worman; S. Neil Vineberg;Chris Newlan; Brian Reich; AJ James  

Comments

[Mack Collier]

Can't wait to read your chapter Ryan!

[Tim Jackson]

Is this thing kick ass or what? I'm extremely pleased to be a part of this global project and to be involved with so many articulate and thoughtful people. It pretty much rocks!