I first heard about Chris Brogan from the Talkshoe guys during the brainstorming around the 2007 Kivathon interactive podcast three years ago. Ever since then, he has been getting on my nerves daily! I finally decided to clear the air.

1. About once in every 1,000 Tweets, Chris promotes his own projects. The average is more like ten to one, so he's way behind
2. Chris isn't always right. Occasionally he screws up and worse, he admits it. Clay feet?
3. He will talk to anyone, even Internet nobodys like me. Wasn't it Groucho Marx who said "Any club who..."
4. He crippled our conference bridge twice by attracting hundreds of callers, then had the nerve to say a bunch of interesting stuff
5. Every time I get his newsletter, I feel like a slacker because he comes up with the most amazing, useful real-life suggestions. Dude, you should be making them pay for this stuff!
6. When I read his blog, I feel like the nobody I am, because I want to comment and "help him" but there's never anything worth adding
7. He has a huge staff helping, at least one person I know for a fact. How the heck does he put out all this info and have a life?
8. His writing is way too understandable, he makes it look easy. "Obscurity is the refuge of the competent", Chris!
9. Brogan is probably responsible for a large number of social media success stories, the Kivathon was just one tiny example
10. He got tricked into Tweeting about the Voipathon and you may be too, if you follow his example, which I encourage you to do

So it's out in the open now, the truth about Chris. Although he publishes numerous links to interesting people, I've still yet to find anyone else who continually produces a steady stream of useful, easy to assimilate, practical information and deep reflection on so many channels.Are you embarrassed yet, CB?