Winding down a seriously busy week that included the public beta launch of Gist.  This project has been in the works for some time and Tuesday marked the public debut.  If you have not tried it out yet, please do. 

I have done many product and company launches with varying results over the years.  Launch something no one cares about and the sound of the crickets is deafening.  Launch something people want and the ride is exhilarating.  The Gist launch was the latter and here is a sampling of the coverage we generated:

• Forbes – Gist.com's Beta Data
• Mashable Gist Launches: Sync Social Media Data with Email Connections
• Salesforce and Gist – CRM Gets Social
  

Most amazing was watching Twitter come to life with people talking about what we built and their thoughts about it…in real time.  Trust me, Twitter has a purpose and is one of the more revolutionary sales/marketing/support platforms to come around in a long time.

There are still many things to figure out and no shortage of work to be done but we are off to a strong start and it only gets better from here.