Have any of you read The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual? Right now I’m halfway through it and can confirm all the hype you may or may not have heard about this book.

I’ve read quite a few books on blogging and have followed some pretty in-depth courses but this really does put what I’m trying to do online into perspective.

I know many of you don’t even read these “non-issue” stories as what grabs your attention (or Google’s) is the OrbiCam issue, but there’s a conversation going on within this blog that’s very difficult to stop.

You guys have a lot to say, some of it nice, a lot of it critical, all of it relevant – and I have done everything possible to promote and maintain conversations with everyone who ends up on this site.

However I’m now going to push the boat much further out.

It’s very easy for me to link to journalist/professional reviews of Acer’s products. All it takes is a Google search for the specific product I’m looking for, a quick look to see if the destination page is any good and there’s your link.

What this method lacks though is authenticity. By that I mean what a real customer would say about the product he or she has just bought.

A few weeks ago I was contacted by a guy asking for the release dates of the Aspire 5920 in UK. He then went on to buy the notebook and I invited him to write his opinion of it, which I promised to publish.

So yesterday, when his mail arrived, we made history. As far as I know, this is the first, “customer review” of a notebook. Certainly it’s the first for a UK-delivered Aspire 5920.

I’m waiting to see if I can download the accompanying pictures but promise to have his full review up in the next few days. Let’s hope this is the first of many….

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