Chris Brogan advises businesses on the use of social media tools and strategies to build communities, improve business relationships, and communicate effectively.

When you were a kid, what did you dream of becoming?

A superhero. No, really. But then, I wasn’t very dedicated, so I wanted to be a writer. I am now.

Have you had any bad dreams lately? If so what was it and why was it bad?

I dream of sharks and water a great deal. I saw Jaws when I was six (don’t ask: I *begged* my parents). I think it’s lived with me ever since. In October, I’ll enter a shark cage. We’ll see how THAT changes things.

What do you do for a living and do you enjoy it?

I’m a typist. More officially, I run a small new marketing agency called New Marketing Labs. I love it to death. I can’t stand NOT doing my job

What first got you on the internet?

Connecting with humans. I love the Internet because it connects me to you.

What first turned you onto Disqus?

I love the idea of setting my community’s comments free to the web to be discovered. That’s so brilliant. I love how many features you add to the platform. If you’d have told me that comment TECHNOLOGY was important, I’d have laughed. But no, you’ve converted me.

If you were to ask for one feature what would it be and why?

I’d want to be able to one-click promote a comment to a full fledged blog post (in review mode), and then be able to publish it as a comment with appropriate author attribution.

What one feature would be most important to the average commenter?

I think they want to have their identity solidly known.

What feature do you enjoy the most?

I love the threaded replies and the LIKE feature.

Any fun plans for the future we should know about?

I have a book coming out in August. Is that fun?

If you would like to learn more about Chris and the book visit his website or check out his Twitter.

Oh! One last thing! Chris is also shaving his hair off for charity. Here is a link with more details.

Cheers,