Notice anything different about the blog? Look to your immediate left and you should see a cool little Google chat widget they are calling a “chatback badge.” You maybe thinking.. “man there goes Charles again, that Google sucker…” but seriously, this thing is pretty cool. Here is what it does from Google Bruce…

We call it “chatback” because instead of you doing all the talking on your blog, your visitors can talk back to you. Sure, they could leave comments, but those are public and hard to use for a real conversation. With chatback, it’s a real instant message session.

Want one too? They are giving them away for free!