Difference between revisions of "Robert Scoble"
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===Podtech and FastCompany=== | ===Podtech and FastCompany=== | ||
| − | In 2006 Scoble announced he was leaving Microsoft to join Podtech.net as vice president of media development. At Podtech he produced the [http://www.podtech.net/scobleshow Scoble Show]. In early 2008 he left PodTech and joined Fast Company, where he launched [http://www.fastcompany.tv/ FastCompany.tv], with two shows. The first was FastCompany Live, which was done totally on cell phones. The second, ScobleizerTV, was similar to his previous show on PodTech, only with better equipment and a camera operator. | + | In 2006 Scoble announced he was leaving Microsoft to join Podtech.net as vice president of media development. At Podtech he produced the [http://www.podtech.net/scobleshow Scoble Show]. In early 2008 he left PodTech and joined Fast Company, where he launched [http://www.fastcompany.tv/ FastCompany.tv], with two shows. The first was FastCompany Live, which was done totally on cell phones. The second, ScobleizerTV, was similar to his previous show on PodTech, only with better equipment and a camera operator. Scoble no longer produces videos for FastCompany, but he continues to write articles for their magazine. |
===Rackspace and Building 43=== | ===Rackspace and Building 43=== | ||
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Scoble's notoriety has further grown with his ubiquitous presence on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network_service social networks] such as [[Twitter]], [[Facebook]] and [[FriendFeed]]. | Scoble's notoriety has further grown with his ubiquitous presence on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network_service social networks] such as [[Twitter]], [[Facebook]] and [[FriendFeed]]. | ||
| − | In January 2008 Scoble's [[Facebook]] account was disabled after he used automatic scripts to download his 5,000 contacts (known as a social graph) from the site. Scoble annouced the ban first on Twitter and then [http://scobleizer.com/2008/01/03/ive-been-kicked-off-of-facebook on his blog]. The news quickly spread, with diverse reactions. For example, | + | In January 2008 Scoble's [[Facebook]] account was disabled after he used automatic scripts to download his 5,000 contacts (known as a social graph) from the site. Scoble annouced the ban first on Twitter and then [http://scobleizer.com/2008/01/03/ive-been-kicked-off-of-facebook on his blog]. The news quickly spread, with diverse reactions. For example, [http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/01/03/facebook-blocks-scoble-for-downloading-his-contacts TechCrunch Europe] seemed to support Scoble, but then [[Michael Arrington]] of TechCrunch [http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/03/plaxo-flubs-it blamed] Plaxo for prompting Scoble to violate the Facebook Terms of Service. Scoble's Facebook account was [http://valleywag.gawker.com/340318/scoble-triumphantly-returns-to-facebook quickly reinstated] after he promised to stop scraping data from the site. |
While Scoble has a large number of followers on various social networks, he is particularly distinguished by the time he spends following others. In March 2008 he [http://scobleizer.com/2008/03/23/the-secret-to-twitter wrote on his blog] that "the secret to [[Twitter]] isn’t how many followers you have, but how many people you are following." In December 2008 [[Michael Arrington]] [http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/22/im-sorry-robert-but-its-time-for-a-friendfeed-intervention suggested on TechCrunch] that Scoble was addicted to [[Twitter]] and [[FriendFeed]]. Arrington reported that Scoble admitted to monitoring those services all day long, "hitting refresh over and over on both," and to spending at least seven hours a day, seven days a week, reading and responding on those services. | While Scoble has a large number of followers on various social networks, he is particularly distinguished by the time he spends following others. In March 2008 he [http://scobleizer.com/2008/03/23/the-secret-to-twitter wrote on his blog] that "the secret to [[Twitter]] isn’t how many followers you have, but how many people you are following." In December 2008 [[Michael Arrington]] [http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/22/im-sorry-robert-but-its-time-for-a-friendfeed-intervention suggested on TechCrunch] that Scoble was addicted to [[Twitter]] and [[FriendFeed]]. Arrington reported that Scoble admitted to monitoring those services all day long, "hitting refresh over and over on both," and to spending at least seven hours a day, seven days a week, reading and responding on those services. | ||
| − | Perhaps in response to Arrington's concerns, in June 2009 Scoble [http://scobleizer.com/2009/06/28/back-to-blogging-week-no-friendfeedtwitter-for-a-week/ announced] that he would pay more attention to his blog. And in August 2009 he used an automated script to [http://mashable.com/2009/08/06/twitter-purge/ unfollow 106,000 people] on Twitter. (Though as [[Loic Lemeur]] has [http://loiclemeur.com/english/2009/02/robert-scoble-is-fake-following.html pointed out], Scoble had only really | + | Perhaps in response to Arrington's concerns, in June 2009 Scoble [http://scobleizer.com/2009/06/28/back-to-blogging-week-no-friendfeedtwitter-for-a-week/ announced] that he would pay more attention to his blog. And in August 2009 he used an automated script to [http://mashable.com/2009/08/06/twitter-purge/ unfollow 106,000 people] on Twitter. (Though as [[Loic Lemeur]] has [http://loiclemeur.com/english/2009/02/robert-scoble-is-fake-following.html pointed out], Scoble was following all those people because he had automatically followed back anyone who was following him, but he only really followed systematically the output of a much smaller group, principally made up of his contacts on FriendFeed.) Only two months after the purge, Scoble [http://twitter.com/Scobleizer/status/4699311816 revealed] that he was already back up to following 4000 people. |
| − | http://scobleizer.posterous.com/why-twitter-is-underhyped-and-is-probably-wor | + | Despite his efforts to reduce the time he spends on them, Scoble remains convinced of the value of social websites. In August 2009 he [http://scobleizer.posterous.com/why-twitter-is-underhyped-and-is-probably-wor estimated that] Twitter was worth 5 to 10 billion dollars. This estimate was widely contested, but [http://twitter.com/Scobleizer/statuses/4039596489 Scoble has suggested] that his blog post helped Twitter to raise [http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/16/twitter-closing-new-venture-round-with-1-billion-valuation/ additional funding] based on a valuation of one billion dollars. |
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He supported [[Kathy Sierra]] when she was victim of hostile posts. | He supported [[Kathy Sierra]] when she was victim of hostile posts. | ||
| − | ==Links== | + | ==See also== |
| + | *[[Selected Scoble Links]] | ||
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| + | ==External Links== | ||
*Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Scoble | *Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Scoble | ||
*Building 43 website: http://www.building43.com | *Building 43 website: http://www.building43.com | ||
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*Scoble's Posterous: http://scobleizer.posterous.com/ | *Scoble's Posterous: http://scobleizer.posterous.com/ | ||
*Twitter: http://twitter.com/scobleizer | *Twitter: http://twitter.com/scobleizer | ||
| + | **Scoble's Twitter favorites: http://twitter.com/scobleizer/favorites | ||
*Friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/scobleizer | *Friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/scobleizer | ||
*Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RobertScoble | *Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RobertScoble | ||
| + | Some recent Scoble posts: | ||
| + | *Scoble asks who is taking over who's castle: http://friendfeed.com/scobleizer/2deebf22/on-my-whiteboard-is-battlefronts-ie-who-in-tech | ||
| + | *Scoble's Twitter Significant User List (SUL): http://scobleizer.com/2009/09/26/youre-not-on-twitters-suggested-user-list-but-you-are-in-good-company | ||
[[Category:People]] | [[Category:People]] | ||
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