Difference between revisions of "Robert Scoble"
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He left Fawcette to join [[Dave Winer]]'s UserLand Software, a blogging software startup, as Director of Marketing, until the startup ran out of money. He found a job at NEC Mobile Solutions as Sales Support Manager for TabletPC, where he used a blog to provide tech support and listen to feedback from NEC customers. This blog was noticed by Vic Gundotra, then General Manager of Platform Evangelism at Microsoft, who invited Robert to work at Microsoft. | He left Fawcette to join [[Dave Winer]]'s UserLand Software, a blogging software startup, as Director of Marketing, until the startup ran out of money. He found a job at NEC Mobile Solutions as Sales Support Manager for TabletPC, where he used a blog to provide tech support and listen to feedback from NEC customers. This blog was noticed by Vic Gundotra, then General Manager of Platform Evangelism at Microsoft, who invited Robert to work at Microsoft. | ||
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| + | Scoble joined Microsoft in 2003 as part of the Channel 9 MSDN Video team, producing videos that showcased Microsoft employees and products. While promoting Microsoft products like Tablet PCs and Windows Vista, Scoble also frequently criticized his own employer and praised competitors. His blog offered an unusual level of access, including accepting comments from readers, and publishing his cell phone number inviting people to contact him directly with issues. He helped Microsoft appear less evil to the independent software developers that were his core audience. In February 2005 he was the first person to be called the newly-coined term "spokesblogger." | ||
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| + | In 2006 Scoble announced he was leaving Microsoft to join Podtech.net as vice president of media development. | ||
After leaving Microsoft he worked for Fast Company as a video blogger. | After leaving Microsoft he worked for Fast Company as a video blogger. | ||
