Difference between revisions of "Robert Scoble"
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Robert Scoble is an American blogger, technical evangelist, and author. Scoble first came to prominence during his tenure as a technical evangelist at [[Microsoft]], due to his blog "Scobleizer." | Robert Scoble is an American blogger, technical evangelist, and author. Scoble first came to prominence during his tenure as a technical evangelist at [[Microsoft]], due to his blog "Scobleizer." | ||
| − | ==Early life== | + | ==Early life and education== |
Scoble grew up in Silicon Valley. His father was an engineer at Ampex and Lockheed Martin. His mother worked for [[Apple Inc]] as a member of a group of women who built Apple IIs at home. Robert learned how to solder a motherboard together when he was 11 and helped his mother build several hundred Apple IIs. | Scoble grew up in Silicon Valley. His father was an engineer at Ampex and Lockheed Martin. His mother worked for [[Apple Inc]] as a member of a group of women who built Apple IIs at home. Robert learned how to solder a motherboard together when he was 11 and helped his mother build several hundred Apple IIs. | ||
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==Other activities== | ==Other activities== | ||
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| + | Scoble originally gained notoriety as a blogger. He has repeatedly been called an "egoblogger," which [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=egoblogger is defined as] a blogger who spends "as much time promoting themselves and trying to get famous as they do writing their blogs". | ||
| + | One of the most famous egobloggers is Robert Scoble, of the technical blog Scobleizer. Nearly every biographical article about Mr. Scoble refers to him as an egoblogger. | ||
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| + | Scoble is the co-author of Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers with Shel Israel. | ||
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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. | ||
