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Re: A week in Montana did me some good

Mian Fahim ul Haq — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:42:59 -0000

You can have www.geekrobes.com and I have more than one reasons to justify this.

1. Geekrobes sounds similar to Microbes

2. It all about a Geek known as Robert Scoble. Hence GEEKROBE(rt)S(coble).

3. Traditional movies show curtains in front of cinema screens. They remove curtain to start the show.
ROBES can be taken as gowns that professors/students wear on convocations etc. So geek movies should be hidden with a robe instead of a traditional curtain. Remove the robe and below is a geek :P

Just some random thoughts ;).

Re: A week in Montana did me some good

LayZ — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:20:51 -0000

Brooke, I guess by Scoble's logic all one now has to do is blog about their writing or acting and they can get hired. CAA will be crapping their pants if the industry gets ahold of this new strategy ;-)

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Dave Cohen — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 20:23:17 -0000

www.headlinegeeks.com

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Robert Scoble — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:57:42 -0000

PRB: I like boobtube.com, but, yeah, doesn't seem to fit the kind of show I'm gonna do. Nerdvideo does, but Robert Cringley's show is NerdTV and I don't wanna be accused of copying or stealing.

Re: A week in Montana did me some good

PRB — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:24:01 -0000

www.boobtube.com

Appears to be available...

Is easily identifiable, but does not convey geek content. I suppose you want something more geeky such
as.

www.nerdvideo.com

Naturally as with passwords, once published someone will squat on/crack it.

Good Luck...

Re: A week in Montana did me some good

Toby Getsch — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:06:51 -0000

Wanna hire me? I'm available. Search for more info any way that works for you. I think I'm listed. ;)

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Brooke A. Wharton — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:13:11 -0000

BTW, in my April 12, May 3, May 4, May 11, May 19, May 25, July 7, August 5, Sept. 14, Sept. 19 posts in 2005 at writingforfilm.com, I discussed the difficulty/strategies of finding any agent (lit.) within the entertainment industry (that's how difficult it is!!)

Re: A week in Montana did me some good

Brooke A. Wharton — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:54:32 -0000

"I used to work for Sean Connery (true story). He had an agent. Far better than a resume."

Ahh Robert,

Getting an agent in the entertainment industry is much more difficult than getting paid work within the entertainment industry. You only get an agent when you have some produced credits to your name and when you--as an actor, writer, director etc-- are a predictable revenue stream, as an agent makes her/his living by receiving 10% of the gross revenue that the represented talent receives. Obviously, no one, especially an agent, wants to make 10% of nothing.

Needless to say, to get an agent, you need a list of produced work (resume) and a sample of your work.

BTW, if you ever chat with Sean again, I'm sure he'll tell you some variation of this re: how he got an agent.

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John Dodds — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:06:12 -0000

"Or a good blogger (not always the same thing as a good writer, by the way)."

I don't disagree, but I'd be interested in an expansion of that thought as i'm sure would your prospective employees.

Re: A week in Montana did me some good

Nancy — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:13:31 -0000

Okay, so it's a show for geeks. So is Star Trek...could you be a little more specific? :-) Maybe thinking about the theme will give you some ideas?

I suck at thinking of creative, memorable names. The only one that comes to mind is Speegk.com. The G is silent, get it? And, hey, it's available.

Re: A week in Montana did me some good

Chris — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:05:11 -0000

Hi Robert,

You can buy NerdyStuff.com off me if you like!

Chris

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LayZ — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:03:42 -0000

@22. But you won't be hiring or producing anything near the quality of Connery, so what's your point?

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Dana Gardner — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 07:25:42 -0000

How about www.ITcortex.com?

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Robert Scoble — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:46:14 -0000

Pat: I thought about something along those lines cause my son always called Dave Winer's house the Internet Hut or something like that.

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Pat Phelan — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:35:06 -0000

geekshed.com is available
welcome to the geek shed?

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Search Engines WEB ۞ — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 03:39:26 -0000

//////Oh, speaking of work. Finding a name and a URL is damn difficult. Everytime I find a name that Maryam and my coworkers like the URL is gone. Now I know why so many companies come up with lame names. Like, well, yelp.

Was this meant Literally???

Some Registrars that allow for Domain name searching - will actually track the searches and immediately buy thoses domains they deem to have to most potential...
Ironically, there is a grace period, where they can change their minds without cost....

The new buzzword is Domain Name Kiting
It has already taken off in the Search Engines :D

http://www.google.com/searc...

Re: A week in Montana did me some good

Search Engines WEB ۞ — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 03:37:34 -0000

Oh, speaking of work. Finding a name and a URL is damn difficult. Everytime I find a name that Maryam and my coworkers like the URL is gone. Now I know why so many companies come up with lame names. Like, well, yelp.

The new buzzword is Domain Name Kiting
It has already taken off in the Search Engines :D

http://www.google.com/searc...

Re: A week in Montana did me some good

Christopher Coulter — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:19:51 -0000

Resume is but the outline, other ways of proving things up to snuff -- spec script's for writers, portfolio's for artists and cinematographers, blogs for geeks, software-shipped for programmers, credits for actors, ad campaigns for marketing and advertising exec's, real campaigns for political hacks. A blog is but one form, not always applicable to all.

And if any doubt, test them.

PS - Connery doesn't even need an Agent...he's so far beyond that. Of course after being idle this long, and after the League disaster, maybe he does. Well, ok, 'Dr. Henry Jones' supposedly. :)

PSS - How's Olivier Garbe? I see CBOX 3 gotta biggie look at NAB.

Re: A week in Montana did me some good

Robert Scoble — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 01:34:15 -0000

I used to work for Sean Connery (true story). He had an agent. Far better than a resume.

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LayZ — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 01:31:39 -0000

hell, Scoble, how do actors get jobs? how do advertisers get jobs? How do screenwriters get jobs. How do cinematographers get jobs? Think they just point to blogs with their content? You are hiring basically the same type of people. If their resume says they did x, y and z, it should be pretty easy to find out. Your model has been done before. Just ask Paul McCartney how well that worked out for Apple.

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GuySie — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 00:23:10 -0000

Heh, that cleverspecies one is fun. I don't think it's the kind of thing Scoble wanted, but I sure like it :)

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Josh Bancroft — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:59:14 -0000

Heh. Naming is an interesting topic. Just today I did a post on "Josh's Naming Rule":

http://www.tinyscreenfuls.c...

Keep spitballing ideas for names, and you'll know the right one when you find it.

FWIW, I've got some domain names registered that are yours if you want them - I tend to register interesting names when they come to me, and think up uses for them later:

cleverspecies.com
creativespecies.org
mediarush.org
podseeing.com
eatlikeabirdpooplikeaneleph...
pooplikeanelephant.com

If you want any of those, let me know, and I'll transfer them to you, no charge or anything.

Personally, I think you should jump on scoble.tv, if not for PodTech, then for you. :-)

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Michael Martine — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:38:01 -0000

Is Myriam a geek? Sorry, but go with the geeks on this one.

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Phil Weber — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:23:17 -0000

scoble.tv is available.

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eggertson — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:01:26 -0000

In the spirit of "there's no such thing as a bad idea when brainstorming," here are some possibilities:

bandwidthbeat.com
cathoderaygun.com
blisteredeyeballs.com
vidnation.net
reboottv.com
rebootvideo.com
geekcasting.net
geekwidth.com
blathercaster.com
mileagemayvary.net
geekautopsy.com
ingeekwetrust.com
totallytech.tv

Sorry, geeksgonewild.com is taken!

So is nerdopolis.com.