Scobleizer: More on Microsoft and not going to PDC
Mike Sax
· 1 year ago
One thing I like about you Robert is that even though you sometimes shoot from the hip with strong opinions, you're equally quick to take accountability for your part. Well done, Mr. Scobleizer, even Hugh Grant can't confess and apologize as well as you. ;-) My sincere apologies for calling you a prima donna.
Dare Obasanjo
· 1 year ago
Mike, Causing controversy and then apologizing the next day after you've generated page views at the cost of attacking people is not a virtue. Especially when this is a pattern of behavior going back years. See at http://burningbird.net/connecting/im-right-im-r... for Shelley Powers talking about the same thing 2 years ago.
Scott Barnes
· 1 year ago
Come on, let's just all huggit out :)
It's just bytes in the end.. bytes..
Time to move on me thinks..
- Scott Barnes Microsoft.
Four20
· 1 year ago
Lots of posts today. . .is FriendFeed down?
j/p :p
Robert Scoble
· 1 year ago
Four20: hah! No. It's just that there's nothing interesting. :-)
Mike Sax
· 1 year ago
Dare, it may not be a virtue but it sure is nicer than the kind of vindictive go-for-the-kill I'll-hate-you-forever attitude of Michael Arrington. FWIW, I posted a comment on the TechCrunch blog last night that said:
"Michael, for a guy who makes his living writing opinions about others you sure have a thin skin when the roles are reversed."
Sure enough, half an hour later the comment was deleted.
Four20
· 1 year ago
I enjoy reading about the blogger's perspective on the economic crisis. Keep it up
Karen
· 1 year ago
Arrington is an arrogant buffoon, and always has been.
aRingTone
· 1 year ago
Arrington has an agenda against google and yahoo, everybody knows that.
He has no credibility at all.
Herschel
· 1 year ago
Robert, I have less and less time on my hands over the past couple of years.
With that said I've been cutting down the number of RSS feeds I read regularly. And sadly, you are now on the bubble. When you were at Microsoft it seemed that your blog was focused, engaging and a bit entertaining.
But for me, over the past couple of years you've become boring and distracting. Your blog posts point to videos, twitters and friend feeds that I honestly don't have time for. What I have time for is engaging and informative information from you.
And then you have these drama things that, althought interesting on a personal level, they don't really add value to my professional life.
And many years ago you wrote how to have a great blog is in part sticking to your niche -- drama isn't your niche.
The only thing that keeps me subscribed right now is the fact that you still might find something that educates me about IT. But if things continue on their current path, I'm not sure how long I'll stick around.
axemte
· 1 year ago
This whole mess reminds me of high school. This is not the way professionals should act.
Tadeu Maia
· 1 year ago
I wonder why Dare would still keep going with this. Bringing up something that happened 2 years ago? Is there so much free time at microsoft?
Dude
· 1 year ago
Dude, there is no way I have time to watch videos of CEOs being interviewed. And since it's not a good way of reporting on conferences...why are you still doing it?
Text dominates video in almost all circumstances (cue Robert coming back with a bunch of niche cases where video is better).
Robert Scoble
· 1 year ago
Dude: I could write 10,000 words about the new Apple laptops that were released today or I could shoot one minute of video and show them to you. Which is a more effective use of both or our times?
Herschel: I'll work on that. You really should watch my "Like" feed at FriendFeed, though. I hand select the best of the tech industry stuff there for you. That's at http://friendfeed.com/scobleizer/likes and you'll find very little noise there.
I've switched quite a bit of my time to FriendFeed because that's where a lot of the best bloggers aggregate their information to, which doesn't just include blogs.
Videos are how I get into companies to learn new stuff or have conversations with interesting people. I link to them because I think you can learn a lot from them.
deviateX
· 1 year ago
Dare's post is just sort of thing your (blog) friends have been making about Microsoft for years.
orcmid
· 1 year ago
Good for you Robert.
I think one problem is that when you are among the Gillmore gang, you will always find someone to say their respect for Microsoft is diminished, since some of them seem to be always looking for that. It would be good to step out of that echo chamber to calibrate what you see happening.
OK, I'll cool it too! Stay well, dude. Enjoy the home cooking.
Jeremy
· 1 year ago
My kids are including you in their prayers, tonight, Robert...
TheDane
· 1 year ago
I am wondering why you are "licking your wounds"? Shouldn't you be cleaning your shues? Stepping in dog sh*t usually requires cleaning.
I find it surprising that you find you need to lick your wounds... I think someone remarked before that people of your type handle it badly when they are scrutinized for comments made. I guess that someone is right.
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Causing controversy and then apologizing the next day after you've generated page views at the cost of attacking people is not a virtue. Especially when this is a pattern of behavior going back years. See at http://burningbird.net/connecting/im-right-im-r... for Shelley Powers talking about the same thing 2 years ago.
It's just bytes in the end.. bytes..
Time to move on me thinks..
-
Scott Barnes
Microsoft.
j/p :p
"Michael, for a guy who makes his living writing opinions about others you sure have a thin skin when the roles are reversed."
Sure enough, half an hour later the comment was deleted.
He has no credibility at all.
I have less and less time on my hands over the past couple of years.
With that said I've been cutting down the number of RSS feeds I read regularly. And sadly, you are now on the bubble. When you were at Microsoft it seemed that your blog was focused, engaging and a bit entertaining.
But for me, over the past couple of years you've become boring and distracting. Your blog posts point to videos, twitters and friend feeds that I honestly don't have time for. What I have time for is engaging and informative information from you.
And then you have these drama things that, althought interesting on a personal level, they don't really add value to my professional life.
And many years ago you wrote how to have a great blog is in part sticking to your niche -- drama isn't your niche.
The only thing that keeps me subscribed right now is the fact that you still might find something that educates me about IT. But if things continue on their current path, I'm not sure how long I'll stick around.
Bringing up something that happened 2 years ago? Is there so much free time at microsoft?
Text dominates video in almost all circumstances (cue Robert coming back with a bunch of niche cases where video is better).
Herschel: I'll work on that. You really should watch my "Like" feed at FriendFeed, though. I hand select the best of the tech industry stuff there for you. That's at http://friendfeed.com/scobleizer/likes and you'll find very little noise there.
I've switched quite a bit of my time to FriendFeed because that's where a lot of the best bloggers aggregate their information to, which doesn't just include blogs.
Videos are how I get into companies to learn new stuff or have conversations with interesting people. I link to them because I think you can learn a lot from them.
I think one problem is that when you are among the Gillmore gang, you will always find someone to say their respect for Microsoft is diminished, since some of them seem to be always looking for that. It would be good to step out of that echo chamber to calibrate what you see happening.
OK, I'll cool it too! Stay well, dude. Enjoy the home cooking.
I find it surprising that you find you need to lick your wounds... I think someone remarked before that people of your type handle it badly when they are scrutinized for comments made. I guess that someone is right.
He's a deeply unpleasant and nasty piece of work.