Scobleizer - Latest Comments in Southern Hospitality

Re: Southern Hospitality

Billy The Blogging Poet — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:35:19 -0000

Robert,
Thanks for the links, the great weekend, and the pleasure of getting to know you and Maryam. I hope we see you next year if not before.

Re: Southern Hospitality

sean coon — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:31:08 -0000

@forsalebylocals: i think it was the geo-tag comment that rubbed me wrong. i mean, hey, we can tag youtube videos too! whoopie!! ;)

Re: Southern Hospitality

Jim Posner — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 22:30:15 -0000

Favorite NC Places
Montreat
http://www.flickr.com/photo...
Asheville
http://www.flickr.com/photo...
http://www.flickr.com/photo...
NC Coast
http://www.flickr.com/photo...
Road to My Wedding Chapel
http://www.flickr.com/photo...

Re: Southern Hospitality

forsalebylocals — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 13:50:51 -0000

@12 Sean:

I couldn't agree more after having lived in NC and interacted with tech companies there. That's why I wrote, "I’m quite certain that North Carolina wouldn’t qualify as a place with an underserved tech community."

Cheers.

Re: Southern Hospitality

mwilliford — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 09:50:26 -0000

You should see Greensboro during the ACC basketball tournament. North Carolina is a great place. you should visit Chapel Hill, Boone, or Fayetteville

Re: Southern Hospitality

joeduck — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 01:39:13 -0000

Southern BBQ + hospitality sounds just great!

Re: Southern Hospitality

sean coon — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:23:51 -0000

@forsalebylocals: watch it buddy, we have more bloggers per capita than anywhere else in the US and understand technology more than you could ever imagine. ;)

and robert: don't forget to post that hip-hop video!

Re: Southern Hospitality

Ben Hwang — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:05:43 -0000

Haha. I'm actually with Motorola, but I know the guys at Sprint. Sprint's top guys actually aren't in Tulsa. They're in Kansas City. ;) Overland Park to be exact.

Re: Southern Hospitality

Buzz Bruggeman — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 20:02:00 -0000

Did they feed you any Brunswick Stew and Hush Puppies...if not, have some before you leave!

Go Duke!

Re: Southern Hospitality

Hugh MacLeod — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 19:24:39 -0000

I just got back from dinner with Shel Israel, Rick Segal and some others less than an hour ago [in London]. They were in good form.

Re: Southern Hospitality

Tom Lassiter — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 16:44:46 -0000

In defense of the Streetplane Aviator: The "propellor" on the street plane is made of the wooden paddles of an old ceiling fan, driven only by the wind. They only cut through the breeze, nothing else.

Re: Southern Hospitality

Guest — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 14:45:17 -0000

It's all fun and games till a kid runs up to the street plane and gets his nose (or worse) chopped off by the propeller.

Re: Southern Hospitality

Robert Scoble — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 13:44:51 -0000

forsalebylocals: because there were people in that little neighborhood meeting that I read and trust (like Ed Cone, who writes for several tech publications). Also, we can bring a little lawn conversation to a global audience.

Re: Southern Hospitality

forsalebylocals — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 11:32:08 -0000

I'm a bit confused by the tie-in of North Carolina and what Shel describes. My take has been that Shel wants to break free of the US-centric ideas that tend to skew the internet in certain directions and include otherwise underserved areas when thinking about the web. Feel free to correct my preconception.

Here is an example of the skew: Google Maps has the capacity to show maps anywhere in the world..but a geocoder that only generates lats/longs in a few countries and areas outside of the US. We ended up having to build our own Geocoder to be able to use Google Maps in the rest of the world. MSN Windows Live Earth Virtual Mapping (or whatever the branding is) doesnt even support any sort of usable resolution outside of the US ...very disappointing.

We discuss the mapping issue at length at http://forsalebylocals.word...

Anyway, I'll wait for Shel's book to understand his thoughts and definitions. Being in South America at the moment, my personal definition would include locations with underserved ideas and tech needs. There are really smart people everywhere so this would include opportunities for increased participation and contribution in the mainstream web technologies.

Even if I'm not in line with Shel's thinking (I havent seen any of the book), I'm quite certain that North Carolina wouldn't qualify as a place with an underserved tech community. They can even geocode their locations in Google Maps!

Re: Southern Hospitality

Greg — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 10:31:52 -0000

You didn't mention getting the Key to the City http://www.lassiter.com/mov...

You should frame it... With a picture. In a shadowbox or something.

That would be cool.

Re: Southern Hospitality

jackdillon — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 10:01:53 -0000

It's funny how you find the fellow geeks in the most unlikely places.

I'm always surprised when some people show their geeky side.

Re: Southern Hospitality

Dave Fourputt — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 09:59:14 -0000

Homemade Banana pudding! I had that years ago down south.

My regret is I did not get the recipe at the time. Hope you get it (and post it). ;-)

Re: Southern Hospitality

Gerald Buckley — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 09:21:00 -0000

Mr. Scoble - Are you meaning is there a geek from Sprint at the conference or in your blog audience? "here" means so much more these days.... If you need a top level official Sprint tech I can hook you up with the same guy I tried introducing to Mr. Winer... We're fortunate to have one of their tech call centers right here in Tulsa.