Dude PLEASE blog on the Linear accelerator when you get out from under all the email! That is very cool. Michael
Matthias Zeller
· 2 years ago
Apparently they changed it already to Tech Blogger...
Rob
· 2 years ago
I was pretty ticked that they labeled you as a political blogger. How did they screw that one up?
Mihir Gandhi
· 2 years ago
"I will not edit my page, nor will I pay anyone to edit that page on my behalf."
CLASSY!
Eric Rice
· 2 years ago
More people probably know about Lonely Girl than the rest of the list, if you were to, say, poll a wide swath of people who are not aware of what RSS is, ie., not-tech-blogosphere-people.
ET
· 2 years ago
Scoble for president in 2008...???
Thomas Hawk
· 2 years ago
Interesting that the Getty photographers get credited (and I assume paid) but that the web photographers don’t.
By the way, it looks like they've changed your description to "Tech blogger" now.
DJ
· 2 years ago
If you actually invented anything valuable enough that was worth protecting from detractors by hiring an independent contractor, your boast "nor will I pay anyone to edit that page on my behalf" might mean something. As it stands, it doesn't.
chris hollander
· 2 years ago
gina trapani was snubbed, imo.
teknologist
· 2 years ago
as we've all been saying AGAIN and AGAIN... that you've been posting far too much POLITICAL junk. No wonder Forbes got confused.
How many more people have to point this out before you believe us?
Jesse Ciccone
· 2 years ago
It's a list of the most popular/famous, not most deserving. So, while it's nice of you and Arrington to do the whole humble bit, but you are talking about apples and oranges!
Not that you wouldn't be on a most deserving/interesting list, of course! :-)
Guy Pelletier
· 2 years ago
Robert, I agree with teknologist @ 14, when you dip your toes into anything poloitical, you get consumed by it. I know your intention was to show the tech side of politics, and if I had the chance, I would have done the same. I would have posted to a new blog about anything political so as to keep a seperation between my passion (tech) and this opportunity. You have the readership to overcome this, however, you will suffer several mistakes like this (Forbes article).
Stay away from politics or at least, keep it somewhere else!
Guy
gz
· 2 years ago
And of course Forbes missed the point that any global top (substitute your favorite number) list is made relatively insignificant by our web enabled ability to find exactly what we want within our own individualized needs and preferences. But it is good to see some bloggers like yourself on the list.
Fred Davis
· 2 years ago
Dude, you rock! Fame is a bitch, though, huh? Twisted stories, inaccuracy, strange slants... it's part of the package. But you are humble, graceful, and honest... you wear it well!
james
· 2 years ago
What an awful web page that forbes thing is.
An auto slide show that defaults at high speed so scobles blurb gets sucked to the next before I knew what was going on.
Awful web design.
Paris
· 2 years ago
You are the Paris Hilton of the Blogoshere!
met
· 2 years ago
Hey you are blushing :) Congratulations. Even though I hate hollywoodization of tech - it was bound to happen -silicon and valley being common to both.
Rex Dixon
· 2 years ago
Robert you would make a great VP, or someone in the new administration's cabinet. :)
Rex
Webomatica
· 2 years ago
Congrats. While I do think they got a lot of the influential bloggers on there, I think the research was a little sloppy... in addition to the tech / political messup, seems like they just yanked down the most obvious photos they could find - like Mike Arrington's was just him at the ball game from his about page ... there are much better photos out there. But still, what bugs me the most is how big media sites are breaking up numerical list articles into multiple pages in likely a plot to increase page views... blah.
But anyhow, ignore my rant... congrats on being an influencial blogger. You certainly are in my book! I look forward to reading your posts daily.
Bill Heyman
· 2 years ago
I have to agree that you've had too many political posts since the John Edwards announcement. Your shared links definitely bear out this point, too. Frankly, I wish you'd just stick to technology.
I know. I know. Seemingly, your point is NOT to be political, but to highlight how the new media will influence politics, which is a discussion that is continually amplified in the political blogosphere already.
You excel at geekery and technology--and those are definitely the posts I most enjoy reading.
Matt Cutts
· 2 years ago
I say just bask in the love. :) Sure, people made important protocols that we all use, but you've played a large role in the rise of blogging too.
Scoble: The voice of a bloggy generation. :)
anona
· 2 years ago
"I’m very honored to be #9 on that list..."
"Personally, I’d rather give up my spot on that list to someone who actually DID something for the Web."
Well, which one is it?
Robert Scoble
· 2 years ago
Both. The world is not binary.
Jeremiah Owyang
· 2 years ago
Lunch20 was a success, there was lots of Thai Food, and even Jason Calacanis was there.
Catherine G from PodTech and I were there. good times.
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Michael
CLASSY!
http://thomashawk.com/2007/01/forbes-thinks-web...
By the way, it looks like they've changed your description to "Tech blogger" now.
How many more people have to point this out before you believe us?
Not that you wouldn't be on a most deserving/interesting list, of course! :-)
I agree with teknologist @ 14, when you dip your toes into anything poloitical, you get consumed by it. I know your intention was to show the tech side of politics, and if I had the chance, I would have done the same.
I would have posted to a new blog about anything political so as to keep a seperation between my passion (tech) and this opportunity.
You have the readership to overcome this, however, you will suffer several mistakes like this (Forbes article).
Stay away from politics or at least, keep it somewhere else!
Guy
An auto slide show that defaults at high speed so scobles blurb gets sucked to the next before I knew what was going on.
Awful web design.
Congratulations. Even though I hate hollywoodization of tech - it was bound to happen -silicon and valley being common to both.
Rex
But anyhow, ignore my rant... congrats on being an influencial blogger. You certainly are in my book! I look forward to reading your posts daily.
I know. I know. Seemingly, your point is NOT to be political, but to highlight how the new media will influence politics, which is a discussion that is continually amplified in the political blogosphere already.
You excel at geekery and technology--and those are definitely the posts I most enjoy reading.
Scoble: The voice of a bloggy generation. :)
"Personally, I’d rather give up my spot on that list to someone who actually DID something for the Web."
Well, which one is it?
Catherine G from PodTech and I were there. good times.