DISQUS

Ian Betteridge · 9 months ago

Robert, I have a feeling that this will turn out to be a good move for you. Good luck!

Ahad Bokhari · 9 months ago

Real friends are far and few between. They say that you get to know the person the most within 5 minutes of first meeting (interactions). After that you just cant tell homey.

They just be lots of haters out there nowadays, and really jealous ones...

Bring it to 'em...

Zee · 9 months ago

Best of luck Scoble. Supporting you all the way

Ryan Saghir · 9 months ago

Best of luck Robert and kudos for calling out your "real friends" during times of turmoil. People's true colors shine through when times get tough.

Whatever is next for you will definitely be interesting to watch.

Hany Rashwan · 9 months ago

Robert, I wish you the best of luck. While I am saddened that there will no longer be Scobleizer TV, I can't wait to hear about your new ideas. Keep us updated!

Comic Strip Blogger · 9 months ago

Good luck on the new way of life, Robert! Note that my doodling of you when I criticized you are long gone, so peace out!

Maybe you could become director and start making fiction movies too, not just documentaries?

R. Moose · 9 months ago

Robert, Good luck with your future endevors! I was wondering why you were so silent about Seagate lately and thought it had to do with all the problems they are (were?) having with the new drives, but we now see a glimpse of what was going on.

If in the future you have a need for a Moose with random knowledge, some programming skill, some marketing skills and well, just lots of randomness, please contact me =)

Robert Scoble · 9 months ago

Thanks everyone for the kind words!

charlieanzman · 9 months ago

Best of luck Robert ...

Joanna · 9 months ago

Like we say in french "merde" meaning good luck in your new ventures, we will be following :)

mnki · 9 months ago

Who cares ?.....

jimconnolly · 9 months ago

Good luck Robert - from a friend in the UK!

Heather Solos · 9 months ago

I wish you the best of luck in your new venture(s). I'm interested to see what's coming.

Allen Stern · 9 months ago

best of luck scoble - see you next week.

Frank S. · 9 months ago

Best of luck Robert, pretty sure a lot of people will be interested in your next projects, no matter what it will be

Felipe C Lopes · 9 months ago

Good lucky scoble, I really love your blog, and you changed my mind in terms of "early adopter" :D, now I really understand what that means.

Hope you still high quality posting, that was really matter, not how frequently.

Robin Wauters · 9 months ago

Best of luck dude. Maybe you can apply for a job as FriendFeed Evangelist? ;)

Prokofy Neva · 9 months ago

Good luck, and I hope you will keep reporting on everything everywhere out of your phone on to the Internet.

Patrick.moorhead@amd.com · 9 months ago

Good luck! See you at SxSW!

Michael Fidler · 9 months ago

Thank you for everything you've shared with us. I can't wait to see what you do next!

Mark Harris · 9 months ago

Good Luck mate, I am look forward to your future work

ScottsBigMouth · 9 months ago

Robert: A couple years ago when we met (gee was it really 2 years since WOMConf SF?) I learned something very important from one Robert Scoble. That key piece of wisdom was in essence "Don't be afraid to move forward, no matter what is at stake."

At the time you were just getting ready to kick the door open on your gig at MS. You were excited, giddy really. You were at a pretty high profile as the ubervlogger dude.

You have now taken that whole idea and blown it out the window, creating a category of media that makes a difference with people, simply by sitting down and having conversations with you. It is an inspiration to others like me, who are tiptoeing out there in producing cool media.

Keep learning, keep teaching, bro. I know I've learned a lot by watching your career and your work, and feel like "hell, if he can keep moving through his stuff, I can too." That is an important skill and gift.

I hope I can have you on ScottsBigMouth on RootsUpRadio.com soon. After all, I haven't exactly nailed down the video angle of the community media work in Chicago yet, and we need to pick that huge kick-ass brain of yours for the audience's benefit. ;-)

Best,
SF

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Scott Foval
scott@foval.com
www.scottsbigmouth.com
www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-foval
scott@foval.com email/IM

danielmcvicar · 9 months ago

Hi Robert,
thanks for letting us know your news, and compliments for all your good work. Doing a self hosted Wordpress is fun and so simple that this caveman can do it!

I am now working on a WPMU in Italian.
Ciao a tutti!
D

tracy j · 9 months ago

Hooray for adventure. Nothing but good wishes and thanks for letting us all tag along!

Damien Mulley · 9 months ago

Without getting all Sister Act we'll follow you, wherever you may go. Best of luck!

Darren · 9 months ago

Good luck with it all Robert.

Ken the tech · 9 months ago

Welcome back, Robert! :)

Matthias · 9 months ago

All the best, Robert! Thanks for all the sharing - and looking forward to your new project!

anon · 9 months ago

To be honest: I didn't notice that you hadn't posted for 2 weeks.

Greg Furry · 9 months ago

Welcome back and best of luck with whatever you decide to do.

Rasmus · 9 months ago

All the Best Robert
I'm sure you will rock at whatever you decide to do now.

Rasmus

Dario Salvelli · 9 months ago

As i write on Techrunch: i hope that you write here more frequently (as in past). :-)

Craig Mische · 9 months ago

I look forward to your next move Robert. Love your videos.

Saul Colt · 9 months ago

Hey Robert,

Good luck and I wish you all the best in whatever is next.

Hope to see you at SXSWi

Saul Colt
Head of Magic
FreshBooks.com

famebook · 9 months ago

Hey Robert....if you use a name like Scobleizer, you have to end up as Governor of California...and boy do they need you now!

simonbaptist · 9 months ago

It's truly amazing, everywhere I go people are whiteboarding about the next thing. The buzz reminds me of 99.

Can't wait to hear what's next.

Jeff C · 9 months ago

This is just my own experience and observations ... but you fell off my radar when you joined FastCompany. As much as I LOVE their magazine (a subscriber) I rarely visit the website or catch FC videos. I"m sure you have outstanding content there ... but it never bubbles up on my radar. One of those rare things where I enjoy the traditional platform (magazine) more than the web version. I'm connected to thousands on Twitter, and I rarely see anyone chatting about FastCompany.com or FastCompanyTV.

That being said, I think your departure from FC will free you up to do what you do best ... be that free bird advance social media/technology scout and early adopter that pops up on everyone's radar.

Suggestion: I know you adore Friendfeed and cannot understand why everyone isn't as smitten as you are ... but you should tweet more. It's where so many newbies to social media begin their journey, and you scooted away before it hit its stride. Twitter dominates the news buzz cycle for good reasons. Friendfeed does not, and never will IMHO. It owes any success to Twitter, and that's pretty much a one way street. People do not discover Friendfeed first, then discover Twitter, do they? {begin quoting Friendfeed growth rates ... now:-}

Good Luck!

Wayne Schulz · 9 months ago

Ditto to what Jeff C say's. I don't get the whole Friendfeed "clubiness" and I think it's a big risk to align with a site that in my opinion isn't going anywhere having conversations with other bloggers.

frcreditrepair · 9 months ago

Sounds like something great is brewing up... I can't wait :)

Kevin C. Tofel · 9 months ago

Best of luck in what you have cooking up, Robert. I'm sure we'll all benefit from whatever it is.

Kevin Keeney · 9 months ago

Robert~

Thanks for all that you do for us and best of luck with whatever you decide to do next.

Warm regards!

emad · 9 months ago

Best of luck. I'll be keeping an eye at SXSW.

Rob Fahrni · 9 months ago

Good luck Robert, I'm very interested to see where you land!

Deadprogrammer · 9 months ago

Good luck, Robert!

John E. Bredehoft (Empoprises) · 9 months ago

Good luck in your new ventures, whatever they may be. I'm also curious as to what will happen with FastCompany.tv, but of course that is not your call.

One thing that you CAN clarify - as I'm looking at your blog right now, the footer lists a number of Mansueto Digital Network properties. Will the footer remain when you return to your sole role of Fast Company columnist? And am I correct in assuming that you, and not Mansueto, retain rights to the scobleizer.com domain?

orcmid · 9 months ago

Hey, don't burn out!

And good luck. I'll have my eye on word from SXSW

Thejesh GN · 9 months ago

All the very best.

Patrick · 9 months ago

Good luck to you!

Patrick

Hutch Carpenter · 9 months ago

Robert - you exemplify the commingling of the personal and the professional. You've got a ton of us as fans (friends?) and we'll be there when you land at your next gig. Looking forward to what's next.

advocatesstudio · 9 months ago

Wow - so much happening for you! I was wondering why there had been "radio silence" - miss your writings. Interesting to note that I have been thinking about many of the same things myself, about new opps, moving my own blog from WP.com to self-host and the little Flip Mino HD (which I might finally be getting within next couple weeks). Best of luck with all that you have going on - there are a lot of us audience members who are wishing you the very best! But with your vast skills, no doubt your next move will be at least as exciting and rewarding and probably moreso.

Martha

paul · 9 months ago

Patrick.moosehead@amd.com Says:
March 6th, 2009 at 4:02 am

Good luck! See you at SxSW!

So is it AMD you'll be working with?

AndrewTerry · 9 months ago

Best of luck to you, Robert. What ever you end up doing next, I'm sure, will be exciting and interesting.

francinehardaway · 9 months ago

And as you know, I support you in everything you do or want to do!

Jeremy Chone · 9 months ago

Sorry to hear that. I will miss your vids, but I am sure you will find a way to get back to your feet. Perhaps a job at TC ;)

Best of luck.

chin up · 9 months ago

Chin up. I am sure someone needs a micro journalist or cameraphone videographer.

Hey, I think SiliconAngle has a couple of open, unpaid positions.

scott stawarz · 9 months ago

Scoble. -- long time reader, occasional commenter. --
I've noticed a lot of uncertainty and angst in people recently. People asking questions like: Am I doing what's right? Where do I go next? Am I doing what I love? What's my creative DNA? Where does the market go and how does that impact me?
---
Good Luck.

Geekazine · 9 months ago

You can always come do some work for Geekazine.... ;) (Had to try, right?)

Anyway - I know you will land on your feet - you probably already have.

Good luck.

Brian Roy · 9 months ago

Robert -
Good luck. This is a challenging time and I'm flat out convinced that it will be the innovators and entrepreneurs that lead the way "back" from wherever it is this is going. Your commitment an input is extremely valuable and I look forward to what you have to say at SXSW. I'll see you there.

And if I can help - just let me know.

Helen Hunt · 9 months ago

Sad there won't be Scobleizer TV anymore. Good luck and let us know what you get into next :)

Bruce Keener · 9 months ago

Good luck. Make good use of your talents.

Chris Stewart · 9 months ago

I'm interested to see what steps you'll take next, Robert. I personally recommend becoming FriendFeed's blogger/evangelist since you're already doing an amazing job for them; might as well receive some stock in the process while you're at it, right? Either that or join Facebook, so you and Mark may have more frequent opportunities to take walks together.

See you at SXSW next week.

Jeremy Chone · 9 months ago

Christopher Coulter is still true to himself, but I suspect that this last comment was a joke.

Shailesh Khandekar · 9 months ago

Robert,

Good luck and keep up the great work!

Drew Olanoff · 9 months ago

No doubt that whatever you do next will be inspiring.

Looking forward to seeing you at SXSW!

Stephanie Sibal · 9 months ago

Sorry to hear about that and best of luck, Robert! I'm looking forward to seeing what you'll be up to next.

robscott2007 · 9 months ago

Best of luck - going self-hosted with wordpress is a good idea - if you ever need any help, feel free to ask!

Toni · 9 months ago

Good luck with everything Robert. Let us know how we can help.

> That way I can really play with some of the newer plugins and widgets that I haven’t been able to use here.

You are on a WordPress.com VIP account, so you can use any plugins or widgets you want here, just like self-hosted WordPress. Feel free to email me if you'd like to explore further.

Peter Efland · 9 months ago

Wow! interesting. Best of luck Robert!
Just a few weeks ago Gina Trapani from Lifehacker started a new blog, and now Scoble - these are interesting times. Looking forward to see what you come up with next.

philj · 9 months ago

Go through the biggest project possible! Go!

Brian · 9 months ago

Hey Robert - Brian from Seagate here. From all your friends at Seagate, thank you for all your support, guidance, brainstorming sessions, belly laughs, crazy ideas, successful events and programs, and helping a 30-year-old tech company embrace social media. Thanks to Rocky as well for all he has done for us. It's been a fun and successful partnership. I look forward to more groundbreaking things from you in the near future. All the best my friend.

spoppe · 9 months ago

Robert,

I hope your new venture is you -- blogging. And tweeting. And feeding.

Whatever you do, just continue to pioneer the medium. You are best when on the fly: always on, always fresh. Announcing at South By sounds like a Fast Company thing. Get back into the wind -- ride the therms.

Enjoy!...Steve

Thomas Hawk · 9 months ago

Scoble, wherever you end up they will be lucky to have you. Great hanging out and shooting yesterday. I've appreciated your friendship over the years and put more of my thoughts on this news on my blog here: http://thomashawk.com/2009/03/good-luck-scoblei... Here's to many good days ahead!

mkeeffer · 9 months ago

Onward and upward, Robert - can't wait to see what you'll do next!

Kareem Ahmed · 9 months ago

Good luck.

Keith · 9 months ago

So who had "March 2009" in the betting pool?

Adam Kinney · 9 months ago

Congrats Robert! I look forward to the next edition of the Scobleizer.

Peter · 9 months ago

Good luck Robert and keep up your great work!

Eric Susch · 9 months ago

Good luck with your transition! Hope to see you at SXSW.

Chintan Zaveri · 9 months ago

All the best to the best!

Carmen Hughes · 9 months ago

Robert,
We'll follow you wherever so carry on and we look forward to supporting your next endeavor! :-)

Daynah · 9 months ago

Best wishes in your new tech adventures Robert! I'm looking forward to all you have in stored for us. :)

worldofhiglet · 9 months ago

Hi Robert,

I'm surprised, but then again, not. You talents will not go unused, I'm sure, and I'll be looking forward to hearing all about what the next big thing will be.

You are a huge asset to the communities you are part of. I won't wish you luck because you are more than capable of creating that wherever you are, but I do wish you well. Excelsior!

Imran · 9 months ago

You are loved by so many

Ben Watson · 9 months ago

Love this Alan Cohen quote... It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.

Ben Watson
Overlay.TV

Elijah Bailey (zu) · 9 months ago

I've been impressed by what you did, even if I known so little that recently (since August). I've seen how you were able to keep faith in every little detail and adventure you chose to participate in.

Yesterday, I actually thought of you and wondered about the guy interviewing that lady taking pictures of landmarks between her legs. Who took time to visit that much companies. That went to great heights and battled with the biggest heads in this digital world.

And then you posted... anyways, a little tribute, and the best of lucks.

cllod · 9 months ago

Good luck to you!

Ryan Petty · 9 months ago

Good Luck and Best Wishes Robert!

srikanth · 9 months ago

Good luck Robert. Looking forward to see your next blog about your next step.

Tim Hayden · 9 months ago

Buena Suerte, Roberto. Godspeed to you in your next endeavors. I will miss you in the pages of FC, and follow you to the next gig, indeed. I hope we shake hands while you are in Austin this month.

Toni @ NavinoT · 9 months ago

Good luck Robert. We are your loyal soldiers;). We'll follow you to win any war:)

Jen · 9 months ago

All the best and good luck, Robert! Looking forward to read about your next venture.

Steve Averill · 9 months ago

Robert,

I always saw events like these as a necessary sloughing off period. Always good to shed the old skin and feel what it's like to start afresh. Good luck and with your prolific output and work ethic, it will be interesting to see a whole new you!

Forgive me for my love of Loren's latest vid

hypermark · 9 months ago

Hey Robert,

Sorry and congrats on the move. Onward and upward, as they say. Some fodder for thinking about what's next, esp. relative to your comments on Flip Video experiences, here is a post I wrote on building a crowd-sourced version of CNN:

Flip Video News Network: Crowd-Sourcing meets CNN
http://thenetworkgarden.com/weblog/2009/03/righ...

Check it out.

Mark

Mark · 9 months ago

A change is as good as a holiday.

Look forward to your ongoing passionate contribution in all that you do.

Dash · 9 months ago

Hey Robert,

If you're open to great ideas, lets talk. (http://media.tearn.com/2009/01/robert-scoble-bl...)

If you have great ideas, we can make it happen, fast.

Bess · 9 months ago

Go for your dream!

Tom Nocera · 9 months ago

Robert,
Whatever comes next for you I'm betting it will be huge. I look forward to seeing what it will be. Best wishes!

Colin · 9 months ago

Robert ... best wishes in whatever comes next. Keep smiling!

Beth Kanter · 9 months ago

Good luck in your next adventure. And, thank you for the rule #13 - it's given some great guidance for the coming weeks for my own work

Michael Sean Wright · 9 months ago

See you as SXSW. Exciting times indeed. As my friend Tom Morey once told us, it doesn't take an expensive drum kit to play some sweet beats. Play your notes, express - the space is yours to fill.

alan morris (alansf) · 9 months ago

While video is very popular, I think your writing skills are even better. Maybe a change of pace is warranted. Thoughtful opinion pieces on the technology scene and the people who are involved from veterans to newcomers. It will also give you more time with the family.

Brent · 9 months ago

Good luck man! Love your blog!

Eric · 9 months ago

spins are -- great...

matik72 · 9 months ago

Mazel Tov! Change is good for the soul. I am confident that you will succeed (again). :-) You were the first A-lister that I ever called and had a conversation with when you were wandering around the Washington Mall.
mak

Connie Bennett · 9 months ago

Robert, best of luck in your new adventures. Of course, you'll succeed wildly. ...Very smart Rule #13 -- you'll help a lot of people with that, I'm sure. ...Given your transition, I sure hope you'll say yes to my invite to have you back on my Gab With the Gurus Radio Show. (Emailing you now privately.)

Krug · 9 months ago

i think you are going to do something with video, no?

Howard Greenstein · 9 months ago

Robert,
How am I going to write something inspiring for you to put on your wall at the next company if you don't tell me where you're going? :)
Sorry that you're leaving FC - Inc. just asked me back for blogging, so you'll see more of me there.

Won't see you at SXSW, but will look for you at Web 2.0.

Chris · 9 months ago

I'm not going to sugar coat this. Seagate just dumped your million dollar contract. You should get extremely drunk and spend a month hopping from bar to bar.

The good times that let you live this lifestyle won't be back for at least 5 years.

Get depressed, get very depressed.

Lionel Menchaca · 9 months ago

Robert: see you at SXSW next week. Just add me to the long list of folks wishing you well. That said, you'll navigate these uncertain waters better than just about anybody I would think.

Thanks,
LionelatDell

translatorpower · 9 months ago

Always onward and upward, Robert. We'll be with you wherever you go! (Note that I'm not saying 'Good luck', because I don't really believe in "luck" :-)

Rocky · 9 months ago

Robert- First, Chris is a moron. Second, I really did like working with you. We had a lot of fun and accomplished even more. Can you still keep a secret? I doubt it!

Rocky-

wingdisk/Fred Weimer · 9 months ago

Your one of my fave tweeters. i hope all goes well. Forced changes have always worked out my way, with lots of worry in between. I would never got into the games industry without being fired by the lawyer (pronounced liar, lol) I worked for, and never gotten out of games in time without problems. I could go on, but I wish you all the best wishes.

Douglas Karr · 9 months ago

If your next endeavor is a targeted business, would love to get you blogging on Compendium Blogware. ;) Either way, I'll still be reading and following. Best of luck.

interested · 9 months ago

Great to hear from you - I had been having withdrawals. :) good luck. hope you still blog. this is the only tech blog i follow and i love your business and career insight also.

Dawn Douglass · 9 months ago

For two hundred thousand years social networks were simultaneously economic networks. If that were true with today's social media, then we wouldn't be in such a horrible mess.

If you want to help, then I suggest you put your weight behind getting advertising distribution turned over to social media users via an open ad network. This would make companies more accountable and allow tons of people to start making money from the Internet. This would inject trust back into buying, increase consumer confidence, and rebuild the world's economy from the ground up.

Dawn Douglass · 9 months ago

oops, I put in my old blog address. The new one is here and explains how Silicon Valley can turn this around:
http://dawnsplan.wordpress.com/

PerfectMoney Share Idea · 9 months ago

Thanks ,it s nice to "hear your reason where you have been not here and write some inspirations for me.however.I am glad to hear your back,and one thing ,when you get another time of turmoil,just be here ,and write some confession, with that action I am sure,Hundreds of us,will be ready to Offered you "something"hope that not much word to say here

Mary Anne Ballantyne · 9 months ago

Like others, this too is one of the few blogs I follow - going to check out that camera. Hoping to hear from you again soon.

Chris 54 · 9 months ago

A question on the Flip Mino HD camera. How do you handle the audio for your interviews on the Flip? Was looking at getting one.......or two.

Luka M · 9 months ago

It's nice to see you're still okay! Good luck with your future project Mr. Scoble!

William Jordan · 9 months ago

Would really like to talk to you about sponsoring and hosting your wordpress blog... but I am sure you have many similar offers (and way more than we can afford) so what's unique about my offer? The beer is stronger up here!

Good luck and I am serious about the offer, at least the hosting and the beer.

William

Alan Kodzasov · 9 months ago

Good luck, Robert! Waiting for your thoughts and video stuff.

John · 9 months ago

Not a surprise. You're arrogant and don't listen to your users. Mixing Twitter, Friend Feed, Scobleizer and FastCompany would never work. Your blog is your selling point and you sold it separately from FastCompany. Numerous comments on your video over blogging errors but you didn't listen. The reason we came was your blog and it all but disappeared in the last year.

Roberto Palomo · 9 months ago

From El Salvador, our best wishes on the new roads to be made Mr. Scoble.
We sure walk right behind you on many topics and ideas.

@JoeHobot · 9 months ago

Way to live life:
1. Health
2. Family
3. Career

You chose the right path my friend.

TTYL!

Ravi Kiran · 9 months ago

Ever thought of visiting India?