So, the word is out – Robert Scoble’s new venture, is with hosting provider rackspace. Scoble will be developing something called “building 43.” According to the building 43 project’s holding page, building 43 is going to be “a place for people fanatical about the Internet.”
Here’s what we know so far…
Why is Twitter ‘gifting’ hundreds of thousands of followers to companies and individuals? Let’s take a look!
Veronica Belmont has just been asked by Robert Scoble, in public via FriendFeed, to prove she has not paid Twitter to be listed in their highly valuable ‘Suggested User’ list!
In the past couple of weeks, Veronica’s follower numbers have almost doubled. As Veronica fronts a number of tech shows, including Tekzilla and Qore (for Sony’s PS3 Network), these followers are potential viewers. As such, they are of high value for advertisers / sponsors of her shows. Here’s a selection of the very heated, very public row between Veronica and Robert on FriendFeed…
Until recently, the most followed people on Twitter were generally the top tech ‘celebrities’ – people you and I know, but the average man or woman on the street would never have heard of! Kevin Rose, Leo Laporte, Veronica Belmont and Scoble etc.
However, this is all starting to change; thanks to the arrival of celebrities [...]
I was reading my Friendfeed this morning, when I saw something that made me laugh so hard I ended up spraying coffee out my nose!
Kevin Rose is missing something
Kevin Rose did a guest post on techcrunch, in which he gives us his “10 tips for increasing your twitter followers.“ The list has received a ton [...]
I enjoy Robert Scoble’s blog. However, I often disagree with him; like in his recent blog post, where he writes that traditional blogging is inferior to video blogging. Hardly a surprise, as Robert makes a living from shooting video and posting it all over the Internet.
Scoble’s point?
Robert gives examples to prove his point; including video [...]
Three great stories for you! Kevin Rose’s predictions for the new iPhone – As inaccurate as his last effort? Lets see! Twitter ‘broken’ by Robert Scoble! – I predict Scoble will actually ‘break the Internet’ if he doesn’t slow down! Google is giving it all away – for a small fee of course – By Maggie Shiels at the BBC’s dot.life tech blog.
Sat here on a linux based PC, writing this post – it’s easy for me to claim I am not one of the world’s biggest Microsoft fans. However, when they get things right it deserves to be noted; and I love the look of the emerging ‘Microsoft Surface‘ technology.
‘Surface‘ allows you to interact directly [...]
Legendary ‘Cranky Geek’ John C Dvorak is NOT a big fan of the idea behind the new Scoble show on Revision3. Dvorak told me this morning; “Jim, a weekly half hour show about the future of work? Cripes. Ugh!” – - – - Oh, what John did not know was that Scoble WAS LISTENING – read on…
Robert Scoble tells Jim Connolly about his new Revision3 show!
This morning, (UK time) Robert Scoble kindly told me all about his new show on the Revision3 network! Here’s the facts – direct from Robert…
Robert Scoble announced at yesterday’s Mediabistro event in NY, that he is to present a new show on the Revision3 network – Confirmed a few hours ago – read on!
Robert Scoble has achieved something stunning, I mean REALLY stunning! It’s all down to what I call The Scoble Effect. What is it and how does it work? Read on!
