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To blog or to Tweet? That is the question . . . here is an answer

I've noticed that many people have abandoned their blogs in favor of real-time blogging on Twitter or on Friendfeed. Their argument is that they can't do both. And it's understandable because it all takes time, lots of it. But it might be worth revisiting that strategy and...

Tags: Robert Scoble, Blog, Twitter, Friendfeed, Scobleizer, Blogging, Internet, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-06-29

The hidden OpenSocial press conference (future of information sharing)

Google's OpenSocial announcement today suggests changes that may improve the future of social networking (click here for Dan Farber's coverage). Hidden from view during the press conference, an improvised parallel event arose spontaneously, raising deeper implications than the Google announcement itself. This parallel event offers a provocative glimpse into the...

Tags: Google Inc., Google OpenSocial, Press Conference, Scobleizer, Snitter, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2007-11-01

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Twitter and web forgery

Last evening as I was winding down after a long journey imagine my surprise when I started to receive a tsunami of @ replies on my Twitter account. Apparently I was direct messaging a stack of people I don't know with a link to something that...

Tags: Web, Password, Twitter Inc., Robert Scoble, Security, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Is Twitter Social CRM? Nope.

Is Twitter Social CRM? Nope.Twitter can analyze - and engagePaul -- I think your right to point out that there are many competitors to Twitter who monitor and analyze a much broader slice of social media.But Twitter has the advantage of potentially monitoring and engaging people who are busy chattering...

Tags: Customer relationship management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, CRM, Twitter, simple idea

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

Robert Scoble: 'No bigger week for Nokia' than this one

Robert Scoble of Scobleizer fame is in Barcelona, Spain for Nokia World, a week where Nokia talks to its top customers, and according to him, there is no bigger week for Nokia than this one: It's their "touchiest week." So what's Nokia got to say, you ask?...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Robert Scoble, Apple Inc., Bluetooth, Smart Phones, GPS, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Wi-Fi, Handhelds, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Countdown - 10 social media lessons learned

Aaron Strout, best known as the vice president of social media for Mzinga (and soon-to-be head of marketing for Powered), took a creative spin today on Twitter when he counted down to 10,000 tweets with his top 10 social media lessons learned. Here's a quick sample of some of my...

Tags: Social Media, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-10-20

What+makes+Scoble+cry%3A+Microsoft%27s+WorldWide+Telescope%3F

What+makes+Scoble+cry%3A+Microsoft%27s+WorldWide+Telescope%3FSWEET!!!Can't wait to get hands on time with it. I think any "space" fan will be the same.It was actually a porn flick starringSteve Ballmer. I guess that would make anybody cry.Someone commented directly to Soble's blog with...Ok, [url=http://scobleizer.com/2008/02/15/misreading-scoble-on-microsoft-cry/]now[/url] he's ratcheting back on the 'hype' a bit. ...

Tags: Blogging, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-15

Facebook to Scoble: all your data belong to us.

Facebook to Scoble: all your data belong to us.It seems his intentions were just .....I have just read a post by Robert Scoble (http://scobleizer.com/2008/01/03/what-i-was-using-to-hit-facebook/) that he was only trying to "export" his contacts details .. i.e. not trying to export the social graph etc. so I cant see why he...

Tags: Facebook, social networking site, social networking, Scoble

Discussion threads 2008-01-03

Facebook to Scoble: all your data belong to us.

Intentionally or unintentionally, celebrity blogger Robert Scoble has put himself right at the center of the data portability issue, and at the same time is helping to expose the fascicle nature of Facebook's claims of openness. Scoble is one of Facebook's most heavy users, both in terms...

Tags: Facebook, Robert Scoble, Data Portability, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O'Hear

Blog posts 2008-01-03

Brand jealousy, Scoble has it bad

The Scobleizer vents his frustration with the Apple Brand Juggernaut in his post today. He seems upset that Mac users are so vehement in defense of Apple products. Well, after years of seeing the Wintel duopoly dominate PC development it's about time a contender is creeping up on it...

Tags: Brand, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Scoble, Branding, Marketing, Richard Stiennon

Blog posts 2007-11-17

The unofficial directory of the 'OpenSocial Alliance' (26 companies and counting)

It seems as though barely an hour passes where some other company doesn't go public with its plans to support Google's recently announced OpenSocial framework and it's getting hard to keep track of them. Not only that, how do we refer to "them" (at last count, 24 26 of them)....

Tags: Alliance, Google OpenSocial, Wiki, Strategy, Online Communications, Management, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-11-02

Adobe acquires Buzzword, moves into services

Adobe is announcing today that we have acquired Virtual Ubiquity, the company behind Buzzword, the online word processor that has generated a fair amount of buzz no pun intended. Buzzword has been in private beta for a few months and in that time has been impressing a number of people....

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Web, Adobe PDF, Buzzword, Channel Management, Marketing, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2007-09-30

Plaxo 3.0 gets social with multi-way synch

Plaxo 3.0 gets social with multi-way synchVideo demo of Plaxo 3.0 here:I have a video demo of the new Plaxo up on my blog at http://scobleizer.com/2007/06/24/plaxo-brings-out-new-contact-manager-but/I'm telling you about it cause it gives people a good chance to see what Plaxo 3.0 is without signing up, or loading any software.Airset...

Tags: Corporate communications, Plaxo Inc., Plaxo 3.0, AirSet

Discussion threads 2007-06-24

Google launches Street View; Be wary

Google launches Street View; Be waryyou could always move to a place like TampaGoogle Maps doesn't have us yet...but Zillow does.Of course, we could drown these nosy folks with too much data like Hasan TV below -)http://florence20.typepad.com/renaissance/2007/05/extreme_transpa.htmlDon't put all your eggs in one basketI used Google Earth before it was...

Tags: Scoble, Google Inc., Be Wary

Discussion threads 2007-05-29

Technorati vs. Microsoft? No Contest

Did Robert Scoble dedicate part of his life working for a “dead” company? OR, did Microsoft, Scoble's former employer, “die” the day Scoble left the company?Scoble today at his blog:Microsoft: why haven’t you changed your search strategy yet? Look at your search on Live.com. Now compare to Technorati. Which one...

Tags: Google, Search

Blog posts 2007-05-23

Microsoft sheds more light on its Web-search incentive program

Microsoft sheds more light on its Web-search incentive programDo you really want M$ to have access??To all your corporate searches???M$ has demonstrated time and again that their so called business partners code&data is some thing they often misappropriate. Only a fool would give the Microsoft monopoly, (your next...

Tags: INTERNET, SEARCH, Sales force management, Google Desktop, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-03-16

Podtech.net is a dark horse of Silicon Valley's new media pack

I recently popped in on John Furrier and team over at Podtech.net, in their new HQ on Page Mill Road, right next to the Wall Street Journals Palo Alto printing plant.Its a perfect contrast of new and old media distribution models. Podtech is very much a media company of these...

Tags: Uncategorized

Blog posts 2007-03-03

Steve Jobs parodied on MadTV

Steve Jobs parodied on MadTVHaha, that was hilarious!!Watch for Apple to sue MadTV now. After all, they are suing everyone else.http://www.eff.org/Censorship/Apple_v_Does/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/04/apple_sa_deep_links/http://www.theage.com.au/news/mobiles--handhelds/apple-crunches-websites-over-iphone-skins/2007/01/15/1168709656280.htmlhttp://gizmodo.com/gadgets/laptops/thermal-greasy-apple-sics-lawyers-on-something-awful-171394.phphttp://scobleizer.com/2006/09/23/will-apple-sue-podtechnet-my-employer/Apple is one scary company:http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2006/04/05/mac_security_the_evil_drm.htm

Tags: MADtv, Steve Jobs

Discussion threads 2007-01-23

Google Reader revisited

Scanning through my RSS feeds this morning, I see Scoble is singing the praises of Google Reader and its river of news presentation. He says it's the way he now prefers to read his RSS feeds. I've come around to agreeing with him -although the river of news display is...

Tags: RSS, Google Inc., Google Reader, Palm Treo, RSS feed

Blog posts 2006-10-31

Poll: To win, Zune will need a Bono. Who should it be?

Yesterday, Microsoft CEO came to our news room to talk about Microsoft's plans across a variety of fronts. The one that interests me is the company's plans for its forthcoming Zune. After Microsoft's first stab at taking the licensing route as it did with Windows failed to slow down the...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Microsoft Windows, Digital music, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Zune, Apple Computer Inc., Microsoft Corp., telephone

Blog posts 2006-10-26