Tag Archives: Robert Scoble
On Facebook, status updates, retweets, and the universal law of signal versus noise
Maybe we should consider to rename this ‘social media’ era into the ego broadcasting era. That thought struck my mind when reading a WSJ post entitled ‘How Facebook ruins friendships’. The author discusses her fatigue with friends that send her … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, signal versus noise, status updates
Tagged Facebook, retweet, Robert Scoble, status updates
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5 reasons why Friendfeed fails to appeal like Twitter does
I’m sitting on a hill with a beautiful view over the sea. While on vacation, I am reading an excellent post by Robert Scoble in which he provides his views on why Friendfeed doesn’t seem to be growing as fast … Continue reading
Social Media is bound by our human limitations
The definition of Social Media according to Wikipedia is: Social media is content created by people using highly accessible and scalable publishing technologies. At its most basic sense, social media is a shift in how people discover, read and share … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, Friendfeed, Google, human behavior, social media, social networks, web 2.0
Tagged Facebook, Friendfeed, Google, human behavior, Louis Gray, Robert Scoble, social media, social networks, web 2.0
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The real value of Twitter’s ‘Suggested users feature
Jason Calacanis has a long post up about the value of a Twitter suggested user. He explains that being a suggested user on Twitter is more valuable than buying a superbowl ad: Everyone loves a timely or fascinating question and, … Continue reading
Posted in advertisement, Friendfeed, Jason Calacanis, Robert Scoble, Twitter
Tagged advertisement, Friendfeed, Jason Calacanis, Robert Scoble, Twitter
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The network effect in web 2.0 is also its biggest tragedy
Robert Scoble, nicely served by his friend Loic Le Meur, started a discussion on Friendfeed in which he states that Twitter is broken and that unfollowing everyone might be the only solution. You can find it right here. The story … Continue reading
Posted in business model, Robert Scoble, Twitter, web 2.0
Tagged business model, Loic Le Meur, Robert Scoble, Twitter, web 2.0
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Privacy is not dead, it is distributed unevenly
A famous oneliner from the CEO of Sun, Scott McNealy, in 2001 was “Privacy is dead, get over it”. It sounds true. This generation is growing up with Google, social networking, and having all relevant data on the web. We … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, Friendfeed, Google, privacy, Robert Scoble, web 2.0
Tagged Facebook, Friendfeed, Google, privacy, Robert Scoble, web 2.0
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On diminishing network effects in web 2.0, social media and human limitations
This post is a followup of a series I did last year on ‘The Human factor in social media’. Technology allows us to be “always on”. To be part of a never ending conversation. Simply plug in, anywhere, and you … Continue reading
Posted in always on, Facebook, human behavior, myspace, Robert Scoble, social media trends, Tim O'Reilly, web 2.0
Tagged Facebook, human behavior, Louis Gray, myspace, network effect, Robert Scoble, social media, Tim O'Reilly, web 2.0
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The idiocy of Social Media conversations
I read a post by Robert Scoble just now that made me laugh out loud. He observes that the discussions over at Friendfeed regarding the financial crisis lack depth and knowledge. In the past 18 hours I’ve read literally thousands … Continue reading
Posted in Friendfeed, Robert Scoble, social media
Tagged Friendfeed, Robert Scoble, Social Media conversations, Steven Hodson
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The unexpected dangers of Social Media
Yesterday I was going through some of my feeds when I saw something that made me stop and think for a while. It was an automatic update of Robert Scoble to Friendfeed. Robert turns out to be a Dopplr user … Continue reading
Posted in privacy, Robert Scoble, social media trends
Tagged privacy, Robert Scoble, social media trends
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Who am I to say Robert Scoble and Mark Cuban are wrong?
Just read two excellent posts on the advantage of long term video. I first read Robert Scoble’s analysis who then pointed me to another good article by Mark Cuban. Robert says that long video will win over short video big … Continue reading
Posted in Hulu, Mark Cuban, on-line video advertisement, Robert Scoble, YouTube
Tagged Hulu, long video, Mark Cuban, on-line advertisement, Robert Scoble, YouTube
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Microsoft and Facebook will never succeed in locking down part of the web
I don’t usually respond so quickly to news. If you are familiar with my blog, it’s not a breaking news kind of blog. But the rumors that Microsoft might be buying Facebook are now quickly taking over TechMeme. Robert Scoble … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, Microsoft, Robert Scoble, user centric web
Tagged Facebook, Microsoft, Robert Scoble, user centric web
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What do Skype, eBay, the iPhone, Robert Scoble, Friendfeed and noise have in common?
Rolf Skyberg of eBay has an interesting post up called “Skype: proof that Voice is not the killer app”. Rolf is an excellent pattern hound and he has come with another interesting pattern after he looked at Skype. Skype was … Continue reading
Posted in eBay, Friendfeed, noise, Robert Scoble, Rolf Skyberg, Skype
Tagged eBay, Friendfeed, iPhone, noise, Robert Scoble, Rolf Skyberg, Skype
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Our fear of not being there when it happens
Several posts drew my attention the past few days. Their scope entilily different, but the underlying social behavior seems to be the same. First there was Robert Scoble writing about “Not productive enough? Turn off the Internet”. He has been … Continue reading
Friendfeed a destination site, that is soooo web 2.0!
Michael Arrington writes this morning about the fast growing aggregator service called Friendfeed. After launch, just one month ago the ex-Google founders already see a steady climb of users. Most likely because a number of power users like Robert Scoble … Continue reading
Big brother is watching me
A lot of different, seemingly unrelated, things are happening right now in the tech world. Looking through different feeds most of the discussions are about: The mash-up of content seems to be important right now. I see it everywhere. People … Continue reading
Just a few minor wishes for 2008
As this is my first post in 2008 I will take the opportunity to wish you all a fantastic 2008. I hope that some of your wishes will come true (or else you wouldn’t have anything to wish for) and … Continue reading
Posted in data war, Dave Winer, Facebook, freedom, Nicholas Carr, Robert Scoble, scott karp, wish list 2008\
Tagged data war, Dave Winer, Facebook, freedom, Nicolas Carr, Robert Scoble, scott karp, wish list 2008\
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The most important things in life
This image is taken from a Calvin and Hobbes comic book I have at home, called Scientific progress goes boink, by Bill Waterson. This has got to be one of the best Christmas poems I have ever seen in a … Continue reading
Twitter makes me a groupie, I’d rather be a friend
I have recently decided to give Twitter a try. Out of curiosity, as I read a lot about it. The most compelling argument to give it a try was provided by Robert Scoble (couldn’t find the original post, sorry) who … Continue reading
Posted in Biz Stone, emotions, Google, interaction, Jaiku, Robert Scoble, social networks, Twitter
Tagged Biz Stone, emotions, Google, interaction, Jaiku, Robert Scoble, social networks, Twitter
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Is Steve Ballmer really smart or really dumb?
A lot of posts appeared this morning on Steve Ballmer who has made some provocative statements about Facebook. They seem to contradict each other. Robert Scoble writes that Steve Ballmer still doesn’t understand Social Networking. Robert makes a couple of … Continue reading
Posted in advertisement, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Robert Scoble, social networks, web 2.0
Tagged advertisement, Facebook, Google, Robert Scoble, social networks, Steve Ballmer, web 2.0
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A cold case of SNIF, or Social Network Invitations Fatigue
Just saw Robert Scoble, probably one of the world heaviest social network users (in number of networks and size of his network), exclaiming he isn’t going to try out any more new initiatives unless at least 100 people ask him … Continue reading
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