It got a little heated at Search Champs today when someone said “Scoble’s an edge case.” I get a little defensive about that. Why? Cause today’s edge case is tomorrow’s mainstream user. Just ask Douglas Engelbart (the guy who invented the mouse). Everyone called him an edge case in the 1970s (he was even kicked out of the research community he told me cause his ideas were too “weird”).
Thanks to Dion Hinchcliffe for recording that session and pulling out my quote in audio. Lots of people were having fun with it after the session.
There are probably SOME edge cases that become mainstream, but I’d bet that the vast majority remain edge cases, gradually reduce in frequency, or just disappear altogether.
There are probably SOME edge cases that become mainstream, but I’d bet that the vast majority remain edge cases, gradually reduce in frequency, or just disappear altogether.
#25, when you have people who try to make it so by repeatedly telling you that something is the way they say it is, you have a small window of opportunity in which things really do have to become the way you say they are. If they do, you end up looking smart. If you don’t, people catch on, you become irrelevant, and it’s difficult to regain traction in future.
#25, when you have people who try to make it so by repeatedly telling you that something is the way they say it is, you have a small window of opportunity in which things really do have to become the way you say they are. If they do, you end up looking smart. If you don’t, people catch on, you become irrelevant, and it’s difficult to regain traction in future.
Fan boy.
Fan boy.
Still waiting to hear why we should listen to you, Scoble?
Still waiting to hear why we should listen to you, Scoble?
edge cases and early adopters
This week was the fourth version of Microsoft’ “search champ” program, and the first one where I’ve been heavily involved in the planning (rather than simply being an attendee). It was a great meeting, with some amazing people p…
Goebbels: you shouldn’t listen to anyone. Including me. Unless you want to.
Goebbels: you shouldn’t listen to anyone. Including me. Unless you want to.
We all need a lot more edge case in our lives, as compared to the boredom and mediocrity that consume most people’s lives…
We all need a lot more edge case in our lives, as compared to the boredom and mediocrity that consume most people’s lives…
We need less disdain of “most people.”
We need less disdain of “most people.”
[...] Scoble sees “edge case” as a critical appellation, feeling (rightly) that in his past it’s been used as a derisive term standing in for strange, eccentric, radical, etc. It might have been used that way before, but it’s a misuse, and there’s no evidence Liz was trying to insult him. [...]
They dropped WiMP:Mac, because it was a pile of crap, a SHAMEFUL pile of crap that the WM team just as shamefully let the MacBU take heat for.
Amazing how Robert never got angry about that, especially since it would have been legitimate.
Anyway, it sucked. The WM team was about as likely to make WiMP:Mac as feature complete as say QuickTime on Windows is, as they were to make their server run on Linux and provide the source code for free under a BSD license.
So now, you’ve lost no real features, and it runs in a player that doesn’t blow chunks. It’s a win-win.
They dropped WiMP:Mac, because it was a pile of crap, a SHAMEFUL pile of crap that the WM team just as shamefully let the MacBU take heat for.
Amazing how Robert never got angry about that, especially since it would have been legitimate.
Anyway, it sucked. The WM team was about as likely to make WiMP:Mac as feature complete as say QuickTime on Windows is, as they were to make their server run on Linux and provide the source code for free under a BSD license.
So now, you’ve lost no real features, and it runs in a player that doesn’t blow chunks. It’s a win-win.
[...] At the end of Microsoft’ Search Champ program, Liz Lawley called Robert Scoble an edge case because he reads 840 blogs. She did not use the term derisively. She went on the describe the difference between early adopter and edge case. In our house we tend toward early adoption, and sometimes I become an obsessive compulsive edge case. Liz Lawley: So what’s the difference? To me, an early adopter is someone who recognizes the value of a new technology or tool before it becomes widely used or accepted, and often evangelizes it to others. They recognize trends before they’re trends, and are the ones who are always acquiring the latest-and-greatest technical toys. An edge case is someone who’s on the extreme edge of an activity, regardless of whether they’re an early adopter. Someone who reads 840 blogs is an edge case. But so is someone who reads dozens of daily newspapers, or runs 10 miles every morning. Their choices may influence our behavior–those edge cases are great at recommending things to others–but most people will be far more moderate in their behavior. [...]
If anyone can think for themselves, why are you whinging and cryingabout it?
Someone doth protest too much.
If anyone can think for themselves, why are you whinging and cryingabout it?
Someone doth protest too much.
[...] Scobleizer – Microsoft Geek Blogger » Scoble: I’m not an edge case (tags: microsoft search_champs_v4 scoble) Posted: 1/28/2006 by Nathan Weinberg in: [...]
Much too early to comment on Live Labs
I’ve been reading several comments on one of Microsoft’s newest brainchilds: Live Labs. In fact, I was sitting two rows back at Search Champs when Dr. Gary Flake gave the speech about Live Labs that included Robert Scoble’s infamous …
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You *are* an edge case Robert but don’t worry, we *all* are. We just don’t realize it.
I currently subscribe to hundreds of feeds but if things pan out they way I expect they will I’ll soon subscribe to none…. yet sample thousands.
I expect the Feed Aggregator to go the way of the dodo, to be replaced by the Feed Grazer. Its a completely different model and it will be enabled by OPML directories and Reading Lists. When the World is an Outline we don’t have to wed ourselves to a tiny number of information flows (eg. 400) – instead we can graze everything.
And we’ll all be edge cases
You *are* an edge case Robert but don’t worry, we *all* are. We just don’t realize it.
I currently subscribe to hundreds of feeds but if things pan out they way I expect they will I’ll soon subscribe to none…. yet sample thousands.
I expect the Feed Aggregator to go the way of the dodo, to be replaced by the Feed Grazer. Its a completely different model and it will be enabled by OPML directories and Reading Lists. When the World is an Outline we don’t have to wed ourselves to a tiny number of information flows (eg. 400) – instead we can graze everything.
And we’ll all be edge cases
Information Overload – My Dirty Little Secret
I’m willing to bet, though, that the pang of information overload is something that edge cases and mainstream internet users probably share. At some point, I bet that we’ve all felt overwhelmed looking at search results (no matter how organized), dec…
I think just having a real website these days makes you an edge case.. or just blogging..
by the way check out http://www.leathersaloon.com
We are living on the edge of new technology every day by still utilizing the computer. Let’s keep it going for the future generations. We will all be looked at as “pioneers of blog” someday.
I think just having a real website these days makes you an edge case.. or just blogging..
by the way check out http://www.leathersaloon.com
We are living on the edge of new technology every day by still utilizing the computer. Let’s keep it going for the future generations. We will all be looked at as “pioneers of blog” someday.
[...] obviously anyone who uses it is either an edge case or a basket case!) Any more suggestions? Trackback from your ownsite. [...]
[...] This Last Bit Reads Kinda Like a Prediction. With Vista looking like it’s maybe 6 or 8 months away I fully expect Adobe to crank things up on Apollo and won’t be surprised to see some Apollo related previews on Adobe labs between now and then. The timing on this is kind of significant in my opinion. The increased pace of web based application innovation that folks refer to as Web 2.0 has been surging for awhile now and while I don’t think it will fall off as dramatically as the dot com era, (it won’t get nearly as out of control either), I do think the shine will begin to wear off. If both Adobe and Microsoft have planned this correctly, just as the limitations of the RIA as we know it today becomes glaringly apparent (to non edge cases ’cause you edgies have thinking about this for years) there will be platforms available on which to build the applications that overcome those limitiations. And you know what, there’ll probably be room for both and any rumoured killings will be unlikely. [...]
[...] What I liked best about Scoble’s “I am not an edge case!” declaration is how it encodes a deep respect for others’ needs and capabilities. He doesn’t set himself apart like you might expect from someone of his renown. Scoble’s manifesto reminds me of a comment made on Alex Barnett’s podcast about attention by one of his interviewees—I think Nick Bradbury—that “even brilliant users need simple solutions.” Alex continues on that theme with his post attention engines are not just for the geekosphere. His wife is not a geek, but she could use better help finding the information she wants to read on the Web. Many Web technologies could be made relevant for those disinclined to read 800+ feeds in one of today’s news aggregators. [...]
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I love sports so much I blog all day about it. My wife is ready to divorce me cause I just cant get past my sunday ticket. Hahahaha
Anyway, I love reading about this!
I love sports so much I blog all day about it. My wife is ready to divorce me cause I just cant get past my sunday ticket. Hahahaha
Anyway, I love reading about this!
Chris: I totally disagree that Microsoft markets to edge’ers. What exactly have we done in the past four years for edge cases (while they were still edge cases)?
Chris: I totally disagree that Microsoft markets to edge’ers. What exactly have we done in the past four years for edge cases (while they were still edge cases)?
[...] Which wasn’t a big deal at the time, ’cause I figured, maybe the stars would align and I’d be one of the first people to get a Kindle v2 — which, if you’ve ever had that happen before with a market disrupting gadget, is a total geek high — doesn’t often get better than that for nerd edge cases like me. [...]