The geeks on Saturday night

June 11, 2006 By

Tris Hussey, in the comments on Toby Bloomberg's blog, asks "what the heck where all these bloggers doing up at 11 p.m. on a Saturday?"

Tell me about it! I was out to dinner with a bunch of video bloggers. It was interesting to watch how the news started spreading. I looked at my cell phone and I think there was a call from Om Malik that I ignored (sorry, Om, I didn't know you were calling about THAT). Then the email started coming in. Oh, crud. It was out.

The entire table pulled out geek gadgets. Treos. SmartPhones. Blackberries.

Tara Hunt was the first one to find the first story and read it to us.

I told Marc Canter, "sorry, gotta go" and paid for my dinner and called John Furrier and headed to his house to write a press release.

Don Dodge adds onto the hype, but he nailed a lot of why I'm joining a startup.

Oh, and folks over on Channel 9 are saying "it's dead." Not so, not so.

I wouldn't have left if I didn't think Channel 9 and Microsoft weren't in awesome hands.

Bill Gates, at his CEO summit a few weeks ago, bragged about Channel 9 and told the CEOs something like "if there's one thing you should do, it should be to build your own Channel 9."

Hey, I know a small startup in Silicon Valley that can help with that! :-)

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  • http://www.terella.no RennyBA

    Congratulation on the move…. did you know you are on the head line in the tabolid press in Norway today?: http://digi.no/php/art.php?id=307110

  • http://rennyba.wordpress.com/ rennyba

    Congratulation on the move…. did you know you are on the head line in the tabolid press in Norway today?: http://digi.no/php/art.php?id=307110

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  • https://alphonse.wordpress.com/ Alphonse Yu

    Congratulations on your biggest switch ever, but now your blog title should be “Scobleizer – PodTech geekiest Blogger”!

  • https://alphonse.wordpress.com/ Alphonse Yu

    Congratulations on your biggest switch ever, but now your blog title should be “Scobleizer – PodTech geekiest Blogger”!

  • http://www.holidaylettings.co.uk/ RichardP

    Congratulations, also the story has made it to the BBC here in the UK.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5070940.stm

  • http://www.holidaylettings.co.uk RichardP

    Congratulations, also the story has made it to the BBC here in the UK.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5070940.stm

  • http://kevinbaggs.blogspot.com/ Kevin Baggs

    Congratulations. It will not take long to find that there is life after Microsoft. Naked Conversations inpired me to start blogging. I was a little late to the party, but so far no hangovers and am enjoying myself immensely. Good luck.

  • http://kevinbaggs.blogspot.com Kevin Baggs

    Congratulations. It will not take long to find that there is life after Microsoft. Naked Conversations inpired me to start blogging. I was a little late to the party, but so far no hangovers and am enjoying myself immensely. Good luck.

  • Richard

    Can anyone recommend an MS focused blog that will go a small way to filling the large hole Scoble is leaving?

  • Richard

    Can anyone recommend an MS focused blog that will go a small way to filling the large hole Scoble is leaving?

  • http://www.lit-fuse.net/ Caryn

    Congrats … I’ve not commented here before, but this seemed like a good enough time as any. Wanted to say that it sounds like an exciting transition for you and I look forward to reading along. Best Wishes.

  • http://www.lit-fuse.net Caryn

    Congrats … I’ve not commented here before, but this seemed like a good enough time as any. Wanted to say that it sounds like an exciting transition for you and I look forward to reading along. Best Wishes.

  • http://www.metrics2.com/ Metrics 2.0

    Yet another key indicator that information transmission speed and the ability to get connected directly with the news makers is undergoing massive shifts. Just picked the story on WSJ and good luck on the move.

  • http://www.metrics2.com/ Metrics 2.0

    Yet another key indicator that information transmission speed and the ability to get connected directly with the news makers is undergoing massive shifts. Just picked the story on WSJ and good luck on the move.

  • http://www.fromnada.com/ Florence

    Good luck on your move, it will be interesting to see where the .com is in say 6 months, and/or if they sell out to another company. :)

  • http://www.fromnada.com/ Florence

    Good luck on your move, it will be interesting to see where the .com is in say 6 months, and/or if they sell out to another company. :)

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  • http://www.RADMoose.com/ RAD Moose

    Wish you the best!

    Now maybe PodTech.net could use .NET to keep their webserver online? =P j/k

  • http://www.RADMoose.com RAD Moose

    Wish you the best!

    Now maybe PodTech.net could use .NET to keep their webserver online? =P j/k

  • http://www.googlebay.blogspot.com/ Dr Jayanth G Paraki

    Hi Robert and Folks..!!
    Take a look at my blog…shall we go for a drive in a Porsche Cayenne..!!
    Jay

  • http://www.googlebay.blogspot.com Dr Jayanth G Paraki

    Hi Robert and Folks..!!
    Take a look at my blog…shall we go for a drive in a Porsche Cayenne..!!
    Jay

  • http://www.brandonlive.com/ Brandon Paddock

    “I wouldn’t have left if I didn’t think Channel 9 and Microsoft weren’t in awesome hands.”

    Shouldn’t that say “WERE in awesome hands”? =P

  • http://www.brandonlive.com Brandon Paddock

    “I wouldn’t have left if I didn’t think Channel 9 and Microsoft weren’t in awesome hands.”

    Shouldn’t that say “WERE in awesome hands”? =P

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