Dependencies holding up the ScobleShow
I so want to launch my ScobleShow (we all do) but we’re holding out for a relaunch/redesign of PodTech’s site (my show is a small part of that). It’s looking good, but we’re not finished yet. We were aiming at getting the show up today, but it’s pretty clear that isn’t going to happen. Might not even happen this week. The task list for the Web team is long and they are on a death march (were here until 3 a.m. on Saturday morning, which is pretty much the definition of such things).
Anyway, the long and short of it is no ScobleShow today. Predicting launch dates, even at a small company, is an inexact science. My guess right now? A week from now we’ll get my show up. The funny thing is we might get two weeks worth up next week since I’ve been out shooting (doing another interview this afternoon).
Seeya tonight. Gotta go get some tapes.
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September 18th, 2006 at 1:43 pm
Is ScobleShow the finalised name of the show or is that also under wraps until the relaunch?
September 18th, 2006 at 1:52 pm
Steve: yeah, I own the domain http://www.scobleshow.com so that’ll remain the name unless something better comes along.
September 18th, 2006 at 2:17 pm
Stop looking. It’s a great name. You may as well accept that you’ve built your name into a brand. (You say, “A-lister,” I say, “brand.”)
extended rap: you’ll find, of course, that your brand is famous only within a finite circle. That’s okay. That’s still way more famous than any brand you’d start from scratch. (unless Comcast wants to sell you TechTV. But that’s just a larger finite circle.)
September 18th, 2006 at 2:19 pm
I feel your pain, Robert (and that of your valiant web team), I really do.
I’m glad you’re opting to move the launch date rather than burn out your web people — good web folks are too valuable deathmarch needlessly if there’s any way to avoid it.
Best wishes on the eventual launch!
Shaula
September 18th, 2006 at 2:36 pm
I always advocate that when setting a date for such things - add seven days (or more, for really big projects).
If you’re ready on time the spare week gives you more time for testing, and you can never do enough of that before putting a site live! But more often than not you’ll need the days as you fall behind schedule (it’s natural).
September 18th, 2006 at 2:43 pm
Robert,
Don’t get addicted to that brain crack.
September 18th, 2006 at 3:13 pm
hmm, this is suspicious - rumours that Vista suddenly looks like it’s on schedule and now PodTech is behind schedule. I think we’ve found the cause of delays - some madman running around campus with a video camera. :)
For those with an American sense of humour - it’s a joke, laugh. :P
September 18th, 2006 at 7:06 pm
So the ScobleShow will ship when it’s ready….
Why not do something Live from Silicon Valley on Friday, OneWebDay?
September 18th, 2006 at 7:21 pm
C’mon, give us the Scobleizer!
Hrmm, a delay is it? Well, might I suggest that we all head over to http://www.websudoku.com/ and blow some time?
Looking forward to the show.
September 18th, 2006 at 9:28 pm
Videoblogs are the future…er, um, except when dependencies get in the way.
September 18th, 2006 at 10:09 pm
Do you have the automated ad clicking set up yet? :-)
September 18th, 2006 at 10:51 pm
LayZ: nope. Heheh.
September 19th, 2006 at 12:23 am
Interesting to be on the other end of the spectrum.
“I really do live for the future, because when I’m eating a box of candy, I can’t wait to taste the last piece.” -Andy Warhol
Good luck, man.
September 19th, 2006 at 6:07 am
Arrr ye landlubber! Why you no be atalkin’ in pirate speak today?
September 19th, 2006 at 7:35 am
bravo:)
September 19th, 2006 at 8:07 am
I wanted to point out that a “death march” really means working on a project doomed to failure.
I hope that isn’t the case :)
Looking forward to your new show.
BTW: Trackbacks broken?
September 19th, 2006 at 10:27 am
Don’t wait until you have a perfect setup to release your show. Good enough is enough.
September 19th, 2006 at 3:53 pm
I agree with edddy. Robert, don’t get caught up in doing everything in the first release. There will always be a “version 2″. And you have the flexibiliy to add “features” a lot easier than you have with traditional shrink wrap software. Make it good enough, and ensure you have a good enough user experience that you can generate revenue and get people looking at it, but it doesn’t have to be perfect.
September 20th, 2006 at 4:24 am
Mr. S,
Please keep the channel 9 style video interface and not the channel 10 style. It is nice to bump ahead of the blah blah.
We could never do such a rude thing in person. However, in our free time (time compression). A picture is worth a thousand words, a video 100,000 words. The same applies to trade shows and conferences. If you can come away from a trade show/conference course with one jewel, the $1000 fee and expenses are with the time.
Imagine if you could fast forward through a good conference. Imagine … if you could … never mind, next time.
September 26th, 2006 at 5:16 am
[...] Robert Scoble’s video show was launched this morning. The delay in the launch was due to the PodTech.net site’s re-design apparantly. [...]
October 4th, 2006 at 11:23 pm
My motto usually is:
Release early, release often. Then constantly improve.
But whatever you do, don’t release something half-assed without that special feeling you were looking for. It can defintly be a rouge diamond, but the audience still have to get a glimpse at the diamond.
Good Luck!
Looking forward to it!
André Hedetoft
Movie-geek
Just created a game where you get to play with my real life over at http://www.andrehedetoft.com