Another Stanford University Startup coming September 2007
You know it as the birthplace of HP, Yahoo, Google, Sun, and Cisco, among others.
But coming in September 2007 another kind of startup is coming to Stanford University: a new Scoble! Yeah, Maryam and I are expecting a new child.
Why Stanford University? Cause Maryam’s mom has been to the hospitals there several times for various surgeries and we’ve always been impressed with their care and it’s close to work.
We learned last week that she’s been pregnant for three months and are quite excited and nervous. Big changes in lifestyle ahead.
First thing is that I’m not going to travel after Gnomedex for at least six months except for CES.
One thing we learned is we both were really nervous about talking about it here. Why? Cause there’s a great deal of uncertainty. We both know people who’ve had miscarriages and know it’s a fairly common thing. We thought we were going to have to keep this secret for a few months until we hit three months, but then last week Maryam went into the doctor and she said she was 11 weeks along. Maryam wasn’t even moody or sick, so didn’t send out the usual “I’m pregnant” gestures. Anyway, back to the usual programming here.
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March 5th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Congratulations! We are excited and happy for you. I’ll always remember the look on Maryam’s face when I last saw her. ;-) Blessings to you and your whole family. If there’s any way we can help, please let us know.
March 5th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Congratulations. We did something similar with our recent addition in that we choose a hospital a bit farther away but one we thought had better care. Of course, when the time came, well, that was a pretty fun drive…(fun for me at least–the wife was about to kick out the windows).
Good luck.
March 5th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
Andrew: there’ve been a few babies born on Seattle freeways in the past few months. Hopefully that doesn’t happen to us!
March 5th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Congratulations from t’other side of the pond.
March 5th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Dude! Congratulations!
March 5th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
Wonderous news.
Will you be announcing gender on your blog?
How about “Seagate” for a name? ;)
Hope all goes well.
March 5th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
Congrats to you both!!!! Wonderful news!
March 5th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Congratulations, Robert and Maryam! We wish you and yours all the best. My wife says that the lovable early years, are what sustain you during the teenage years. All in all, we woudn’t trade being parents for anything, even considering the teen years.
March 5th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
Colin: heheh. Seagate has a nice ring about it but Maryam said “no!” :-)
We won’t know gender for a few more months. Patrick didn’t show his gender until a couple of weeks before birth and he was getting pictures taken every few weeks (his mom had gestational diabetes).
March 5th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
brittonnewmedia: so far Patrick’s been a teenager for a few months and he’s been a dream. I keep wondering when the other shoe will drop.
March 5th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
Congrats guys — the Zug’s are overjoyed for you!!
I think the Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital oversees part of the maternity ward for Stanford — so some of the medical software training systems I work on may play a part — funny how things come together — much love
March 5th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
w00t! Congrats! :-) Before you create scobleizette.com or scobleizerJr.com, you might want to check this out: http://news.com.com/Blogging+your+baby/2009-1025_3-6164386.html?tag=html.alert
Kind of made me start wondering if my kid will one day think I violated her privacy by blogging about her. I can envision her now in an interview down the road…”So, I see here according to your mother’s blog that as a child you had a Rainman-like obsession with color-sorting your clothes in your closet. How will that affect your work here?”
March 5th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
Skrocki: my kids will have to live with a blurry private life. It is a tough issue. On the other hand, any employer who asked such a question would be a good one to avoid.
March 5th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
Congratulations.
Start building up the sleep reserves now. You’ll soon be on the night-shift! But its a great gig
chris@rawstylus.wordpress.com
March 5th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
Chris: heheh. I don’t get sleep as it is. I’ll just trade blogging time for baby time.
March 5th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Congrats!
Having a baby is incredible! My baby just turned 12yrs and I miss the newborn age :-)
Good Luck and try not to be nervous about the pregnancy. I’m sure everything will be smooth sailing!
March 5th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
popwheel: bring your 12-year-old over. My 13-year-old will get him addicted to WoW or something on the Xbox.
March 5th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
congrats to you both!!!! a young twitter-er in the making :)
March 5th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
Saw the news on Twitter; best of luck on the new addition! :)
March 5th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
The most interesting news in this blog since you left Microsoft!
Just kidding, congratulation to the both of you! I do not know when you had time ;-)
March 5th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
Congrats, Robert. The question is, will you still have time to read all those blogs with a little one around. ;)
March 5th, 2007 at 1:48 pm
Congratulations to the two (three) of you!
March 5th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
Congrats Robert, and to Maryam as well. Not traveling for 6 months with the birth of your child - you sound like Tiger Woods.
March 5th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
congradulations to both of you.
March 5th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
Felicitations, Robert, Mariam, and Baby Scoble! Let’s just pray that the baby gets Mariam’s looks and your infectious laugh! :)
March 5th, 2007 at 1:56 pm
Hey - congrats!
March 5th, 2007 at 1:56 pm
Congratulations!
March 5th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
Congratulations to you both!
- Neil.
March 5th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Congratulations Robert! Best of luck with the new kiddo!
March 5th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
So glad for you guys and thrilled to be here on the day you announced the big news. And Robert, what’s this other big honor I hear … PC Mag’s Top 15 Web 2.0 Innovators … did I get that right? Brag a little!
March 5th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
As a product of Stanford University Hospital, Congratulations!
PS- Will the birth by podcasted?
March 5th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Congrats Robert! I look forward to reading all about mini-Scoble.
March 5th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
Josh: Maryam says “no recording equipment!”
Translation: we’ll see. :-)
March 5th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
Congratulations to you and Maryam! It’s wonderful news!
March 5th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
Congrats to you both!
If the new new Scoble needs someone more her/his age to learn the ropes of WoW from, I’m sure my 4-year-old would oblige.
March 5th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Congratulations to you and Maryam!
March 5th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Congratulations!
March 5th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Wonderful news. Congratulations to both of you :)
March 5th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
CONGRATS TO BOTH YOU Robert :-) YAY. Maryam girl - email me will ya?? You/Robert knows how to reach me.
Renee
March 5th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
[...] One reason why a physical office is good: But coming in September 2007 another kind of startup is coming to Stanford University: a new Scoble! Yeah, Maryam and I are expecting a new child. [...]
March 5th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Congratulations to the Scobles. Looking forward to hearing about the product launch ;)
March 5th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
mazel tov! The more Scobles the merrier.
March 5th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Congratulations to both of you! The Scoblization of the world is continuing right on course. Try to work ‘Pod’ into his/her name somehow ;-)
Mike
March 5th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Congratulations to the both of you!
Let’s hope there are no delays in the shipping :)
March 5th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Bootstrapped or VC funded? :-)
Congrat’s!
March 5th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
Zoli: we’ll need some more VC funding to put this kid back into Stanford in 18 years! :-)
March 5th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
Artificial: hmmm, now THAT would be a PR event! :-)
March 5th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
Many Congratulations to you both!
I look forward to meeting the little one on many of it’s little adventures with you both!
Yay!
March 5th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
Maybe it is a sign:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6421053.stm
“One of Bosnia’s three-member presidency has helped a woman in labour by escorting her car to hospital at high speed with his motorcade.
Zeljko Komsic noticed a distressed couple driving fast near the town of Maglaj late on Saturday.
Suad Ibrahimovic said he and his wife, Jasminka, were so grateful that they would name the baby after him.”
March 5th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
[...] and Robert announce Scoble 3.0, coming to Stanford in [...]
March 5th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
Congrats to you both!! That’s amazing news. I have a feeling your new one will be the most flickrd/twitterd/blogged little one of the decade.
March 5th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
Congratulations Maryam and Robert!
March 5th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
[...] HALF MOON BAY, Calif., March 5, 2007 - Scoble Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOB) announced today that the successful merger between Maryam Inc and Robert Inc have agreed to share data through and open API and merge for a second generation hybrid product. Parent company PodTech Inc Director of Corporate Media Strategy Jeremiah Owyang responds with the following: “…The (Technology) community rallies behind this recent merger and looks forward to continues success at both parties…” end quote. Spokespersons from the Pickels and Ice cream industry quote: “Maryam 1.0 has been in stealth mode during the last 3 months for final QA testing”. During this process Robert 1.0 will be based at headquarters for a minimum period of six months post launch. The product release and announcement will take place at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. Additional information available at Stanford Another University Startup coming September 2007. [...]
March 5th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
Many congratulations!
As a recently new dad myself, something I’ve learned:
1. when your wife is pregnant, she is always right — just, don’t bother arguing. Just don’t. ;)
2. after the baby is born, use both parents to help babysit — they’ll enjoy it, and you’ll get much needed sleep.
Cheers
tony @ dji
March 5th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
Mazel Tov!
March 5th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
First, congrats to Patrick! He gets to be a big brother, and that is a very special thing. You get to teach a sibling how to get things done, what to do and not to do, and how to sneak food into your room when you are hungry but it’s close to dinner. I want to warn you Patrick: You brother/sister will destroy you in video games. No matter how good you think you are, by the time they are playing (around 5) they will be better than you are now. Start preparing yourself now.
Second, super congrats to you and Maryam! I’m kinda surprised you found out yesterday that you have been expecting for so long… usual the morning sickness and body pains/changes are a dead give away. My wife and I just had a baby last October, so good luck with it all.
And don’t get too set on a hospital. My wife and I had planned to go to a specific place in the DC area, but got stuck in rush hour traffic and ended up having to call 911 to have them take her to the nearest place (Baby and mom were fine, just our baby girl was coming faster than I could get her to a hospital).
Again, good luck! If you are in the DC area and need anything let me know.
March 5th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
“Live is what happens when you’re busy”… blogging about your life.
This child is likely to be very well documented…
in video, blog posts and podcasts.
One thing is sure, it will be well loved and have access to some really great toys.
March 5th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
[...] just BURSTING with joy for Robert and Maryam. A second young Scoble will be joining the [...]
March 5th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
Rob’s first question to Scoble Jr. II - “Who are you?”
:)
March 5th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Mazel tov and congratulations.
If you want an idea for a name, how about Scoble 3.0?
Big win: Not gender-specific, and totally geek-friendly. And it pays proper respect to Brother Patrick. :-)
March 5th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Congrats to you all Robert!
Best wishes from the UK.
March 5th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
Ujjal: heheh, the answer to that one won’t come anytime soon! But it’s always fun to watch a person emerge.
Dave: Nah, I don’t want to give the kid a name that’d get him taped to a tree in high school! :-)
Tim: tell me about it. Maryam and I just went through Europe, too, and she didn’t have many symptoms other than her usual “eat chocolate” urges were gone.
March 5th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Congratulations to you both!
March 5th, 2007 at 4:08 pm
Congratulations to both of you! That’s wonderful news!
March 5th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
Tony: Haven’t you learned yet? Wives are always correct whether pregnant or not. The consequences of not understanding that are just harsher during pregnancies. :-)
March 5th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
Big congrats to all the Scoble clan! Best of luck!
March 5th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
I find it hugely appropriate that you announced this on my birthday. I’m feeling very auntie-ish.
March 5th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
[...] pre-announcement By Sue Guess who’s having a baby?!?! Tis great. Minds like that should repopulate the world. This entry is filed under family, [...]
March 5th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
Congrats Robert!
March 5th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
Congratulations to both you and your wife!
March 5th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
A very hearty congratulations to Maryam, Patrick and yourself.
Robert your are very right about wives:)
March 5th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Congratulations! We had our first child 16 months ago and what a wild ride it’s been. Nothing like unconditional love to rock your world, as I am sure you know.
March 5th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Hey, congratulations!
Wonder how much trouble you’d get into for signing a 2-month-old up for Second Life…
March 5th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Hurrah for Maryam and you and Patrick and baby!
March 5th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
Robert - Adding more congrats! Very exciting news.
March 5th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
Congratulations and best of luck!
March 5th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
Congrats
March 5th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
Congrats to Robert and Maryam! Exciting news!
March 5th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Congratulations to you and Maryam. We’ll miss you at Podcast Expo. It will be interesting reading how you handle sticking close to home for all those months. :-)
Being so public with your life is a hard thing to do but it does bring you much support and friendship as can be seen by the comments on this post.
March 5th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
[...] sure it’ll get an even lower priority now with the announcement that the Scobles are expecting [...]
March 5th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Congratulations Robert! Glad to hear the news.
March 5th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Congrats!
March 5th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
Congratulations, Robert! Best of luck, hhhmmm I have to read your kids blog too..
March 5th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
Congrats, Robert. Wonderful news.
March 5th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
Can babycasting be far behind? You two would be my choice for parents, if i’d had had a choice. With a built-in savant brother, no less, to teach me everything about Web 2.0. Enjoy serenity while it lasts.
March 5th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
[...] congratulations to Maryam and Robert Scoble on their new venture. [...]
March 5th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
Congrats!!! This is such great news–I am so happy for you both–you will love having another child.
March 5th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
Congratulations! This trumps the news by far of making it into the Top 50 of PC World’s most influential Web People! Congratulations again!
March 5th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
Congratulations!
March 5th, 2007 at 6:42 pm
Congratulations Robert,
March 5th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
Patrick deserves big congratulations too. Someone is going to be very, very lucky to have him as a big brother. And of course, congrats to you Robert and Maryam too. Ain’t life great!
Jan
March 5th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
That is very exciting for you both! Congratulations!
March 5th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
Congratulations to you and Maryam!
March 5th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
What wonderful news for you and your family–Congratulations!
March 5th, 2007 at 8:13 pm
[...] Robert Scoble announced on his blog today that he is going to be a new father in September. Congrats to Robert but even more to Maryam. Robert now can enter into my world as a Daddy Blogger. Yeah he had Patrick already, but there is nothing like blogging the experience. I of course got my start in blogging as a Daddy blogger, a way of talking about my kids and what it was like to be a father of two young ones. It was so great, I had two more kids. My excuse was that I needed more blog fodder. In the comments on his post, he says that Maryam is nixing any ideas of podcasting or videoblogging the event. I know this is Maryam’s first time as being a Mom, so she gets the first one for free, but be aware Maryam, I live blogged my third child. My wife could only roll her eyes and try to explain the blogosphere to the nurse in the birthing room. I would have explained it but I was too busy posting and checking stats. [...]
March 5th, 2007 at 8:23 pm
Congrats!!!
March 5th, 2007 at 8:31 pm
That’s absolutely wonderful news…hearty congratulations to the Scoble clan…
:))
March 5th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Congratulations to you, Maryam and Patrick!
But remember … somethings shouldn’t be taped and shared on the internet … :-)
March 5th, 2007 at 8:42 pm
Hey congratulations, that’s Awesome! :)
March 5th, 2007 at 9:09 pm
congrads. :D
March 5th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Fantastic News Robert, Congratulations to you and Maryam.
March 5th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
Congratz. Another Lary Page in the making ??
March 5th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
Congrats and best wishes! Having just attended the baby shower of one very close friend, and having a business partner who’s wife is due in early June, it seems 2007 is the year for my friends to have more children!
March 5th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
COngrats BigBoy
March 6th, 2007 at 12:21 am
In the best traditions of David and Victoria Beckham are you going to name the baby after the location of the birth and possibly sell the publicity rights to either TechCrunch or GigaOm?
Congratulations Robert and Maryam but when did you find the time. ;-)
March 6th, 2007 at 12:31 am
Well done team. Hope everything goes OK over the next few monthys. Congratulations.
March 6th, 2007 at 12:34 am
Sam: you can sneak a lot of activity in when you slow down your blog posting a bit. :-)
March 6th, 2007 at 1:17 am
Congratulations. You’ve been through all this before so you know whats coming but its exciting anyway. Well done.
March 6th, 2007 at 1:45 am
Congratulations Robert and Maryam!
Haven’t picked out names yet? If it’s a boy how about Blog, if a girl, Blogirl.
March 6th, 2007 at 2:48 am
Robert, Counting back three months I reckon that’s a ‘pissed as a newt’ baby. :-)
March 6th, 2007 at 3:06 am
[...] Maryam. The kid will live-blogging her own birth I bet. I love how geeky Robert’s announcement of their news [...]
March 6th, 2007 at 6:59 am
Congrats! That’s great news.
March 6th, 2007 at 7:50 am
Congrats Scoble!
March 6th, 2007 at 8:09 am
Congrats and best wishes to you, Maryam, and Patrick. I suppose that if you were still at MS, you could *really* say, “The ‘Wow’ starts now.” (sorry, I couldn’t resist)
March 6th, 2007 at 9:00 am
Congrats to both of you!!
March 6th, 2007 at 10:27 am
Robert- Congratulations and also sorry I missed you when you were at the office recently. I was home dealing with one of my 3 babies born at Stanford…a great place to start out!
March 6th, 2007 at 11:46 am
congratulations to both of you =) children is such a blessing - my daughter is almost 3 now and I can’t believe how fast time goes by when you’re with family and people you love..
a big congrats from Denmark again
March 6th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
Congratulations and good luck :)
March 6th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
Congratulations! Not sure why, but when you mentioned you had an announcement, I could kind of feel this one coming ;-)
March 6th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
“Maryam and I are expecting a new child”
As opposed to an old one? :-)
March 6th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
[...] Another Stanford University Startup coming September 2007 You know it as the birthplace of HP, Yahoo, Google, Sun, and Cisco, among others. But coming in September 2007 another […] [...]
March 6th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
Mazel tov Scobles :)
March 6th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
Congratulations Robert and Maryam! Good luck and God bless.
March 6th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
Congratulations!
At which age will she/he start blogging?
eh eh ;)
March 7th, 2007 at 1:23 am
[...] I know told the world that he and his wife were expecting a new baby. That’s right folks, there will be another Scoble in the world in a few months. Let’s hope he or she looks more like Maryam than [...]
March 7th, 2007 at 1:35 am
Congrats Robert! This is fantastic news!
March 7th, 2007 at 1:49 am
[...] Robert Scoble en zijn vrouw verwachten in september hun derde kind. Je kunt ze misschien feliciteren, maar tussen de meer de 100 reacties die er al staan denk ik dat je niet echt opval. [...]
March 7th, 2007 at 8:38 am
Congratulations
Could prove to be some interesting, shows forus all!
March 7th, 2007 at 11:42 am
Wow, that’s great Scoble! Congratulations!
I hope it gets the geekiest, most Web 2.0 name possible ;)
March 7th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Congratulations Robert & Maryam!!!
This is so exciting! I love reading both of your blogs.
March 7th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
Congrats, and the best for you all!
March 8th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
Very, very cool!
Steve
March 10th, 2007 at 8:25 am
How wonderful! What happens when the kid goes teenager and rebals against blogging? :)
March 12th, 2007 at 2:23 am
Congratulations to both you and Maryam.
+Austin
March 14th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
[...] March 14th, 2007 As if there weren’t enough babies happening, the ex-Microsoft uber-blogger Robert Scoble has announced that they’re having a child. [...]
March 15th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
Robert, congratulations to you and Maryam.
March 16th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
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March 16th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
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October 10th, 2007 at 10:41 am
Many congratulations!
As a recently new dad myself, something I’ve learned:
1. when your wife is pregnant, she is always right — just, don’t bother arguing. Just don’t.