Another Stanford University Startup coming September 2007

by on March 5, 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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Andrew: there've been a few babies born on Seattle freeways in the past few months. Hopefully that doesn't happen to us!
  • Congratulations from t'other side of the pond.
  • Kevin Schofield
    Dude! Congratulations!
  • colin
    Wonderous news.

    Will you be announcing gender on your blog?

    How about "Seagate" for a name? ;)

    Hope all goes well.
  • Congrats to you both!!!! Wonderful news!
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • w00t! Congrats! :-) Before you create scobleizette.com or scobleizerJr.com, you might want to check this out: http://news.com.com/Blogging+your+baby/2009-102...
    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?"
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Chris: heheh. I don't get sleep as it is. I'll just trade blogging time for baby time.
  • 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!
  • popwheel: bring your 12-year-old over. My 13-year-old will get him addicted to WoW or something on the Xbox.
  • congrats to you both!!!! a young twitter-er in the making :)
  • Saw the news on Twitter; best of luck on the new addition! :)
  • 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 ;-)
  • Congrats, Robert. The question is, will you still have time to read all those blogs with a little one around. ;)
  • Congratulations to the two (three) of you!
  • Congrats Robert, and to Maryam as well. Not traveling for 6 months with the birth of your child - you sound like Tiger Woods.
  • congradulations to both of you.
  • Felicitations, Robert, Mariam, and Baby Scoble! Let's just pray that the baby gets Mariam's looks and your infectious laugh! :)
  • Hey - congrats!
  • Congratulations!
  • Congratulations to you both!

    - Neil.
  • Dave Persing
    Congratulations Robert! Best of luck with the new kiddo!
  • 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!
  • As a product of Stanford University Hospital, Congratulations!

    PS- Will the birth by podcasted?
  • Congrats Robert! I look forward to reading all about mini-Scoble.
  • Josh: Maryam says "no recording equipment!"

    Translation: we'll see. :-)
  • Ian Robins
    Congratulations to you and Maryam! It's wonderful news!
  • 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.
  • Congratulations to you and Maryam!
  • Congratulations!
  • Wonderful news. Congratulations to both of you :)
  • CONGRATS TO BOTH YOU Robert :-) YAY. Maryam girl - email me will ya?? You/Robert knows how to reach me.

    Renee
  • Congratulations to the Scobles. Looking forward to hearing about the product launch ;)
  • mazel tov! The more Scobles the merrier.
  • 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
  • Congratulations to the both of you!

    Let's hope there are no delays in the shipping :)
  • Bootstrapped or VC funded? :-)

    Congrat's!
  • Zoli: we'll need some more VC funding to put this kid back into Stanford in 18 years! :-)
  • Artificial: hmmm, now THAT would be a PR event! :-)
  • Many Congratulations to you both!

    I look forward to meeting the little one on many of it's little adventures with you both!

    Yay!
  • 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."
  • 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.
  • Congratulations Maryam and Robert!
  • 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
  • Mazel Tov!
  • 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.
  • McD
    "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.
  • Ujjal Pathak
    Rob's first question to Scoble Jr. II - "Who are you?"

    :)
  • 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. :-)
  • Congrats to you all Robert!

    Best wishes from the UK.
  • 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.
  • Congratulations to you both!
  • Congratulations to both of you! That's wonderful news!
  • 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. :-)
  • Big congrats to all the Scoble clan! Best of luck!
  • Sue
    I find it hugely appropriate that you announced this on my birthday. I'm feeling very auntie-ish.
  • Congrats Robert!
  • Congratulations to both you and your wife!
  • A very hearty congratulations to Maryam, Patrick and yourself.
    Robert your are very right about wives:)
  • Jim Posner
    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.
  • Hey, congratulations!

    Wonder how much trouble you'd get into for signing a 2-month-old up for Second Life...
  • Hurrah for Maryam and you and Patrick and baby!
  • Robert - Adding more congrats! Very exciting news.
  • Congratulations and best of luck!
  • Congrats
  • Jacob Levy
    Congrats to Robert and Maryam! Exciting news!
  • 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.
  • Congratulations Robert! Glad to hear the news.
  • dbarefoot
    Congrats!
  • Congratulations, Robert! Best of luck, hhhmmm I have to read your kids blog too..
  • Congrats, Robert. Wonderful news.
  • 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.
  • Congrats!!! This is such great news--I am so happy for you both--you will love having another child.
  • Congratulations! This trumps the news by far of making it into the Top 50 of PC World's most influential Web People! Congratulations again!
  • Congratulations!
  • Congratulations Robert,
  • 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
  • That is very exciting for you both! Congratulations!
  • Congratulations to you and Maryam!
  • Susan F. Heywood
    What wonderful news for you and your family--Congratulations!
  • Congrats!!!
  • That's absolutely wonderful news...hearty congratulations to the Scoble clan...
    :))
  • Don
    Congratulations to you, Maryam and Patrick!

    But remember ... somethings shouldn't be taped and shared on the internet ... :-)
  • Hey congratulations, that's Awesome! :)
  • congrads. :D
  • Fantastic News Robert, Congratulations to you and Maryam.
  • Partha
    Congratz. Another Lary Page in the making ??
  • 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!
  • watever
    COngrats BigBoy
  • 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. ;-)
  • Well done team. Hope everything goes OK over the next few monthys. Congratulations.
  • Sam: you can sneak a lot of activity in when you slow down your blog posting a bit. :-)
  • Congratulations. You've been through all this before so you know whats coming but its exciting anyway. Well done.
  • Congratulations Robert and Maryam!
    Haven't picked out names yet? If it's a boy how about Blog, if a girl, Blogirl.
  • Robert, Counting back three months I reckon that's a 'pissed as a newt' baby. :-)
  • Congrats! That's great news.
  • Congrats Scoble!
  • 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)
  • Congrats to both of you!!
  • 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!
  • 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
  • Sheila
    Congratulations and good luck :)
  • Congratulations! Not sure why, but when you mentioned you had an announcement, I could kind of feel this one coming ;-)
  • Craig
    "Maryam and I are expecting a new child"
    As opposed to an old one? :-)
  • Mazel tov Scobles :)
  • Congratulations Robert and Maryam! Good luck and God bless.
  • Ugo
    Congratulations!

    At which age will she/he start blogging?

    eh eh ;)
  • Congrats Robert! This is fantastic news!
  • Congratulations

    Could prove to be some interesting, shows forus all!
  • Wow, that's great Scoble! Congratulations!

    I hope it gets the geekiest, most Web 2.0 name possible ;)
  • Congratulations Robert & Maryam!!!

    This is so exciting! I love reading both of your blogs.
  • Congrats, and the best for you all!
  • Very, very cool!

    Steve
  • How wonderful! What happens when the kid goes teenager and rebals against blogging? :)
  • Congratulations to both you and Maryam.

    +Austin
  • Robert, congratulations to you and Maryam.
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  • 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.
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