Sebastien Provencher, senior manager strategy and business development at Yellow Pages Group, Canada’s leading directory publisher, figured out what I was doing on Facebook in a post that says “Robert Scoble is Media.”
If he had stopped there he would have only figured out half of the story. But he ends up writing “I am media as well.”
Bing! Bing! Bing!
See, what’s cool about Facebook is that for the first time I can see all of you and anything you publish on your Facebook profile also comes to ME.
In five words he nailed Facebook and why this thing has such huge value.
Facebook makes my blog seem very one-way. I can’t see anytime one of you writes something, or puts some media up, even when you do it on your own blogs. Facebook makes our media a lot more two-way.
“But what I don’t get is this, Facebook has been around for like 4-5 years, probably longer”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook
3 years. Facts suck right.
I’m done trying to pick apart VC voodoo though.
The best thing is to ignore them and continue evolving in the real world.
SG: I am not paid to write about facebook. Seagate is my only sponsor.
SG: I am not paid to write about facebook. Seagate is my only sponsor.
Aren’t you the one that said they were taking an email sabbatical of some sort?
Between twitter and facebook, I can see why.
Aren’t you the one that said they were taking an email sabbatical of some sort?
Between twitter and facebook, I can see why.
Exactly Robert, on the web we all mediate each other. Your linkblog is on my reading list. If mine was on yours, you’d have seen this last week:
http://epeus.blogspot.com/2007/07/editing-shows-respect.html
Exactly Robert, on the web we all mediate each other. Your linkblog is on my reading list. If mine was on yours, you’d have seen this last week:
http://epeus.blogspot.com/2007/07/editing-shows-respect.html
Kevin: actually I +did+ see that. Even if I didn’t read your blog (I subscribe) it also popped up on a Google Blog search for Podtech.
Kevin: actually I +did+ see that. Even if I didn’t read your blog (I subscribe) it also popped up on a Google Blog search for Podtech.
Bob: That’s an awesome idea! I’d love that in one way or another!
Bob: That’s an awesome idea! I’d love that in one way or another!
facebook is a great way to view others opinions while articulating your own.
facebook is a great way to view others opinions while articulating your own.
[...] I am finally beginning to understand the power that is bubbling under the volcanoes we all know as “social networks”. The two posts that are directly responsible for my sudden enlightenment are: Robert Scoble is Media, and My Facebook secret it out. [...]
“Silicon Valley is the world’s most powerful economic engine.”
Excuse me while I clean the coffee I’ve just splurted over my keyboard.
Your statement might be true in your microcosmic view of the world, but in the real one? Got facts to prove this? Last time I looked there weren’t many oil fields in San Jose.
“Silicon Valley is the world’s most powerful economic engine.”
Excuse me while I clean the coffee I’ve just splurted over my keyboard.
Your statement might be true in your microcosmic view of the world, but in the real one? Got facts to prove this? Last time I looked there weren’t many oil fields in San Jose.
Reality: OK, I guess I should have added “intellectual capital” to that list.
Reality: OK, I guess I should have added “intellectual capital” to that list.
It’s a great idea and I like it. FB has definitely become a platform and is no longer a pure social network in the original sense.
It’s a great idea and I like it. FB has definitely become a platform and is no longer a pure social network in the original sense.
I was reading Asimov’s Foundation Edge – in which there is a planet called Gaia – a superorganism which comprises humans, trees, plants et al. So anytime someone asks a Gaian organism, ‘Who is Gaia?’ – they go ‘I am Gaia’. The also use pronouns in the following manner – ‘I/We/Gaia would like to go to the toilet’. The ‘Robert Scoble is media’ bit sounds too much like those Gaia fellas. I can already imagine reading Scoble next post which goes ‘I/me/media approve of the iPhone…’. Or Sebastien’s, or mine for that matter.
I was reading Asimov’s Foundation Edge – in which there is a planet called Gaia – a superorganism which comprises humans, trees, plants et al. So anytime someone asks a Gaian organism, ‘Who is Gaia?’ – they go ‘I am Gaia’. The also use pronouns in the following manner – ‘I/We/Gaia would like to go to the toilet’. The ‘Robert Scoble is media’ bit sounds too much like those Gaia fellas. I can already imagine reading Scoble next post which goes ‘I/me/media approve of the iPhone…’. Or Sebastien’s, or mine for that matter.
@Chris #26 – I said “probably longer, I don’t know.” The point is, THIS STUFF ISN’T NEW!! This stuff has been around long enough for me to get two graduate degrees. Why are we talking about facebook? Sure, the google reader integration with facebook, that’s new, but only because google reader. That’s a cool post. But there’s like 10 posts on facebook in the past couple weeks (I haven’t fact-checked that, just saying what it feels like). I guess there’s not much else to talk about right now.
@Chris #26 – I said “probably longer, I don’t know.” The point is, THIS STUFF ISN’T NEW!! This stuff has been around long enough for me to get two graduate degrees. Why are we talking about facebook? Sure, the google reader integration with facebook, that’s new, but only because google reader. That’s a cool post. But there’s like 10 posts on facebook in the past couple weeks (I haven’t fact-checked that, just saying what it feels like). I guess there’s not much else to talk about right now.
Everyone keeps talking about facebook! I need to check it out.
Everyone keeps talking about facebook! I need to check it out.
Plaxo is IT – ladies and guys. It automatically lets you see what those in your plaxo rolodex are posting!!!! Way cool
Plaxo is IT – ladies and guys. It automatically lets you see what those in your plaxo rolodex are posting!!!! Way cool
[...] 12 Ways to Use Facebook Professionally Facebook has to be the most talked about, and the most misunderstood, web service/platform right now. If you haven’t gotten drawn in by the hype, it may surprise you to learn that many people have already found Facebook to be an essential addition to their web working toolbox. Why? Because the Facebook social networking experience can be precisely what you want to make of it. Think of Facebook as a professional tool, and that’s what it is. It doesn’t matter how millions of high school and college students are using Facebook to get out of doing homework. You can make it into whatever you want, even your own personal media broadcasting channel. [...]
[...] Facebook has to be the most talked about, and the most misunderstood, web service/platform right now. If you haven’t gotten drawn in by the hype, it may surprise you to learn that many people have already found Facebook to be an essential addition to their web working toolbox. Why? Because the Facebook social networking experience can be precisely what you want to make of it. Think of Facebook as a professional tool, and that’s what it is. It doesn’t matter how millions of high school and college students are using Facebook to get out of doing homework. You can make it into whatever you want, even your own personal media broadcasting channel. [...]
I find importing your blog to notes on facebook very useful. Your friends and network are always updated whenever there is a new post.
I find importing your blog to notes on facebook very useful. Your friends and network are always updated whenever there is a new post.
[...] people are thinking about FaceBook differently than they do about LinkedIn. Others are concerned with how much time they suck up and how to manage [...]
[...] Facebook has to be the most talked about, and the most misunderstood, web service/platform right now. If you haven’t gotten drawn in by the hype, it may surprise you to learn that many people have already found Facebook to be an essential addition to their web working toolbox. Why? Because the Facebook social networking experience can be precisely what you want to make of it. Think of Facebook as a professional tool, and that’s what it is. It doesn’t matter how millions of high school and college students are using Facebook to get out of doing homework. You can make it into whatever you want, even your own personal media broadcasting channel. [...]
[...] “CEO,bitch” Mark Zuckerberg is hailed as a modern-day DaVinci. Even old fogeys like Robert Scoble are transitioning to Facebook, because it’s as cool as iPhone. A cottage industry, complete [...]
[...] thinks Facebook is hot because it is much more of a “media channel” than a blog. I’m still getting my head around this. Here’s a good rundown of Facebook for [...]
[...] Facebook has to be the most talked about, and the most misunderstood, web service/platform right now. If you haven’t gotten drawn in by the hype, it may surprise you to learn that many people have already found Facebook to be an essential addition to their web working toolbox. Why? Because the Facebook social networking experience can be precisely what you want to make of it. Think of Facebook as a professional tool, and that’s what it is. It doesn’t matter how millions of high school and college students are using Facebook to get out of doing homework. You can make it into whatever you want, even your own personal media broadcasting channel. [...]
[...] Facebook has to be the most talked about, and the most misunderstood, web service/platform right now. If you haven’t gotten drawn in by the hype, it may surprise you to learn that many people have already found Facebook to be an essential addition to their web working toolbox. Why? Because the Facebook social networking experience can be precisely what you want to make of it. Think of Facebook as a professional tool, and that’s what it is. It doesn’t matter how millions of high school and college students are using Facebook to get out of doing homework. You can make it into whatever you want, even your own personal media broadcasting channel. [...]
I realize that more local businesses are increasing their ad budgets towards the Facebook direction.
I realize that more local businesses are increasing their ad budgets towards the Facebook direction.
[...] Facebook has to be the most talked about, and the most misunderstood, web service/platform right now. If you haven’t gotten drawn in by the hype, it may surprise you to learn that many people have already found Facebook to be an essential addition to their web working toolbox. Why? Because the Facebook social networking experience can be precisely what you want to make of it. Think of Facebook as a professional tool, and that’s what it is. It doesn’t matter how millions of high school and college students are using Facebook to get out of doing homework. You can make it into whatever you want, even your own personal media broadcasting channel. [...]