TechCrunch has the news tonight: Scoble to leave Fast Company.
Back in 2003 I wrote a Corporate Blogging Manifesto. Rule #13 is “don’t write if your life is in turmoil.”
It’s even harder to write when you are negotiating for stuff. But it’s really harder when you also are trying to deal with your career while continuing to do your job. This week I uploaded something like 20 videos to Fast Company TV. Whew! I am visiting as many companies as I can as quickly as I can (yesterday I saw two more, today I’m visiting another three) so that I can get a good bead on what I should build next and also to get some ideas of where to take my blog.
I’m building up quite a white board of things I’m going to do here. One thing is I’ll be moving off of WordPress.com soon to a hosted version of WordPress. That way I can really play with some of the newer plugins and widgets that I haven’t been able to use here.
Also, I’m really loving the new low-cost cameras like the Flip Mino HD, which costs about $200. Almost all of my most recent videos on Fast Company TV were shot on these low-cost cameras.
Anyway, I can’t talk about what I’m doing next yet because it’s not completely decided. I’m working on that and hope it’s in shape so we can announce something at the SXSW conference.
Oh, one thing I’ve learned over the past year, and especially this past month, is who my real friends are. Thanks to Bob Safian at Fast Company for helping guide me (I’ll still be writing a column for Fast Company thanks to him and David Lidsky, my editor). Kudos to Rocky Barbanica, who was my producer. In the past couple of weeks I’ve learned I can’t replace him by not sleeping. My editing sucks and it’s good to have someone thinking about shots, audio, and all that. Thanks to Seagate for being a dream sponsor the past two years. They did everything I asked them to do and they rarely asked me to do anything in return and they made doing hundreds of videos per year possible. Seagate deserves lots of credit for supporting the startups who always got on my show for free thanks to their sponsorship (lots of other places, like the Demo Conference, charge startups to get access to the audiences they’ve aggregated). Thanks to Brian and Julie over at Seagate for all the great support over the years we’ve been partnering together.
Well, onward, I’ll be back here more soon. Thanks!
Robert,
I hope your new venture is you — blogging. And tweeting. And feeding.
Whatever you do, just continue to pioneer the medium. You are best when on the fly: always on, always fresh. Announcing at South By sounds like a Fast Company thing. Get back into the wind — ride the therms.
Enjoy!…Steve
Scoble, wherever you end up they will be lucky to have you. Great hanging out and shooting yesterday. I’ve appreciated your friendship over the years and put more of my thoughts on this news on my blog here: http://thomashawk.com/2009/03/good-luck-scobleizer.html Here’s to many good days ahead!
Scoble, wherever you end up they will be lucky to have you. Great hanging out and shooting yesterday. I’ve appreciated your friendship over the years and put more of my thoughts on this news on my blog here: http://thomashawk.com/2009/03/good-luck-scobleizer.html Here’s to many good days ahead!
Onward and upward, Robert – can’t wait to see what you’ll do next!
Onward and upward, Robert – can’t wait to see what you’ll do next!
Good luck.
Good luck.
So who had “March 2009″ in the betting pool?
So who had “March 2009″ in the betting pool?
Congrats Robert! I look forward to the next edition of the Scobleizer.
Congrats Robert! I look forward to the next edition of the Scobleizer.
Good luck Robert and keep up your great work!
Good luck Robert and keep up your great work!
Good luck with your transition! Hope to see you at SXSW.
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Good luck with your transition! Hope to see you at SXSW.
All the best to the best!
All the best to the best!
Robert,
We’ll follow you wherever so carry on and we look forward to supporting your next endeavor!
Robert,
We’ll follow you wherever so carry on and we look forward to supporting your next endeavor!
Best wishes in your new tech adventures Robert! I’m looking forward to all you have in stored for us.
Best wishes in your new tech adventures Robert! I’m looking forward to all you have in stored for us.
Hi Robert,
I’m surprised, but then again, not. You talents will not go unused, I’m sure, and I’ll be looking forward to hearing all about what the next big thing will be.
You are a huge asset to the communities you are part of. I won’t wish you luck because you are more than capable of creating that wherever you are, but I do wish you well. Excelsior!
Hi Robert,
I’m surprised, but then again, not. You talents will not go unused, I’m sure, and I’ll be looking forward to hearing all about what the next big thing will be.
You are a huge asset to the communities you are part of. I won’t wish you luck because you are more than capable of creating that wherever you are, but I do wish you well. Excelsior!
You are loved by so many
You are loved by so many
Love this Alan Cohen quote… It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.
Ben Watson
Overlay.TV
Love this Alan Cohen quote… It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.
Ben Watson
Overlay.TV
I’ve been impressed by what you did, even if I known so little that recently (since August). I’ve seen how you were able to keep faith in every little detail and adventure you chose to participate in.
Yesterday, I actually thought of you and wondered about the guy interviewing that lady taking pictures of landmarks between her legs. Who took time to visit that much companies. That went to great heights and battled with the biggest heads in this digital world.
And then you posted… anyways, a little tribute, and the best of lucks.
I’ve been impressed by what you did, even if I known so little that recently (since August). I’ve seen how you were able to keep faith in every little detail and adventure you chose to participate in.
Yesterday, I actually thought of you and wondered about the guy interviewing that lady taking pictures of landmarks between her legs. Who took time to visit that much companies. That went to great heights and battled with the biggest heads in this digital world.
And then you posted… anyways, a little tribute, and the best of lucks.
Good luck to you!
Good luck to you!
Good Luck and Best Wishes Robert!
Good Luck and Best Wishes Robert!
Good luck Robert. Looking forward to see your next blog about your next step.
Good luck Robert. Looking forward to see your next blog about your next step.
Buena Suerte, Roberto. Godspeed to you in your next endeavors. I will miss you in the pages of FC, and follow you to the next gig, indeed. I hope we shake hands while you are in Austin this month.
Buena Suerte, Roberto. Godspeed to you in your next endeavors. I will miss you in the pages of FC, and follow you to the next gig, indeed. I hope we shake hands while you are in Austin this month.
Good luck Robert. We are your loyal soldiers;). We’ll follow you to win any war:)
Good luck Robert. We are your loyal soldiers;). We’ll follow you to win any war:)
All the best and good luck, Robert! Looking forward to read about your next venture.
All the best and good luck, Robert! Looking forward to read about your next venture.
Robert,
I always saw events like these as a necessary sloughing off period. Always good to shed the old skin and feel what it’s like to start afresh. Good luck and with your prolific output and work ethic, it will be interesting to see a whole new you!
Forgive me for my love of Loren’s latest vid
Robert,
I always saw events like these as a necessary sloughing off period. Always good to shed the old skin and feel what it’s like to start afresh. Good luck and with your prolific output and work ethic, it will be interesting to see a whole new you!
Forgive me for my love of Loren’s latest vid
Hey Robert,
Sorry and congrats on the move. Onward and upward, as they say. Some fodder for thinking about what’s next, esp. relative to your comments on Flip Video experiences, here is a post I wrote on building a crowd-sourced version of CNN:
Flip Video News Network: Crowd-Sourcing meets CNN
http://thenetworkgarden.com/weblog/2009/03/right-here-now-flip-video-news-network.html
Check it out.
Mark
Hey Robert,
Sorry and congrats on the move. Onward and upward, as they say. Some fodder for thinking about what’s next, esp. relative to your comments on Flip Video experiences, here is a post I wrote on building a crowd-sourced version of CNN:
Flip Video News Network: Crowd-Sourcing meets CNN
http://thenetworkgarden.com/weblog/2009/03/right-here-now-flip-video-news-network.html
Check it out.
Mark
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A change is as good as a holiday.
Look forward to your ongoing passionate contribution in all that you do.
A change is as good as a holiday.
Look forward to your ongoing passionate contribution in all that you do.
Hey Robert,
If you’re open to great ideas, lets talk. (http://media.tearn.com/2009/01/robert-scoble-blogger-extraordinaire.html)
If you have great ideas, we can make it happen, fast.