Tag: robert_scoble

  • Congratulations Robert

    —

    by

    Tom Raftery
    in ,

    Robert Scoble, Microsoft’s most prominent blogger is leaving Microsoft to join John Furrier’s PodTech.net. Robert himself has said that I love Microsoft and Microsoft did not lose me — at least as a supporter and friend. I am not throwing away my Tablet PC or my Xbox or my other Microsoft stuff So his departure…

  • Almost interactive podcasts on Waxxi

    —

    by

    Tom Raftery
    in ,

    I tried to join in on Waxxi’s interactive podcast of a discussion with Robert Scoble and Shel Israel today. I signed up to join in the podcast very early on (long before Mike Arrington blogged about Waxxi). I received my email with instructions on the number to dial and I dialled the number at the…

  • Microsoft to start supporting Firefox?

    —

    by

    Tom Raftery
    in

    I write posts here with boring regularity on Microsoft’s latest releases. They all follow a similar pattern – “I have just heard that Microsoft have just released [insert product name here] unfortunately it doesn’t work in Firefox/Mac”. Now, however, I have acquired an unlikely ally in Robert Scoble – Microsoft’s chief blogger! Robert said in…

  • Back with a vengence

    —

    by

    Tom Raftery
    in ,

    Robert Scoble, Microsoft’s high profile blogger, went on a blog holiday for the past week and it obviously gave him time to do some serious thinking. He has posted a marathon post which posits five ways to improve Microsoft’s image both internally and externally. What are his five suggestions? A guaranteed Terabyte of Internet-based storage…

  • A solution for Robert Scoble?

    —

    by

    Tom Raftery
    in ,

    In a recent comment on Shelley Powers’ site Robert Scoble explained one of his reasons for turning comment moderation on his blog, it has nothing to do with comment spam – he said: I am seeing more and more anonymous comments and I have been tracking their IPs and see that one person is showing…

  • Full vs partail feeds war erupts once more – yawn!

    —

    by

    Tom Raftery
    in ,

    Duncan at the Blog Herald has ignited his twice yearly war on full feeds (here’s his previous attack on full feeds). Duncan is taking a new tack on the argument this time saying that you can’t make money by giving away your content in full feeds – because RSS advertising doesn’t work The full vs…

  • "Thank you for taking the trouble to complain"

    —

    by

    Tom Raftery
    in

    One of the reasons why Robert Scoble is liked and respected is that he puts his hands up when someone highlights a problem with some aspect of Microsoft or its products. If someone says “Microsoft sucks” – he doesn’t say “No it doesn’t”, he says “Why do you think that, and what can we do…

  • Cork Geek Dinner

    —

    by

    Tom Raftery
    in ,

    Well, the Cork geek dinner went ahead last night in Proby’s Bistro, as planned. It seems to have been a great success – at least, everyone told me they enjoyed it anyway! Robert Scoble and Maryam were there and despite having come from the IT@Cork conference where Robert delivered two great talks, Robert still made…