Author Archives: Robert Scoble

If you’re interested in technology, geeks, innovation, or Silicon Valley business you’ll probably like Robert Scoble. He grew up in Silicon Valley, his dad was an engineer at Lockheed, and he’s worked at computer programming magazines and other technology companies like NEC and Microsoft since attending San Jose State University as a journalism major.

Zuckerberg: Facebook’s “intense” year

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, in a tie? Oh my.
If you know Mark you know he’s a pretty casual dresser. Usually seen in T-shirt, jeans, and sandals.
But not here at the World Economic Forum where we walked around downtown Davos last night for a while before heading into the Time Magazine’s reception. Last year we [...]

Mike’s mood improves when Paulo Coelho arrives

Famous author (he’s sold more than 100 million books) Paulo Coelho just arrived here at Davos and I turned on my Nokia and broadcast it live from the World Economic Forum. Mike Arrington introduced him to me and he gave some good advice for new authors. More to come from Davos over the next [...]

The real problem with Davos: not enough focus on small business

It’s interesting the tweets I’m getting.
@semipro writes: “@Scobleizer have we not come to expect way too much out of those meetings? They never produce anything and are a waste of time and money!”
@spotcher writes: “@Scobleizer davos is for the good times. there are no solutions to this mess. it has to play itself out.”
I disagree [...]

Friendfeed passes million visitor mark, TechCrunch reports

Interesting, Techcrunch reports that Friendfeed has passed the million visitor mark and has grown 10 fold in just the past few months. That matches my experience as well. I currently have 26,009 followers, which is incredible growth for a service that I’ve been on for 11 months. Now you know why I’m so addicted to [...]

Happy sixth birthday WordPress!

Six years ago WordPress was born, according to Matt Mullenweg who founded and runs the company that makes it, Automattic. My blog here is hosted on WordPress.com and I couldn’t be happier. I can’t wait to see what Matt does in the next six years. He has a few ideas, as he told me recently [...]

Twitter raises new funds: you’re worth $42!

TechCrunch is reporting that Twitter has raised more funds, this time with a $250 million valuation. That means that if you are one of the six million people on Twitter that you’re worth $42.
Sounds about right. I remember Kraft food executives telling me they spend about $40 to acquire customers (er, advertise). Congrats to the [...]