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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    04/19/09

    In reply to Boat-Loving Fast Company CEO Out of His Office
    Speaking as someone who actually read Aristotle's works, I can firmly tell you that the kind of person who says that it's one of their "favourite books" is a pompous bullshit fraud who read it once in their second year of college, and hasn't touched it since.


    Also: Mayor of Casterbridge? the fuck??

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    Image of ChillbearLatrigue ChillbearLatrigue
    04/19/09

    In reply to Boat-Loving Fast Company CEO Out of His Office
    I thought that this story was going to be about the Love Boat. Not Boat-Loving. Imagine my chagrine.
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    Image of aurora*raby aurora*raby
    04/19/09

    @ChillbearLatrigue: And I thought this piece would be about the "Feel Like Makin' Love" Fast Company. I am also quite chagrined.
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    Image of aurora*raby aurora*raby
    04/19/09

    @aurora*raby: I'm an idiot: I was thinking of BAD Company. I'll just stick with my housework for the rest of the day.
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    04/10/09

    In reply to Fast Company CEO: 'Show Some Respect'
    I'm only a humble Canadian, but isn't it true that even the lowliest intern in publishing thinks they can do better than late-midlife editor of Fast Company?
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    Image of GuyBitchy GuyBitchy
    04/10/09

    In reply to Fast Company CEO: 'Show Some Respect'
    Sailing... takes me a away... from self-realization... I'm an ass-ass-asshole...
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    04/10/09

    In reply to Fast Company CEO: 'Show Some Respect'
    Drunk dialing. Drunk texting. Drunk emailing.


    don't do it.

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    Image of Monkeyrash Monkeyrash
    04/10/09

    @BadUncle: easier said than done.
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    Image of Midge Midge
    04/10/09

    In reply to Fast Company CEO: 'Show Some Respect'
    Hmmmm... even my fingers smell successful!
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    Image of FracturedAcetabulum FracturedAcetabulum
    04/10/09

    In reply to Fast Company CEO: 'Show Some Respect'
    *and duplicate from


    dammit!

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    Image of FracturedAcetabulum FracturedAcetabulum
    04/10/09

    In reply to Fast Company CEO: 'Show Some Respect'
    Are they hiring? I'd love to work for this guy. He sounds like an inspiring leader, and someone from whom I could learn a lot from.
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    Image of Kari's Favorite Mark Kari's Favorite Mark
    04/10/09

    @FracturedAcetabulum: Strategy: send him an e-mail, saying you read the memo (don't mention Gawker - hopefully it's on another site) and you'd love to have an opportunity to hear directly from him how he did it. I bet he'll invite you in and - bam! - you have a job.
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    Image of FracturedAcetabulum FracturedAcetabulum
    04/10/09

    @formerly it takes a lot to laugh: thanks for the tip. Fingers crossed.
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    Image of Accidental Billionaire Accidental Billionaire
    03/07/09

    In reply to The Decline and Fall of Robert Scoble
    And yeah. Scoble wastes time firing the names of web 2.0 startups around. Like he's a litmus test or something.


    What?


    I fail to see the substance. It's not like he's an investor recommending successful business models, he's some hack. As I said above, web 2.0 is the gold rush, he's trying sell gold picks (Smart!). EXCEPT not physical goods, he wants ego boosts and feelings of self-worth.


    Fact: This guy will fade into obscurity. He's another dumb blogger. Everything he says is philosophically wrong because web 2.0 is a collective financial failure. I could write more on why he's a loser unworthy of unrecognition than his honest contributions.

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    Image of Accidental Billionaire Accidental Billionaire
    03/06/09

    In reply to The Decline and Fall of Robert Scoble
    The thing that sickens me about Scoble is


    1.) He's a talentless no nothing

    2.) People somehow look to him for approval

    3.) Yet, he looks to them for approval


    It's amazing, because you see this idiot has a delusion that he's an authority on something... And people actually fuel it!


    I sort of see web 2.0 as a gold rush, and scoble is sort of the tour guide through dilapidated attempts to strike rich. He keeps the story in queue, hopes up, has little background, but keeps people in because he keeps the myth and people's fantasies alive. Kind of like a con, except instead of money, it's your time, hope and dreams.


    He has fanboys. His Wikipedia article has had deletion attempts. His wikipedia article mentions a measurement of a "scoble", something having to do with twitter bullshit. His book, non notable, airport prolefeed. His co-writer virtually unknown, edits his own Wikipedia article. Get the scoop at Scoblecruft on his talk page.


    Edit: Apparently his mom edits his article too. Meritously.

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    Image of GuyBitchy GuyBitchy
    03/06/09

    In reply to The Decline and Fall of Robert Scoble
    How's Fast Company doing in general?


    Speeding along? Or slowing down?

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    Image of El Matardillo El Matardillo
    03/06/09

    In reply to The Decline and Fall of Robert Scoble
    Scoble was reviled at Microsoft then and wherever he goes now as a lightweight blowhard and dilettante. He is the perfect complement to Julia Allison.
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    03/06/09

    In reply to The Decline and Fall of Robert Scoble
    Why is it always about looks? Not everyone can be as handsome and svelte as Owen Thomas.
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    Image of MATIC MATIC
    03/06/09

    In reply to The Decline and Fall of Robert Scoble
    Poor Scobez. He's so easy to hate, and yet honestly doesn't seem to be a "bad" guy at all.
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    Image of macbeach macbeach
    03/06/09

    @MATIC: Not at all easy to hate, and not a bad guy.


    But good guys can make mistakes, give bad advice, waste people's time and money on dead end ideas.


    I think he did a good job of putting a human face on Microsoft. Whoever actually ended that relationship made a big mistake. Microsoft replaced him with a Borg-like robot, who was soon forgotten.


    The association with Microsoft gave Scoble a false aura of technical savvy (of course Microsoft does a pretty lousy job of picking winning technologies too).


    The problems Scoble is having are just the tip of the iceberg for the many technology co-conspirators surrounding him. What value are the many blogs pumping up the next potential recipient of venture capital now that VC spending is drying up? Innovation for innovations sake is over for now (and maybe for a long time). People want to hear success stories about tools that work, right now, not some brand new untried thing that only Scoble (or those like him) are privileged to know about.


    I suspect a great number of bloggers who are doing this for money, speaking fees, product placement opportunities, stealth marketing and in many cases, unearned credit for various technical achievements are going to be looking around for other work as well and quite a few of them are going to have to reintroduce themselves to the drudgery of a real job.


    Just because you work hard at something (and I don't think anyone would deny that Scoble works hard at what he does) doesn't mean you are producing anything of real value. I think that is something a lot of folks are going to have to struggle with in this new "share the wealth" economic system we are entering into.


    Be careful what you wish for.

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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    03/06/09

    In reply to The Decline and Fall of Robert Scoble
    A "steady IV drip of attention" is the best decription of Twitter that I've seen. Well done.
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