Why is it easier to make a great Twitter client for Apple’s iPhone than for Google Android phones like the new Verizon DROID? After Robert Scoble wrote a typically impassioned post entitled The Droid fails AS A PRODUCT when compared to Palm Pre and iPhone, and used Twitter clients as an example, Thomas Marban of [...]
(Special thanks to @RealPlayer for posting these videos) - Jeff Keni Pulver (@jeffpulver), creator #140conf, "Welcome to #140conf LA: The State of NOW " - Cyndi Stivers - Managing editor, EW.com (Entertainment Week), Cyndi's talk . - Dave Winer (@davewiner) - Software developer, Entrepreneur, and Writer, "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Fail Whale" Venture Outlook:...
“For instance, if you see it in the store you might not see that the battery door keeps popping off. If it does that after only a few hours of use it’ll really bug the crap out of you after a year.” - Scobleizer — Exploring the 2010 Web It’s true. The battery door does pop off. But after three days of using the Droid I ported my AT&T number over. I’ve realized...
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[tweetmeme] Besides the buzz about whether Twitter’s list function will make people feel left out (Chris Brogan; see also Robert Scoble’s rebuttal), there’s a lot of talk about how lists will be used to measure influence. Like so many things in the social sphere, most of these commentaries are shallow and don’t really consider all [...] Related Posts We’re transparent,...
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Today, I spoke to Robert Kiyosaki, who is the author of the popular classic and international bestselling book, Rich Dad Poor Dad. He has sold tens of millions of copies of his books and his latest book is called, Conspiracy of The Rich. In this interview, Robert explains why now is the best time to [...] Related posts: Personal Branding Interview: Robert Scoble Today, I spoke to Robert Scoble, who...
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer: The Droid fails AS A PRODUCT when compared to Palm Pre and iPhone — So, the hype got to me. Yesterday I headed to Verizon and bought a Motorola Droid, which runs Google’s Android operating system. — Last night my friend Luke Kilpatrick came over and we compared the Droid to [...]
Let the games begin! At last night's Ning Appathon kickoff event at the Ning offices in Palo Alto, Ning started a week-long worldwide app development competition for the recently launched Ning Apps platform. WHAT: The Ning Appathon is a week-long OpenSocial development competition with prizes for both original and ported applications. Judges include Ning Chairman and Co-founder Marc Andreessen , Wired...
The Twitter Lists Feature is a Game Changer Posted from O'Reilly Radar One of the neat things about the new Lists feature is the expansion of the asymmetrical nature of relationships on Twitter. I use Twitter Lists to control the flow of the fire hose of my data streams into manageable list streams. But another important aspect is the ability to create lists composed of accounts I don't follow. This...
I am a diehard Microsoft Fan boy – even though I own an Apple and Linux boxes and use AWS for most of my infrastructure needs at work and at play, Microsoft still is an important part of my normal work day. But with the release of Don Dodge (who I have met at a couple of conferences, and listened to him speak) was the face of the current Microsoft. Much like Robert Scoble was the face of Microsoft...
Sarah Evans is a public relations and new media consultant and speaker at Sevans Strategy . She also authors a PR and social media blog and is the founder of #journchat . Twitter’s new Lists feature is all the rage right now. There are probably already millions of lists, and that number is growing by the minute (or second). So what are people using all these lists for? Are people creating lists...
It was the shake heard 'round the world. On Aug. 27, 2009, uberblogger Robert Scoble uncovered a hidden software feature buried within an iPhone application that provides access to Yelp.com reviews. The secret, it turns out, was that users needed to shake the phone to activate the capability, known as Monocle. In the wake of Scoble's discovery, shared publicly via FriendFeed, iPhone users far and wide...
Justin Kownacki has some choice commentary on a schoolyard fight between Robert Scoble and Chris Brogan over Twitter’s newest feature: Lists. In the few days since it’s been out, I’ve seen people use lists to bolster others’ egos. Others use them as weapons of mass agitation (@technosailor blocked someone who listed him under “Granny F**kers,” [...]
Twitter Lists are now officially available to all of Twitter's users. And there are plenty of them. While it remains to be seen whether Twitter Lists will help Twitter boost user engagement, Lists offer a no-hassle means to discovering and following people who you might find interesting. Here are 30+ Twitter Lists that collectively follow more than 5,000 interesting Twitter accounts. UK Journalists...
Twitter hell breaks loose in England November 2, 2009 The intent/purpose problem (& an appeal to @scobleizer) November 2, 2009 Google Wave Sandbox is Now Open for Federation November 2, 2009 Apple whacks the Hackintosh November 2, 2009 The Illustrated Guide to the New Firefox 3.6 Windows 7 Integration [Screenshot Tour] November 2, 2009 My New Book: The Complete Guide to Google Wave November 2,...
Rackspace’s increasingly popular Rackspace Cloud product suffered a major outage Monday night, taking down a range of popular sites and services. Sites reported to be down included Posterous (and by extension Robert Scoble), Tr.im, a range of smaller Twitter tools, and of course we were offline for the best part of an hour as well. Rackspace said [...]