Comments on: Why I Dropped Scoble and Seceded from the Hunt for Newer Shinier Things http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/ A journal of geekery, music and joy Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:00:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Shiny new uses for familiar old things « Jon Udell http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/comment-page-1/#comment-191651 Shiny new uses for familiar old things « Jon Udell Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:01:29 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/#comment-191651 [...] New Thing syndrome. It is a plague. Technology journalism feeds it. Thought leaders, including Dave Slusher, Jeremy Zawodny, and Jeff Atwood, have denounced [...] [...] New Thing syndrome. It is a plague. Technology journalism feeds it. Thought leaders, including Dave Slusher, Jeremy Zawodny, and Jeff Atwood, have denounced [...]

]]> By: Life-cycle of cool and is a tech blogger shake-out coming? — Shooting at Bubbles http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/comment-page-1/#comment-125661 Life-cycle of cool and is a tech blogger shake-out coming? — Shooting at Bubbles Sun, 31 May 2009 02:36:11 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/#comment-125661 [...] all this we have Facebook being called the New AOL by some and other bloggers like Dave Slusher find they are suffering from the constant search for the newer and shinier (SNS). He found that [...] [...] all this we have Facebook being called the New AOL by some and other bloggers like Dave Slusher find they are suffering from the constant search for the newer and shinier (SNS). He found that [...]

]]> By: Mark Forman http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/comment-page-1/#comment-49652 Mark Forman Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:53:39 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/#comment-49652 Funny at first I thought you were a little bit overboard on this on, but have since come to realize you had much more exposure than I with Scoble and I had not reached toxic proportions or allergic reaction in my spleen yet. Shiny Web 2.0 the marketing guy dressed like a nerd or a dude! Wretches again. I'm so channeling Howard Beale right now! Funny at first I thought you were a little bit overboard on this on, but have since come to realize you had much more exposure than I with Scoble and I had not reached toxic proportions or allergic reaction in my spleen yet.

Shiny Web 2.0 the marketing guy dressed like a nerd or a dude! Wretches again. I’m so channeling Howard Beale right now!

]]> By: Nate Mow http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/comment-page-1/#comment-49651 Nate Mow Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:22:34 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/#comment-49651 Bravo. I'm reminded of the recent talk-of-the-town Refresh-[city] event here in DC; at the end of "Web 2.0 startup weekend", all of the talents involved put together a site enabling you to "help you meet the neighbor across the hall". Get some stones, go knock on the door, and introduce yourself. Thanks for spitting out the Kool-Aid Dave. Bravo. I’m reminded of the recent talk-of-the-town Refresh-[city] event here in DC; at the end of “Web 2.0 startup weekend”, all of the talents involved put together a site enabling you to “help you meet the neighbor across the hall”. Get some stones, go knock on the door, and introduce yourself. Thanks for spitting out the Kool-Aid Dave.

]]> By: Web 2.0 Deflates at mahalie.com http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/comment-page-1/#comment-49477 Web 2.0 Deflates at mahalie.com Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:36:32 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/#comment-49477 [...] Speaking of fatigue, what about Nefangled Webapp Fatigue? I think the “web 2.0″ bubble is deflating (instead of popping) as the web apps spring up constantly, many lacking differentiation and users are both overwhelmed and just plain tired. Dave Slusher speaks for me in his the Evil Genius Chronicles article Why I Dropped Scoble and Seceded from the Hunt for Newer Shinier Things [...] [...] Speaking of fatigue, what about Nefangled Webapp Fatigue? I think the “web 2.0″ bubble is deflating (instead of popping) as the web apps spring up constantly, many lacking differentiation and users are both overwhelmed and just plain tired. Dave Slusher speaks for me in his the Evil Genius Chronicles article Why I Dropped Scoble and Seceded from the Hunt for Newer Shinier Things [...]

]]> By: Blob » Walled Gardens or Walled Hearts? http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/comment-page-1/#comment-44798 Blob » Walled Gardens or Walled Hearts? Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:28:02 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/#comment-44798 [...] Facebook is all at once touted as saviour and villan. Dave Slusher points out what others are thinking. Cam’s talking about Telstra and being pinged by Techcrunch. [...] [...] Facebook is all at once touted as saviour and villan. Dave Slusher points out what others are thinking. Cam’s talking about Telstra and being pinged by Techcrunch. [...]

]]> By: Connecting…Connecting…Still Connecting… !@#$%? « Adaptive Mind http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/comment-page-1/#comment-44766 Connecting…Connecting…Still Connecting… !@#$%? « Adaptive Mind Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:03:08 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/#comment-44766 [...] Dave Slusher announced that he finally decided to give up in the conquest for better and shinier platforms. [...] [...] Dave Slusher announced that he finally decided to give up in the conquest for better and shinier platforms. [...]

]]> By: A Blog Around The Clock http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/comment-page-1/#comment-44580 A Blog Around The Clock Sun, 22 Jul 2007 07:20:14 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/#comment-44580 <strong>Facebook News and (my) Views...</strong> Let's start with some Essential Facebook Readings of the day: The Facebook Juggernaut...bitch! Where are Facebook's Early Adopters Going? Hmmm, Facebook: a new kind of press release All your widgets are belong to Facebook Why We're Like a Million Mo... Facebook News and (my) Views…

Let’s start with some Essential Facebook Readings of the day: The Facebook Juggernaut…bitch! Where are Facebook’s Early Adopters Going? Hmmm, Facebook: a new kind of press release All your widgets are belong to Facebook Why We’re Like a Million Mo…

]]> By: Stefan Constantinescu http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/comment-page-1/#comment-44573 Stefan Constantinescu Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:47:58 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/#comment-44573 If you're ever in Helsinki I'll buy you a beer. I've been wanting to write about this ever since my inbox started flooding with requests to join 4+ new online communities. Good show for writing it and good show for being linked to by Robert Scoble! If you’re ever in Helsinki I’ll buy you a beer. I’ve been wanting to write about this ever since my inbox started flooding with requests to join 4+ new online communities.

Good show for writing it and good show for being linked to by Robert Scoble!

]]> By: O’DonnellWeb - This is not a homeschooling blog » Blog Archive » links for 2007-07-20 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/comment-page-1/#comment-44560 O’DonnellWeb - This is not a homeschooling blog » Blog Archive » links for 2007-07-20 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:20:49 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/#comment-44560 [...] Why I Dropped Scoble and Seceded from the Hunt for Newer Shinier Things : Evil Genius Chronicles (tags: internet) [...] [...] Why I Dropped Scoble and Seceded from the Hunt for Newer Shinier Things : Evil Genius Chronicles (tags: internet) [...]

]]> By: Rob McDougall http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/comment-page-1/#comment-44553 Rob McDougall Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:56:18 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/#comment-44553 It seems to me that this ways-of-being-contacted overload hasn't yet happened to most people I know in the UK. Perhaps it's because I'm still quite young... Most professionals I know have three phone lines (office, home, mobile) and at least one, but often two, email addresses. But somehow, we manage to keep all business on business phones/email, all personal calls on home phones/email... Maybe it's about being careful who you give what number to... It seems to me that this ways-of-being-contacted overload hasn’t yet happened to most people I know in the UK. Perhaps it’s because I’m still quite young…

Most professionals I know have three phone lines (office, home, mobile) and at least one, but often two, email addresses.

But somehow, we manage to keep all business on business phones/email, all personal calls on home phones/email…

Maybe it’s about being careful who you give what number to…

]]> By: John http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/comment-page-1/#comment-44551 John Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:03:11 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/#comment-44551 Great post! It is tiring to have to switch to new platforms. After having gone through the trouble of making a decent MySpace page, I refuse to even consider doing the same with Facebook (first-mover advantage points!). Unfortunately, for a company such as ours (free, encrypted file-sharing within a private network http://www.gigatribe.com ), such reasoning is an obstacle for us. People always say, "oh but product X already does most of that"; thing is, that may be true, but the advantages of our product over the others must be worth it when you consider that 500,000 people have downloaded and used our product! (I admit, I'm the type of guy who never switched to those fancy new 3D games like Doom/Quake, I much prefer games such as Frogger/Pacman!) Great post! It is tiring to have to switch to new platforms. After having gone through the trouble of making a decent MySpace page, I refuse to even consider doing the same with Facebook (first-mover advantage points!).

Unfortunately, for a company such as ours (free, encrypted file-sharing within a private network http://www.gigatribe.com ), such reasoning is an obstacle for us. People always say, “oh but product X already does most of that”; thing is, that may be true, but the advantages of our product over the others must be worth it when you consider that 500,000 people have downloaded and used our product! (I admit, I’m the type of guy who never switched to those fancy new 3D games like Doom/Quake, I much prefer games such as Frogger/Pacman!)

]]> By: richard rabins http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/comment-page-1/#comment-44550 richard rabins Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:32:12 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/#comment-44550 Very sensible approach. The bottom line -- anything new (web 2.0, AJAX, full duplex speaker phones, HD TV, Hoola Hoops)should be subjected to a simple test: "does it materially and substantially change the playing field and add value to the user?" If Yes -- then it deserves adoption. If No - then it does not. Simple. This way stuff that deserves adoption gets adopted and marginal stuff does not. Thank for Reading regards richard@alphasoftware.com http://alphasoftware.blogspot.com/ Very sensible approach.

The bottom line — anything new (web 2.0, AJAX, full duplex speaker phones, HD TV, Hoola Hoops)should be subjected to a simple test:

“does it materially and substantially change the playing field and add value to the user?”

If Yes — then it deserves adoption. If No – then it does not.

Simple.

This way stuff that deserves adoption gets adopted and marginal stuff does not.

Thank for Reading
regards
richard@alphasoftware.com

http://alphasoftware.blogspot.com/

]]> By: RBL http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/comment-page-1/#comment-44547 RBL Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:03:21 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/#comment-44547 Until these siloed systems offer an industry-standard means of importing/exporting your data, it doesn't make sense to use more than one. With all the BS talk about Web 2.0, you would think the industry thinkers would have proposed and been working on an XML standard for social networking data exchange. People should be able to leap from service to service just by migrating their data, just as we can do with bookmarks, OPML, XLS, CSV, TXT, DOC, HTML, dBase, etc. Until these siloed systems offer an industry-standard means of importing/exporting your data, it doesn’t make sense to use more than one. With all the BS talk about Web 2.0, you would think the industry thinkers would have proposed and been working on an XML standard for social networking data exchange. People should be able to leap from service to service just by migrating their data, just as we can do with bookmarks, OPML, XLS, CSV, TXT, DOC, HTML, dBase, etc.

]]> By: Chuqui 3.0.1 Beta http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/comment-page-1/#comment-44546 Chuqui 3.0.1 Beta Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:13:50 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/#comment-44546 <strong>Why I Dropped Scoble and Seceded from the Hunt for Newer Shinier Things : Evil Genius Chronicles...</strong> Why I Dropped Scoble and Seceded from the Hunt for Newer Shinier Things : Evil Genius Chronicles: However, I’m dropping him. The thing that sent me over the edge was an inoccuous enough post but something that is emblematic of my problem not just wit... Why I Dropped Scoble and Seceded from the Hunt for Newer Shinier Things : Evil Genius Chronicles…

Why I Dropped Scoble and Seceded from the Hunt for Newer Shinier Things : Evil Genius Chronicles: However, I’m dropping him. The thing that sent me over the edge was an inoccuous enough post but something that is emblematic of my problem not just wit…

]]> By: Attention is Power http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/comment-page-1/#comment-44545 Attention is Power Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:52:21 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/#comment-44545 [...] If you’re irritated about the way influencers seem to be jumping from one web app to another, you aren’t alone. Dave Slusher just renounced ‘the search for the newer and shinier,’ and I suspect many others will follow after Facebook becomes passé. [...] [...] If you’re irritated about the way influencers seem to be jumping from one web app to another, you aren’t alone. Dave Slusher just renounced ‘the search for the newer and shinier,’ and I suspect many others will follow after Facebook becomes passé. [...]

]]> By: Eric http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/comment-page-1/#comment-44539 Eric Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:24:18 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/#comment-44539 Yes I am sure the 99.9999% of the worldpopulation that does not follow every web 2.0 trend is totally brain dead O_o. Yes I am sure the 99.9999% of the worldpopulation that does not follow every web 2.0 trend is totally brain dead O_o.

]]> By: Mark Hughes http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/comment-page-1/#comment-44532 Mark Hughes Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:09:56 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/#comment-44532 My condolences on your brain-death. When a person stops exploring new things, stops expanding into new areas, becomes frightened of new tech, they become a corpse, even if the body continues to move and feed itself for years to come. When you turn your web site off, because it's too high-tech and shiny, leave us a final message in the RSS feed so we know to unsubscribe, okay? My condolences on your brain-death. When a person stops exploring new things, stops expanding into new areas, becomes frightened of new tech, they become a corpse, even if the body continues to move and feed itself for years to come.

When you turn your web site off, because it’s too high-tech and shiny, leave us a final message in the RSS feed so we know to unsubscribe, okay?

]]> By: Are you tired of web2.0 boom. Many of us are . -- Loads of People Are Feeling Web 2.0 Fatigue http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/comment-page-1/#comment-44531 Are you tired of web2.0 boom. Many of us are . -- Loads of People Are Feeling Web 2.0 Fatigue Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:20:21 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/#comment-44531 [...] Dave Slusher dropped some top blog from his daily radar because “he got so tired of hearing about another slightly different way of doing what we were already doing and why that tiny difference was worth dropping everything and moving over.” [hint: Twitter, Pawnce, Jaiku, FaceBook] People ask me why I’m not on FaceBook since that’s the cool, hot thing. That’s precisely why I am not. I’m not interested in coolness or hotness. I am interested in friends, true friends that matter to me and that miss me when they don’t see me for a long time. I’m uninterested in virtual friends.. [...] [...] Dave Slusher dropped some top blog from his daily radar because “he got so tired of hearing about another slightly different way of doing what we were already doing and why that tiny difference was worth dropping everything and moving over.” [hint: Twitter, Pawnce, Jaiku, FaceBook] People ask me why I’m not on FaceBook since that’s the cool, hot thing. That’s precisely why I am not. I’m not interested in coolness or hotness. I am interested in friends, true friends that matter to me and that miss me when they don’t see me for a long time. I’m uninterested in virtual friends.. [...]

]]> By: valleyblogzine http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/comment-page-1/#comment-44530 valleyblogzine Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:09:34 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2007/07/17/why-i-dropped-scoble-and-seceded-from-the-hunt-for-newer-shinier-things/#comment-44530 I can undestand why you don't want to be entangled in the web2.0 stuff. Are you referring only to the social network stuff or are you banishing web2.0 as a whole? I can undestand why you don’t want to be entangled in the web2.0 stuff. Are you referring only to the social network stuff or are you banishing web2.0 as a whole?

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