Robert Scoble, a blogging evangelist since 2000, asks a series of thoughtful questions about why tech blogging has failed blog readers. He has achieved a level of celebrity in the tech field that commends all but the most die hard Luddite teachers to know at least his name and his blog name Scobleizer.
I started blogging because I wanted to share my life with you (back then I was planning conferences with programmers and I was seeing them build remarkable things). I wanted to help other people discover these new things and understand how to use them best. … (He sounds like so many great teachers we all know.)
I realized this was what early blogging was all about. It’s why I was the first one to link to TechCrunch (ask Mike Arrington about that). It’s why I loved hanging out with Dave Winer — he showed me all sorts of weird ways to use RSS and blogging software and, later, how to do cool things with home audio gear.
Now, he’s saddened by the lack of original content about new advanced technology. He also accepts blame for his part in this lack, although he’s still one of the best independent sources for what’s new and exciting and useful.
Robert still enjoys sharing tech tips, excitement, and ambitions with other geeks, even if only for a few moments at a time. He’d make a great guest at a teacher conference, especially among those with iPhones, Tablet PCs, etc.
I take two points from this blog. One, write more original content for my Tablet PC Education blog to balance my many moer posts pointing to other blogs, and two, share more of this original content with teachers who do the same, preferably with those with no axe to grind.
I’ll try to honor those points more in the future. Thanks again for clicking into my blog. I hope you find something useful, or at least thoughtful, to pay for your valuable time and interest.
And thanks, Robert, for another great post that shares more of your enthusiasm for this exciting ongoing change in communication technologies.