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Re: Robert Scoble is My News Source

Robert Scoble — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:43:24 -0000

I read TechMeme, Memeorandum, Slashdot, and Digg to get outside of the Scoble bubble. Balance isn't hard to achieve. I do try to remain pretty balanced across all the tech blogs, though.

Re: Robert Scoble is My News Source

thomasknoll — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:06:18 -0000

Chris,

You also should throw something in there that is seemingly in now way related to your field at all. Like, lets see, for your whole video-tech-motivation thing.... what about ecology? Find some search threads for ecology, to read everything up on that you can. Then you'll be learning about something completely outside your scope, that could give you insights into your own little world.

Re: Robert Scoble is My News Source

Infomaniac/Ellen — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:38:50 -0000

Thanks Chris for more to read in my Google Reader :) Now I subscribe to Scoble's saved items. For news in the web 2.0 world I read TechCrunch, Mashable and O'Reilly. For new websites I read Killer Startups and Startup Squad. Lastly, I subscribe to Techmeme, Digg, and Megite Technology feeds. A lot is redundant but gives me a pretty good overview of the most popular stories on the web.

Re: Robert Scoble is My News Source

Marc Orchant — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 13:37:54 -0000

Chris - I tend to agree with Goldie. More than one curator makes for more balance. Robert's pretty influential on what I read these days (not so much as your Trends show) but I find he tends to narrow-cast when he finds a bright shiny object. That's his prerogative of course and in no way diminishes the value in his links blog in the big picture.

I currently rely on a variety of curators in the different interest areas I'm focused on and, based on what I see in my Reader Trends, they do constitute the majority of where my clickstream originates from.

Re: Robert Scoble is My News Source

goldiekatsu — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 12:18:51 -0000

Curators play an important role. (And I've been thinking of writing a bit more on that all Saturday long, when I can't log onto a computer. :-) Scoble pulls a good mix, but by choosing one curator you do limit your view to a particular bias. (Same as if one always watched CNN, or Fox or whatever those other networks out there are.)

Re: Robert Scoble is My News Source

Marty Daniels — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 09:46:27 -0000

I get most of my news from the voices in my head...they tell me what people are really thinking.