Who will replace Robert Scoble?
June 11, 2006
By now most of the blogosphere has heard that Robert Scoble is leaving Microsoft to join PodTech. This is pretty big news (as evidenced by the coverage it is getting even in my limited blog reading circles). I think that Microsoft really owes Robert a great big thanks for the way he managed to help the company mount a big turn around in how it is perceived in the tech community.
The King is Dead, Long Live the King!
Someone has to ask the question. Who is going to replace Robert? Microsoft is probably thinking who they are going to use to replace the void left with Roberts departure. The interesting thing is that I think that the intersection of the tech and blogger communities will decide who it is.
My vote would be Frank Arrigo. Frank heads up the DPE team here in Australia but he is so well connected after a 15+ years at Microsoft that he knows what is going on before most people.
June 11, 2006 at 12:00 am
No one will replace Scoble. Well not really. Someone will take over at Channel 9 of course. But Robert is unique in his role in the blogosphere. You don’t hire someone and say “you do what Robert Scoble does” rather you hire a Robert Scoble and say “keep doing what you are doing.” Know another Robert Scoble out there?
June 12, 2006 at 12:00 am
Dare Obasanjo?
I don’t really know what Scoble’s blog was like ’cause I never subscribed (so I can’t compare the two based on content) but I imagine Dare is now the most [over]hyped blogger at MS.
July 31, 2006 at 1:16 am
[...] But ever since then, I have tossed and turned at night, wondering how I managed to refer so much traffic to Frank’s blog. I mean, we’re talking Frank here! The Robert Scoble of Australia! Suggested by many as the Scobleizer’s replacement or Microsoft’s new #1 blogger. He with the stellar LinkedIn stats. [...]