Let's be honest - you work at a big company because it's comfortable. You don't have to work 80 hours per week, and you get paid, have nice benefits, and the family is all happy. Robert Scoble More Quotes by Robert Scoble More Quotes From Robert Scoble We trust things more when they look like they were done for the love of it rather than the sheer commercial value of it. Robert Scoble sheerdonelooks Change is inevitable, and the disruption it causes often brings both inconvenience and opportunity. Robert Scoble disruptioncausesopportunity A curator is an information chemist. He or she mixes atoms together in a way to build an info-molecule. Then adds value to that molecule Robert Scoble informationtogetherway Never use pages for personal brand! Robert Scoble brandspagesuse Make a list of competitors who will be disrupted by you. You do have competitors, right? You are better, right? If not, why are you going to Disrupt? Post a blog post about them and what makes you different. Robert Scoble blogginglistsdifferent I shook Steve Jobs hand. Robert Scoble googlejobshands Here in a nutshell is why Google continues to get hyped by everyone including me (notice who I work for). Google surprises [sic] you. Delights you. Gives you what you want (not always, but more often than the other engines). Robert Scoble googledelightgiving Twitter lets me hear from a lot of people in a very short period of time. Robert Scoble let-meperiodspeople But there's a bigger trend I'm seeing: people who used to enjoy blogging their lives are now moving to Twitter. Robert Scoble thoughtfulfunnymoving A great product will survive all abuse. Google Glass is a great product. How do I know? Every person I put it on (I did it dozens of times at 500 Startups yesterday) smiles. No other product has done that since the iPod. Robert Scoble ipodsglassestechnology Never change the URL of your blog. I've done it once, and I lost much of my readership. It took several months to build up the same reader patterns and trust. Robert Scoble yournevertrustchange It's not enough to have a hacker culture anymore. You have to have a design culture, too. Robert Scoble hackeryoudesignculture We are moving into a world where companies will be able to offer us products and services based on our last two hours of activity. This is both exciting and frightening at the same time. Robert Scoble willtimeworldmoving I do not see Windows Phones anywhere in the world except Seattle. Robert Scoble windowsseephonesworld Turn on all security features like two-factor authentication. People who do that generally don't get hacked. Don't care? You will when you get hacked. Do the same for your email and other social services, too. Robert Scoble willyoucarepeople On mobile, make sure Facebook's app can know where you are. That not only makes features like Nearby Friends possible but also makes your feed have a few items from your location. Robert Scoble yourknowyoufriends My favorite computer of all time? The Apple II that got me started, of course. Robert Scoble applegotmetime I got lucky because my dad moved us to Silicon Valley before it really was known worldwide as an important tech hub. Robert Scoble usdadluckyimportant At Rackspace, I'm building a media house which will celebrate small teams who are having world-wide impacts through their building or use of new technology. Robert Scoble celebratebuildingmediatechnology The problem is Twitter is designing the metaphorical equivalent of a Toyota Prius. A car for the masses. While I want a Formula One race car. Robert Scoble carproblemracewant
