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Robert Scoble - Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger

Plug Pogoplug in and get your files anywhere

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A really cool device. I liked the mobile phone support - Larsen aka Qbat

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Robert Scoble

“Introducing Microsoft Songsmith http://www.kyte.tv/ch/6118/307...”

2 hours ago - Link

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When will it be released, started to watch the other clip - Looks like something i could use daily :) - Opps seen the Songsmith site ready for download now. Exciting :D - :( Download Not working - Adam Phillips

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Integrate with http://ejamming.com and http://indabamusic.com and now we're talkin'. "Scratchpad" is definitely the right approach. - michael silverton

Adam: it's available now. - Robert Scoble

Adam: I too am getting "Missing Page We are sorry, the page you requested cannot be found." at http://research.microsoft.com/... But *must* call it a night and try tomorrow! - michael silverton

michael: they are working on the problem. The installer should be available shortly. - Robert Scoble

I'll be patient. Still not working. But good things come to those who wait :) - Adam Phillips

Working now. Refresh the page. Excited! - Adam Phillips

Robert Scoble

“Automatic consumer backup EASY! #ces09”

5 hours ago - via mail2ff - Link

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This hard drive automatically backs up you laptop. All you do is hook it up. You do nothing and it backs up you laptop. $90-$199 http://www.clickfree.com - Robert Scoble via mail2ff

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Another backup product fail. It's great that you have another copy of your docs but when siht hits the fan and you have some sort of disk fail on the road you really want something you can boot off. - Boris Gordon

Scary!!! - Bwana

I am a bit confused as to exactly how it decides what is important to backup. Does it just copy files from the locations most commonly used for personal files (documents & settings folder)? In other words, if I don't keep my music in the My Music folder and opt to store it on another partition, does it copy it? - April Russo

like apple's Time Machine? that will work with any disk you nominate! - Scot Mcphee

Scot: they sell two versions. One that is a hard drive you just post up. ANother is a cord that you plug a USB hard drive into and it automatically backs up everything from your laptop onto your USB hard drive. Very cool. - Robert Scoble

they sell this on qvc - the version i've seen only backs up X type of files - so i have never been interested because it doesn't back up everything - it's not like a full copy for example - Allen Stern

doesn't look very nice... - Till

Robert Scoble

“#ces09 Microsoft releases new tag system for cell phones”

5 hours ago - via mail2ff - Link

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http://www.Microsoft.com/tag This is the coolest thing I have seen so far. You can add these color tags to things and any phone can read them. They released an iPhone app today! Free! - Robert Scoble via mail2ff

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Cool, if people will use it. Kind of like web slices, it has to be implemented. We'll see. - Eric @ CS Techcast

is that like those QR codes? - David

I like this idea. It's the same principle as scanning a supermarket barcode. We need more of this; Japan has it, after all! Thx for the post. - Allen S.

Interesting but do we really need another one? I have three of these apps on my phone already. Barcorama seems to be the most versatile but I doubt it will have MS's new stuff. These "Smart pox" systems have been around for years in Asia, do we really need to reinvent the system? - Kalidor

after looking at the site, it is like the QR codes, except colorful and by proxy hip - David

yeah, QR Code is already well established in Japan. - Akhmad Fathonih

Oh, neat! Just wish there was support for crappy old WinMobile devices like mine. (Mine runs 2003SE, and I can't afford to upgrade to something modern at this time.) - Chris Charabaruk for Hire

This was actually one of my startup ideas from a while back. Seemed inevitable. Print Biz card with QR (or QRcode like) and use the cameraphone to scan. Additionally you would never be without a business card if you had your phone since you could use the screen to display the code, the other phone takes a pic of your screen presto. - mikepk

also, you use the geo data in the phone to assign a location to when / where you "met" the person - mikepk

meta data gets attached by the very act of scanning - mikepk

chris, that was one of the things I thought was cool about this startup idea, you don't need a fancy phone (although it helps). Just snap a photo with cameraphone and email it to an online service to process. (or upload after the fact) makes it much more accesible. - mikepk

very cool spin to something that is already in wide use in Japan. Kudos to Microsoft for seeing the applications of this. I'm going to have to try this on my phone. - Bryan

the zune tattoo guy is going to need some more ink :-D - Karim

++ Karim LOL - Mona N.

Would this not be just like 2d bar codes that nokia has been doing for some time? http://mobilecodes.nokia.com/ Cool but not new for the masses just new for Microsoft possibly. - Sloan Bowman

I thought this failed years ago... - Bwana

Hey, I was the second follower of their abandoned-looking @microsofttag account. This program looks cool but appears to be a typical MSFT rush job on all ends. Program launched a blank website, and when I tried to report the bug the form said "Special characters (< and >) are not allowed in full name." (Of course there are none in my name) - Carl Black

Another iPhone app from Microsoft. I grabbed it, but oh yeah - I don't have any of these brand new proprietary tag images around to try it out... - Josh Bancroft

Worked the very first time on a BB 8330 with what I thought would be an inferior photo. Very interesting. I think I'll try making a tag. - Dave Holle II

David: yes, these are like QR codes but that work much more accurately and can be far smaller than QR codes. - Robert Scoble

Here's a video demoing it: http://www.kyte.tv/ch/6118/307... - Robert Scoble

I'd like quantification of accurate and smaller. QR codes can work with over 50% of it damaged, and I have once working that are 3/4'" on each side? I wouldn't mind seeing smaller if it becomes a standard. I notice MS's website doesn't have this info? What do they say? - Kalidor

What is the name of the iphone app? - Amani

Kalidor: the microsoft tags are smaller in size and can be read without special lenses on your cell phone. They seem to work a lot more accurately here. - Robert Scoble

Not sure what you mean by special lenses, the Moto V220 I got from Rogers for free (so you can imagine the quality) had no problem with those squares on salty posters in TO streets? Do some phones need wide angle lenses or something then? - Kalidor

Amani ... it's TagReader (you can also find via search on 'Microsoft') - David HC Soul

Absolutely cool, this thing rocks. Tried it on multiple tags and it is able to recognize most of the tags easily. With even 2 MP camera phone it works great. Now the question, how do I make my own tags?? - Deepak Sharma

Isn't this what ShotCode has been doing for at least the last two years? http://www.shotcode.com/home - Christopher Harley

Oh, please. QR code are exactly the same, they work perfectly well. No news here. And more: it seems that after a period of free beta, creating tag will cost you money. Oh, dear, QR codes are free, instead. Nice try. - Federico Fasce

Federico: they are not the same. Look into it. And not everything Microsoft does is evil. - Robert Scoble

I'm not saying that this is evil. Just I don't get how this is different from QR codes (except for the fancy colours). But, don't get me wrong, Robert, I'm happy for this idea. QR rocks in Japan, but never really made their way in the rest of the world. Maybe Microsoft will be able to get this technology to spread. I think it's great for games. - Federico Fasce

The Adobe TV demo of Flash doing this in a browser with a regular web cam is very cool. http://tv.adobe.com/#vi+f15384... Long video but worth it. Jump to 41:00 min and 49:00min - Andrew Smith

Created my first tag, posted to blog, took unbelievably blurry photo with my iPhone from the blog page on notebook (hand shaking, balanced on lap & low light) it took me successfully in the Safari browser right to the page. Wonderful. I'm looking at incorporating this for a Sports Hall of Fame to link exhibits to a virtual archive with supplemental information.... this will integrate a Second Place of Learning" with a virtual "Third Place of Learning" so that the two can be combined into one experience! - David HC Soul

This is at least 7 or 8 years old technology. I have early versions of such cards laying in the bottom of boxes in my office somewhere. 2009 off to a rockin' start. - michael silverton

michael: old cue cat scans weren't designed to be used by blurry cell phone cameras. - Robert Scoble

I was thinking of printing bar code info on business cards that could be scanned by the G1 code reader. If this works, way cool! - Greg Birch

I'm impressed, I work in the sign industry and this could have some interesting applications if enough people start to use it. The dialer tag worked quickly even when blurry and slightly crooked. - Patrick Looney

mkay. but i'm sure you'd agree there's a fairly bright distinction between 'breakthrough' and 'refinement' right? why are we still awake? tomorrow will be a huge day! goodnight! ;-) - michael silverton

Robert: QRcode worked as a charm with my E61 camera, which is not the best around (2 megapixel, more blurry than the iPhone one). - Federico Fasce

QR Code already works. It is clear Scoble has not ever used QR code in any quantity. Don't believe the MS hype. It's at most evolutionary not revolutionary. BTW Google has a service that generates QR Code with any url that you pass to it. - Leather Donut

I personally am a MS fan but have to say that in my opinion adding some colors doesn't really mean anything related to innovation. I think the size and ability to be read are depending on the resolution of the consumer device more than the underlying technologies and do you really think that changing the items from squares to triangles and adding some color could increase quality? Is there any academic paper about this issue? - Kivanc Toker

And why to market a total new product from scratch rather than working together with Nokia? Theye are already embedding 2d barcode readers to their new products supporting the 2 widespread 2d barcode technologies which are QR and Datamatrix. - Kivanc Toker

Jason Calacanis - Facebook

“Who are the good guys in the Israel / Gaza war? http://tinyurl.com/7ayqhj.”

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Michael Richardson : Single Sign Out

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"I think it's important to think about this as a hub-and-spoke model, where Facebook is acting as your identity provider, and therefore you are going to want to stay signed in there the longest, and flit around to other sites here and there, on and off. If you had to sign in to Facebook EVERY TIME you went to a third party, that'd be a serious buzz kill. (Hence the long-lasting sessions). Now, that said, it seems like the optimal user experience is a two-step process: 1. log the user out of the local site 2. pop a lightbox that says "we've logged you out of this site; would you also like to sign out of [Identity Provider]?" If it were baked into the protocol (say, OpenID 2.1??) this would be a pretty great user experience. This is what Facebook's UI currently looks like, FYI: http://www.flickr.com/photos/f......" - Chris Messina

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Robert Scoble

“#ces09 exclusive first look at PogoPlug, very easy file and media sharing device (most cool):”

2 hours ago - Link

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Video is here: http://www.fastcompany.tv/vide... - Robert Scoble

a usb hub with multiple external drives will work i assume? - Kiran Patchigolla

Kiran: yup. - Robert Scoble

Robert Scoble

“#ces09 Norton Online Family alpha”

5 hours ago - via mail2ff - Link

Marek Blazek, Hisham, Imran Hussain and 5 other people liked this

http://www.norton.com/onlinefa... nice protection system for families with kids who use the Internet. Lets kids text parents for access to blocked sites. Interesting idea! - Robert Scoble via mail2ff

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Finally Norton has a new product for families. I was disappointed when they ripped the family features out of NIS version 2008-2009. - Eric @ CS Techcast

hopefully it won't be a pig like the rest of their products have been for years - Steven Hodson

I think Microsoft has had this for awhile now. - Richard Ashwell

lets just hope it works - rama mamuaya

interesting idea from a company that was starting to become irrelevant IMHO. I lost a lot of trust in companies like Norton and McAfee, among others, when they started hooking their software so deep into the OS that nothing short of diving into the windows registry to remove it was needed. - slayerboy

Richard, Microsoft is discontinuing their One Care product and replacing it with a free antivirus product (codename "Morrow") late in 2009. EDIT: though I'm not sure if this covers the "Family Safety" product: http://download.live.com/famil... - Karim

i will defend norton with NIS 2009. Works fine, not a hog, and Norton Removal Tool does the trick if you need to get rid of all things Norton. - Eric @ CS Techcast

Stopped using or recommending Norton years ago. I think they are cruising on pre-installs and legacies. When simple trojans (Antivirus2009) constantly defeat\disable Norton I can't see allowing it to become my family's online protector. - Alyx

Sad though that Norton AV Gamer Edition 2009 wont work fine with Windows 7 - Imran Hussain

I hope this is a bit more secure than MS' Family Safety - if not, anybody (child or otherwise) who knows how to uninstall a program can surf the web uninhibited! - Chris Poirier

Chris, hopefully you're not setting up your kids with Administrator accounts. ;-) - Karim

Scott Beale - Twitter

“Landed at YLNT at Tempest”

2 hours ago - Link

Robert Scoble

“FIRST LOOK: Demo of Microsoft songsmith http://www.kyte.tv/ch/6118/307...”

2 hours ago - Link

Russ, Michael Hocter, Baard Overgaard Hansen and 5 other people liked this

Exclusive video for friendfeeders. First public demo. - Robert Scoble

It's here! YAY! - Chris Charabaruk for Hire

For some reason the video restarted when I commented. It's after 3am here, so I'll watch the whole thing in the morning. - Chris Charabaruk for Hire

susan mernit - Twitter

“#Oakland protest/riot photos by Thomas Hawk-http://flickr.com/photos/thoma...”

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Microsoft gets you singing with Songsmith (first video demo)

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openid mark (v3)

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Robert Scoble

“Hanging out with the Microsoft Songsmith team who is showing me something very cool. Embargo until midnight.”

3 hours ago - Link

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Don't let techcrunch beat you to it - Jeff Douglass

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http://www.istartedsomething.c... - Rahul Kumar

So much for the embargo! - Chris Poirier

Chris: the details of how this works are still embargoed until midnight. - Robert Scoble

It's gotta be midnight somewhere by now... - Mark VandenBerg

Songsmith website with download link http://research.microsoft.com/... :) - Long Zheng

Another half hour; I'm assuming midnight PST. - Chris Charabaruk for Hire

Hell with it. I'm uploading the videos now. - Robert Scoble

it's past midnight... in jakarta... spill it, homeboy! - .LAG

LAG: I'm uploading as fast as the bandwidth will go! Shortly! - Robert Scoble

*rubs hands together in anticipation* - Mo Kargas

My kids first act of real rebellion was threatening to throw tomatoes at me if I persisted in singing along to songs on the car radio (I think they were 9 and 5 at the time) .... and since my wife took their side with a (thank ...) I suspect that this could truly be a Killer App if I should subscribe to the fever.... I think I'll stick with the new tag system for my iPhone. - David HC Soul

Loic Le Meur - Twitter

“oh and before I go to bed everybody missed it but Joost is taking off http://snurl.com/9mhg9”

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“have a good night everybody, Iam off”

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Loic Le Meur - Seesmic

Re: What is your 2009 wish? (will edit&mashup)

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Robert Scoble

“New Microsoft Tag for cell phones demoed http://www.kyte.tv/ch/6118/307...”

2 hours ago - Link

Loren Heiny, Alan Cheslow, Marek and 2 other people liked this

You can use this to put a little tag about yourself on your business card, then you can scan it with any smart phone like iPhone (they released an iPhone app today). - Robert Scoble

Seems nice. How does it work on iPhone with no autofocus ? - Marek

I am so happy this technology has finally been released! - Erica Toelle

Marek: it works great on iPhone. - Robert Scoble

susan mernit - Susan Mernit's Blog

Oscar Grant shooting, Oakland protests and social media--and this is so sad

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Leadership? Answers? This photo speaks volumes http://is.gd/eQGp. - Chris Cadelago

Robert Scoble

“iRobot Gutter Cleaner http://www.kyte.tv/ch/6118/307...”

2 hours ago - Link

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now that is really lazy, but cool at the same time - Darren Heydon

Lazy? Naaa just means I can be doing other yard word and not die while falling off the ladder. I like.. going to have to get me one of these. - Sloan Bowman

Robert Scoble

“Really cool OLED screens http://www.kyte.tv/ch/6118/307...”

2 hours ago - Link

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These things rock. Can't wait to see then in more products. - Robert Scoble

Robert Scoble

“Airbiquity -- services for car control systems http://www.kyte.tv/ch/6118/307...”

2 hours ago - Link

Loic Le Meur - Twitter

“let me show you around the new Seesmic office http://new.seesmic.com/videos/...”

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Looks like a great space Loic. - Mike Doeff

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Robert Scoble

“Songsmith demo coming later, more news here after midnight:”

3 hours ago - via mail2ff - Link

Akhmad Fathonih, Loren Heiny, Adriana and 7 other people liked this

I am getting the first demo of something very cool from Microsoft Research right now. I can't give details until after midnight. Come back here after that. - Robert Scoble via mail2ff

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Scoble, the details are on http://www.istartedsomething.c... bloody great product though - Duncan Riley

Is this it? http://research.microsoft.com/... Oh yeah is it just me or are they using a MacBook Pro in this video???? - Matt

Argh, THIS is what you were talking about? I watched that whole boring keynote after your tweet about MS announcing something that might make you "sing their praises". I expect an IOU for that hour of my life back :-). - invariant

I'm a little let down as well invariant - Bwana

To clarify, I was mock upset because I inferred that what Scoble was tweeting about would be announced in the keynote and it wasn't. I wasn't expecting anything all that mind blowing. But while I'm here - where the heck is the Zune Phone? You can't tell me that Microsoft bought Danger to continue making Sidekicks. - invariant

Just got a demo. It is pretty cool. Yeah, that is it but seeing the demo really helps understand how cool this is. - Robert Scoble

Songsmith wasn't done at the keynote. It's a little thing, not as big as Windows 7. - Robert Scoble

I want to hear what this is all about. - Adriana

Tim O'Reilly - Twitter

“RT@etech: Added as #ETech evening event-Andrew Schneider, wearable tech artist.Here's a great short on him via @boingboing http://is.gd/eNdL”

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“RT @Jmichele: The sensor web and demand-side energy management... Sentilla gets Series B funding http://is.gd/ePBf”

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Robert Scoble

“#ces09 these Energizer batteries last 8x more than alcaline”

5 hours ago - via mail2ff - Link

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http://www.energizer.com $10 - Robert Scoble via mail2ff

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alkaline, dude :) - John Munro

They're not rechargeable, though! Why waste money on batteries that aren't rechargeable? - donato

I had a MAJOR problem with these in my canon flash for my eos rebel... overheated... tried another pack, same problem... they burned my fingers when I removed them... don't use these if you are taking a lot of shots, quickly... - Paula Wirth

so far so good, they are in my GPS and seem better. - Squid

When I opened a pack of them they burst into flame. I threw them on the floor and the carpet caught fire. Soon the entire house was completely engulfed in flame. Then that damned bunny came in, beating his stupid drum. As I fled, I did manage to take some measure of satisfaction in the glimpse I caught of it burning. The *thump thump thumping* kept on going though. I heard that when the firemen finally put out my house they found the vermin, now reduced to soot and melted fur still beating its drum... - Tad Goes to 11

I use these in my camera all the time and have never had a problem. - Monique

I use those in my digital camera. The batteries also seem to do better than ordinary alkalines in very cold weather. - Morton Fox

Have yiy tried Duracel Ultra? - Spyros Papaspyropoulos via twhirl

Robert these things are all over my local supermarket battery section. They're expensive though. Maybe I need some for my bluetooth Mighty Mouse, it eats batteries something fierce. Also, Tad .. the bunny is Duracell. ;-) - Scot Mcphee

No - I swear it was the Energizer Bunny. Either that or the absinthe... - Tad Goes to 11

Why would you spend $10 for 4 non-rechargeable batteries when 4 Maha PowerEx 2700mAh batteries cost $12? http://thomasdistributing.com/... + charger http://thomasdistributing.com/... - Alex Scoble

Isn't that what they've always promised? - Duncan Riley

So that bunny has finally stopped playing? - Bwana

Exactly my point, Alex! I haven't purchased batteries in over 4 years. I have all Maha and Lenmar rechargeable batteries, and a couple Maha C401FS chargers. Worth every penny. - donato

Yeah yeah. Yeah yeeeeeea-ah. - Paul Montgomery

I think the overheating happens when you are firing the flash over and over on a longer shoot... I didn't notice a problem when using them to just fire a few times in a row... but on a wedding shoot, the flash stopped working when the batteries overheated. Didn't do this with alkalines in a similar circumstance... - Paula Wirth