You’re well-known throughout the tech industry. How did Robert Scoble become the Robert Scoble we know today?
If I were starting out today I’d find a niche and OWN that niche. Cover that industry like no one else can.
Pick a niche that you really are passionate about. Why? Because if you want to really build a media empire you gotta keep feeding the beast, even at 2 a.m. after you get home from a party and want to get some sleep. If you love what you are doing, that won’t be a chore. But if you are covering something just because you were told to, then that 2 a.m. blog post is gonna be a lot tougher. The folks I’ve seen really succeed in this business LIVE what they are covering and do it nearly every working hour.
Full Interview : The Verge
Presenter's Paradox
While the gift-giver may feel like he or she is doing more by spending more, the recipient sees the big gift as somehow being “diminished” by the smaller gift’s value. Adding on a little gift makes the entire package seems less big.
Photoshopping images is so last year. Look what we have now.
From the verge post:
“H&M recently admitted that it pasted models’ heads on “completely virtual” bodies in its catalogs.”
“We take pictures of the clothes on a doll that stands in the shop, and then create the human appearance with a program on [a] computer.”
This is taking things a *bit* too far.
