Scoble gets in line

Greg Packer won't be the only person getting attention for camping out to buy the iPhone. Blogger Robert Scoble has announced he'll be camping tonight at the Palo Alto Apple Store. The blogger/interviewer conceives it as "a PR person's dream [Sic] to have me as a captive audience"; of course, it's also a dream scenario for Scoble: free press, blog hits, and his work comes to him while he sits waiting for his new toy. Although supplies are likely to be constrained and demand high, camping out for the iPhone has less to do with being first to own the latest gadget than about getting attention and feeling like you belong to a community (of unwashed obsessives who don't need to go to work). [Original Photo Credit: Infoweek and JD Lasica via Flickr.]

10:30 AM on Thu Jun 28 2007
By Tim Faulkner
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pimpmyPR at 10:47 AM on 06/28/07
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There goes the neighborhood
sample032 at 11:10 AM on 06/28/07
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eww.

If I was Motorola or Nokia, I'd make an ad with these guys promoting the iPhone.
DaveMcClure500Hats at 11:15 AM on 06/28/07
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that's very scary. my eyes, they burn. please stop now.
EricFrostHatesLife at 11:17 AM on 06/28/07
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Nick, completely off topic...but is your favorite song englishman in new york by sting?
onethumb at 11:42 AM on 06/28/07
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Some of us are actually gonna go work in line. :)
adamsb at 11:42 AM on 06/28/07
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He wants free Starbucks and goodies in exchange for "Extra credit to PR folks"

integrity in action.
OMMS at 11:54 AM on 06/28/07
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I'd give somehting to Packer.......Scoble can't admit when he is bought.....If ever there was a sign that the "party" is ending is Scoble's self-flatulation of......himself.

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Nick Douglas at 12:02 PM on 06/28/07
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Scoble's like a sad-sack sitcom character. Hey, remember that week when Scoble wore a camera on his head because everyone else was doing it? Hey, remember the time Scoble thought no one would link to him unless he whined? Hey, remember the time Scoble got in line for an iPhone two days too late?
Tim Faulkner at 12:39 PM on 06/28/07
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The embarassment of premature lineation: "When we arrived at the Apple store this morning there was no one in line. We're still the first two idiots in line."

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pimpmyPR at 12:59 PM on 06/28/07
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Is that the Bride of Scoble next to him in this pic?

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smashface at 02:13 PM on 06/28/07
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"Looking at my email I think a PR person's dream is to have me as a captive audience so that he or she can bring clients by and get them to see their stuff."

How can you write something like that and not choke on your own vomit? Some people need to get over themselves.
pimpmyPR at 02:58 PM on 06/28/07
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@Nick Douglas: I'm hardly a Scoble defender but he is at least poking fun at himself here. More than can ever be said of Nick #2.....aka Mini Me.
Nick Douglas at 03:45 PM on 06/30/07
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Pimply PR, have you ever read or watched ANY of my work?
pimpmyPR at 04:44 PM on 07/05/07
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@Nick Douglas: yeah, and it's mostly mean-spirited.

Gossip that is all invective and no joy is pretty wearing. Do what you have to do though. Just my 2 cents. I dare say you've never taken a piece of advice in your life but if you're going to start now here's some: lighten up and stop being so ornery.

Calling Scoble a "Sad Sack". Hmmmm. We all think it....does it have to be spelled out? We can fill in the dots you know.....

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