Robert Scoble's job hunt - Valleywag Comments

Robert Scoble's job hunt

DaveLG526 — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:34:48 PDT

Does anyone think this Scoble fellas fame trajectory is following that Guy Kawasaki's?

DaveLG526

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dalejo — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 22:01:50 PDT

Scoble isn't important any way. No talent or understanding about what he writes about.

dalejo

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krucoff — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:14:28 PDT

Scoble, ignore this shit. More of the same old lies we've come to expect from Denton. Anyone surprised? He makes shit up, says he has a "good source" and then lets it bubble while moving on to the next target. It's his calling card. You can't believe a thing you read on this site. So yeah, I'm calling you, Denton, a "talentless little bitch" - my facts? I think Valleywag speaks for itself but if you want me to dig up emails from former/current Gawker Media employees I can do that.

Ban me. Please.

krucoff

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RockyB — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:13:41 PDT

Valleyrag has just obtained the purity of the National Enquirer and the like by starting this article with one hysterical photo. I only wish I could incorporate it into the Scoble Show.

... it's just too funny!

@Anonymous - Coulter his BEST hire?
BWAHAHAHHAHAHaaaaaaaaaaaa! I needed that. Now I can start my day.

RockyB

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pimpmyPR — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:56:04 PDT

Have you ladies put away your hand-bags now? Can we get back to gossiping about something more meaningful like who the heck is FakeSteve?

pimpmyPR

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Nick Denton — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:18:02 PDT

@Alex: Hey, that last comment was out of line. If you're going to call somebody a talentless little bitch, you'd better have some facts to back up the insult. Next random insult, and you're banned.

Nick Denton

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IlBiancone — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:40:10 PDT

that last comment just sealed the deal... Real quality convo we got going on here folks. Way to take it to the next step Alex! ;-)

IlBiancone

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Alex — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:39:48 PDT

Scoble, seriously get off my fucking internets you talentless little bitch. I hope your shit is foreclosed on.

Alex

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torpedo — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:58:04 PDT

...and general abuse

torpedo

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twig — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:35:23 PDT

Sigh, "too".

twig

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twig — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:35:14 PDT

Here's to the first of far to many obsessive Scoble stories under Owen's long and fruitful reign!

twig

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Trackback — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:03:13 PDT

In an otherwise unrelated post, Nick at Valleywag says that he hears venture firm USVP is going all healthcare.

Trackback

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truthgenie — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:01:15 PDT

I heard that Johnathan Schwarts invited Scoble to his place for a home cooked meal, but Scoble apparently declined because he couldn't afford the wine.

truthgenie

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Scobleizer — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:04:11 PDT

Several people IM'ed me and said "are you really looking for a job?" I was the first at PodTech to see it.

Scobleizer

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seanpercival — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:59:42 PDT

@scobleizer did this story show up on your massive rss radar? Or did a colleague point it out first?

seanpercival

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fishneversleep — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:18:58 PDT

@Scobleizer: Damn that Christopher Coulter. If it weren't for him I could read the Internets Scoble free. That tears it, I hate him too.

fishneversleep

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Scobleizer — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:58:08 PDT

pimpmyPR: Fake Steve is taking potshots at me too. Interesting that Fake Steve started up right around the same time that Christopher Coulter left PodTech, no?

Scobleizer

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Scobleizer — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:54:30 PDT

Anonymous: Christopher Coulter was not fired and certainly was not fired by me but I'm not able to go more into the circumstances of his leaving.

Scobleizer

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pimpmyPR — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:52:22 PDT

What a bunch if ValleyWank. I don't give a tinker's cuss what the Scoblester's up to. But apparently it's front page news here. I think I'll go to Fakesteve....

pimpmyPR

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Anonymous — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:45:31 PDT

Scobleizer neglects to mention Christopher Coulter is his best hire at Podtech. [scobleizer.com] was forced to fire Christopher Coulter weeks later [scobleizer.com]

Anonymous

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categorically — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:25:51 PDT

I think Scoble is hiding behind semantics, call it what you want, but he's always networking.

categorically

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Scobleizer — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:09:22 PDT

Translation: Chris Coulter is the source and he's too good to pass up. Translation: I'm not going to admit I'm wrong and my source is a wanker. Someday we should go out for beers.

If you read my blog for the past few weeks you can see how he got those facts and how he "surmised" them based on my answers to his stupid questions. I was playing with him. Now he's playing with you.

Let me make this categorical so you can understand: I have not "sounded out" any job offers with any other company since starting at PodTech.

Scobleizer

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Seth Finkelstein — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:08:54 PDT

This item doesn't pass the "sniff test". If Google wanted to employ him, they could pay him as a consultant if qualifications were an issue - that's *if*.

Moreover, how reasonable is it to think that an informant would tell you of all *three* potential jobs? That would have to be someone who knew from him, which would make the pool pretty small and probably obvious.

Snarking at A-listers is one thing, but this seems to come under the heading of Just Plain Making Stuff Up.

Seth Finkelstein

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Nick Denton — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:02:47 PDT

@Scobleizer: Sorry, but I don't believe you. Too many details, too plausible, too good a source. I can easily believe that you didn't get to formal offers with any of the three companies mentioned, but I bet you sounded them out.

Nick Denton

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cageyjames — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:56:23 PDT

Scoble: I would have thought the "tits up" comment would have been enough for your sarcasm meter.

cageyjames

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Scobleizer — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:53:23 PDT

cageyjames: do you believe what you read on Valleywag? Nick Denton has been linkbaiting me now for two months. Well, he finally got his link. :-)

Scobleizer

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cageyjames — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:48:56 PDT

Scoble: But I read it on Valleyway that you aren't.

Damn...

cageyjames

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Scobleizer — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:41:34 PDT

Cagey: PodTech is doing just fine, thank you very much. Nice try, though.

Scobleizer

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cageyjames — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:40:26 PDT

He may be committed to PodTech until 2008, but that doesn't mean he can't leave when the company goes tits up in 2007.

cageyjames

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Scobleizer — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:30:41 PDT

I am NOT doing consulting for Facebook, either. Don't know where you got that one.

Scobleizer

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Scobleizer — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:29:51 PDT

I have not talked to Google, nor to USVP, nor to Facebook about taking a job at any one of these companies. Is that clear enough for you?

Scobleizer

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Nick Denton — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:26:59 PDT

@Scobleizer: Note you didn't deny that you'd been talking to Google, USVP and Facebook. And did you, in fact, take the Facebook consulting position?

Nick Denton

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Scobleizer — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:16:55 PDT

This is bullshit. I'm not looking to leave PodTech and have committed to staying there until 2008 at the minimum.

Scobleizer

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Scott Kidder — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:09:15 PDT

What in the world would Scoble do at Facebook?

Scott Kidder