I know I sometimes give Robert Scoble a really hard time. It’s not because I don’t like or respect him.
On the contrary.
I do like the man and I have a lot of respect for him. It’s just sometimes I think he opens his mouth before engaging his non-fanboi brain.
I also really miss his blog posts that he use to write before mainlining the Twitter and real-time kool-aid.
So it was really nice to see a post of his pop up last night that was something more than a recounting of his infatuation with Twitter lists and how they are going to change the world. Granted the post does have some of that in it but if you suffer through that punishment there is some good stuff in the post.
While he has mentioned the idea of curation before in this post he gives some solid food for thought.
But, look at curation. I know all of the tech journalists and have been studying them for years. That’s how I made the best Twitter list of 500 of the best tech journalists. I also know the venture capitalists and have a list of 433 of them. I also know 500 company founders and have a list of them. I also know 339 tech company executives and have a list of them. I also know 500 iPhone developers and influentials and have a list of them. Finally, I have a list of 493 of the world’s top tech news brands, from CNET to Techcrunch, and have a list of them.
Add to that over on Facebook I have a list of the world’s top executives, including those who run Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, and lots of other companies and I’ll be able to call and do reporting from my seat.
I can watch all of these lists in real time and put patterns and reports together from across the industry. To me that’s more valuable than even just watching the keynote live.
I guess it helps that this is something I have been thinking about a lot as well.
Curation. It could be a whole new and valuable style of blogging if done right.
Thanks Robert. Now if we could just see more of this type of post from you.
