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Re: Twitter takes a break, we're awake, and wondering... (Scripting News)

kosso — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:59:07 -0000

yes. 12 hours does seem a long time doesn't it?
I wonder if it's a big datacenter move? Possibly to Amazon EC3? (As they use S3 for storing our avatars and backgrounds now)
I suppose that rather than risk people 'losing tweets' during the 'flip' to a new system, it might be better/less painful for them and us, to just take it all down during a specific time.

But still. 12 hours does seem rather a long time.

Re: In NYC, the Second Ave Deli is coming back (Scripting News)

kosso — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:43:37 -0000

I remember that time we met up at the 2nd Avenue Deli.
What an awesome feed that was.

And what a great waitress! :)

2nd Avenue Delhi?? LOL! That cracks me up! :)

Re: FriendFeed moves into TwitterSpace (Scripting News)

kosso — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:50:35 -0000

comment 'threading' needs an OPML data supply / output ;)

Re: http://www.rev2.org/2007/09/27/yahoo-podcast-directory-to-be-shutdown/

kosso — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:34:27 -0000

Over at http://podcast.com we're seeing the traffic for podacasts rise steadily along with the amount of podcasts out there.

The problem has been that the places to find them were just not good enough ;)

You're either in to audio of video based media or not. I'm sure if you have a look around, you'll find some content which you might enjoy.

It's pretty narrow minded to write it pff just becuase you can't find what piques your interest, eh? ;)

Re: Google Checkout Drops ZeFrank’s “GimmeSomeCandy” Micro-Promotion

kosso — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 09:54:50 -0000

Why not just sell the 'donator' a rubber duck? As a token 'tangible' (and squeaky!) product!

Re: Twitter at Burning Man 2007 | Laughing Squid

kosso — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:18:16 -0000

HI there! Woo!! Another BM!

Love to come to this one year ;)

BTW: Raines Cohen and I set up a similar Twitter group mechanism which I did for Gnomedex.

If you you go and follow the user twitter.com/burners

Then when you want to post that 'group' stream, start your tweets with 'burn'

eg:

burn I'm cycling naked being chased by people with paintbrushes!!

you get the picture :) have fun!!

Re: Does Video Twitter Make Sense?

kosso — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:30:45 -0000

I can read a newspaper or a book faster than it takes to watch a video, but I still like them all.

Especially when they reference and connect to eachother's medium.

Kosso

Re: BlogHUD | Baba Sucks

kosso — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:21:25 -0000

Wahay!!! blog(H)UDDERS! heheheheheh

Re: Second Life sound effects - fresh from the UI!

kosso — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:47:06 -0000

Do you know how weeeird that is? Only yesterday did I record all the interface sounds, so I can mix em up for an intro for our forthcoming podcast :P

I just found my old copies of Rebirth and Acid :D

Re: Second Life sound effects - fresh from the UI!

kosso — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:50:39 -0000

ooowoooowww! these are the actual files! cool! You just saved me the job of editing the huge file I have here!

Hurrah!

Re: Second Life sound effects - fresh from the UI!

kosso — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:44:38 -0000

My dad used to be quite techie for IBM, Memorex, etc..

I say I'm a silicon chip off the old block! :)

Re: Eight things you didn’t know about me - Tagged by Nik and Neil

kosso — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:08:40 -0000

hey! when did '5 things you didn't know about me' turn in to 7?? :)

Here's 5 for starters...

http://kosso.wordpress.com/2006/12/20/5-things-...

:)

Re: Eight things you didn’t know about me - Tagged by Nik and Neil

kosso — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:09:04 -0000

EIGHT now??!!! sheesh! ;)

Re: 2006/11/02/zunenet-goes-live-wants-to-make-music-social/

kosso — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:36:51 -0000

I think they should focus on make *media* social - not just music.

I hear this device has no built in podcast abilities - audio or video - it seems like they will *have* to sooner or later.

Re: Twitter is Banned in the United Arab Emirates

kosso — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:26:55 -0000

I blame @Mohammed / @Mohammad ;)

Re: 2008/05/12/dreamcatcher-iphone-recorder/

kosso — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:13:36 -0000

This is a great app for iPhone owners. I really do hope that the next version has something like this built-in (it's one of the main reasons I don't own one)

We did some tests with videos from this app on a 'multimedia conversation network' system I am building, and it worked perfectly!

Record video -> Send via email from the iPhone -> It was instantly published on the web and distributed to blip.tv, youtube, twitter, blogs etc. All in one go!

lovely! Come on Apple! I need 3G! ;)

They have a lot to do to catch up with the mobile multimedia functionality of the Nokia N95 :)

Re: My Twitter Upgrade

kosso — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:01:14 -0000

I agree! I met my fiancee on Twitter, 10000 miles away! :) Now we're living together in London! [ http://twitter.com/01000101 ]

We fell in love in 140 characters (or less)!! :)

Also met so many other great people. Feel 'connected' to them all, in a way

Re: Preview: Nokia Maps 1.0 Update

kosso — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:57:16 -0000

Cool!

One thing I'd really like to see it do is store locaiton points while on the move in a single data file, which I can then export/send/upload to a system I could very easily create to plot my journey on Google/Yahoo maps.

I did this with a PocketPC w/ external gps a while ago on geepster.com

It was able to set if the points are captured over time or distance. Very handy.

Hoping to see the ability to add GPS data (optionally) in to the EXIF data of the photos at some stage too.

Re: My Office is a Coffeeshop

kosso — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 09:32:57 -0000

I too work in 'Office 802.11'

For the very same reasons, I have done for a few years. Sometimes I find that going out and using coffeeshop wifi can be good, or the various free spots there are around. But mostly I stay at home where the wifi is spread nice and wide and the coffee is 'free' and I can have the speakers cranked up as loud (or not) as I like ;)

Re: Like a Sore in Your Mouth

kosso — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:43:24 -0000

Why not have a look through posts on BlogHUD.com, my Second Life blogging system. It's interesting to see what people get up to. ;)

I actually make money! Cool!

When blogHUD started, it only had 'title' posts - ie: no body copy.

Posts back then were very much like Twitter posts! :)

Re: Happy Birthday to Me

kosso — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 06:49:53 -0000

Happy Birthday Chris!!! To you and the other 'media types' - avi? mov? ogg? lol. ;)

Re: Why Do New Media Types Like Multiples

kosso — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:46:12 -0000

It's because I am completely insane.

I sometimes get too many ideas in my head. Often, I need to 'make room' by initiating an idea for 'real' (be in tangible or virtual - like code)

Though all the ideas can be maddening, I also get HUGE amounts of energy from having them and especially implementing - even if it's just to make a start. Not all ideas make it to a screen though, which is why I need cloning or funding.

Who knows, a few of them just might might some money.

Most ideas I have had have always led to better things, be it a greater knowledge and understanding of something, or a new job.

I'm a self-made 'citizen geek/programmer' - self-taught on the web and trial and error. I left college studying Manufacturing Systems Engineering ( I wanted to design robots) and failed on Computing (in Turbo Pascal)

Opportunity ROCKS! - used to be my motto. And indeed it did. And thankfully still does.

Always having a new idea based around a new technology will make you 'Future-Proof'. ;)

Re: Why Do New Media Types Like Multiples

kosso — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:58:35 -0000

I'll also add that I like to 'dovetail' knowledge which I acquire from one project idea to the next.

ie: The skills learned from one ALWAYS benefits or inspires the next.

Good value! :)

Re: Why Do New Media Types Like Multiples

kosso — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:13:14 -0000

If you're only going to do ONE thing, then I'd suggest doing the HARDEST thing first. ;)

That way, all the rest will be a walk in the park ;)

Re: Find the Best Shows for Me

kosso — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 16:19:03 -0000

Hey Chris,
We have playlists cooking for audio at the moment on podcast.com (accounts opening up VERY soon now) and video playlists on the way.

See the link to my podcast.com homepage.

Playlists will be available in just about any format there is.

Also, the nature of a podcast.com account actually turn the user into a directory curator. (Also of subdomains too)

When I have a few things sorted out at this end, I'll drop you the link so you can set up an account too :)

btw: I'm in Boston/Cambridge until Thursday am. if you want to hook up for a beer/demo ;)

Re: News! Companies are hiring!

kosso — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 09:47:16 -0000

Hi Robert,

I think you should change that headline to add "... Americans in the USA"

It's nigh-on impossible these days to get hired by a US company, being a UK citizen in London.

All this new VC is great. but there's so sign of it over here in Europe. Where are the headlines?

I don't know about 'bubbles', but it seems like too many people over here in Europe need a good stirring, just to build up a froth!

It's weird being in the third most expensive city in the world, the pop-tech-tropolis that is London and get this awful feeling that we're missing out on the party.

There seem to be alot of talk about stuff going on in the *insert meme*-o-sphere but no immediate ground-shaking *doing* going on!!

It felt like this the first time around, pre-dot-com-1.0 boom Everyone went to the valley. now it's very different since 9/11. The world is alot smaller.

dont get me wrong. there's alot of great tech work going on in europe, but there's just no hype or buzz at all.

Gimme Buzz!!! :)

Re: Joel, and others, give us hell for Live.com

kosso — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:12:32 -0000

Rather than it being all about attention, I would say it has lots to do with ATTENTROPY limitation (yes I made that word up - but it works!).

I think it's relatively easy to get attention by offering something that people want and doing it in a nice and easy, stable way. But the secret is keeping that attention. Nurturing it. Growing it. Being nice to it. Respecting it.

Indeed, we need to trust those who are doing that to us. They need to respect that we are the people driving their vision (and let's not forget - business). Eventually you become friends and who knows.. lovers? ;)

If Microsoft can pull that off, then they'll generate a whole lotta love for a whole lotta time of a whole lotta people.

And I for one, wish them the best of luck instigating the love affair!

--

I'm looking forward to trying out the new messenger and VOIP. It's a shame, I am assuming, that it won't be able to record calls as MP3 - WMA possibly. We shall see. But I know which would generate the most L.O.V.E

Re: The new Robert Scoble Services agenda

kosso — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:40:00 -0000

having a cool open api and the ability to create cool gadgets that people could get paid for creating and sharing is totally the way to start bubbling up the best ideas, instead of trickling down.

that's where the love affair will start.

the toys and widgets will hold out their hands for a folksonomic fandango, which will be sexy and fun.

the creators will get the number.

but the influencers will know who was responsible for the introduction. and those people the best man, or maid of honour at the wedding.

if this plan works, I think you'd better dust off your tux, Robert - or buy Maryam a hat ;)

good luck!

Re: RSS drives Reuters lobby’s screen

kosso — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 23:05:26 -0000

Sounds cool. I created an similar application for plasma screens and bigger ones around the BBC in London, Washington and New York. Also, those massive screens you might see at railway staions around the country are fed by RSS and other xml formats, delivering a nice video payload with 'extras' like news, weather, market data etc.

The ones that feed from just RSS, without direct journo input just run and run. They clean up after themselves and do clever stuff with images and are also network aware - where they show someting nice when the network goes off and spring back to life. Flash makes like easy - and informs - as well being low maintenance. Cool! The coolest thing about it the rss data has already been through the editorial process for publishing on the news website, so no need to have bespoke content for it. It's there already - just bigger ;)

Good to see you again tonight, Robert ;) Another interesting evening!

Re: Goodbye Europe!

kosso — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:57:47 -0000

yay! MY badges!! There were a VERY limited run - make that $10

Re: Media Center Sandbox opens

kosso — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 07:16:18 -0000

Surely, the long awaited 'Call of Quake RSS Project GothoFeeder'!!! - with extra OPML rumble pack?

woohoo! ;)

Re: Kosso has a Flashy blogroll

kosso — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 00:34:26 -0000

hey there Robert! Happy {insert festival here}!! :)

This blogroll needs to exist on the same domain as your blog to work, due to Flash security measures. This version was built for the OPML Editor community of bloggers using Dave Winer's free sowftware.

But that's OK. Just point me to whichever one of your many blogrolls you want and I'll build one that would work for you too (and potentially anyone in the same domain.com - yes? ;) hello? heh! )

this should be quite easy to fix up. I plan on getting it to aggregate and parse rss feeds too, along with podcasts. ...

did I say 'portable playlists'? ;))

Re: Kosso has a Flashy blogroll

kosso — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 00:54:19 -0000

oh yes, and if *I* can win a prize please, it would be a place in Vegas next week please. thanks. ta. ;) please.

one flashy blogroll for one suite at the bellagio? sound fair? ;)

robert....?

robert...???

bill??

hello? ? ;)

Re: Kosso has a Flashy blogroll

kosso — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 05:37:26 -0000

Go Sparkle!! :)
http://blogs.opml.org/kosso/2006/01/25#microsof...

Re: Peter says podcasting is inefficient

kosso — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:21:11 -0000

Exactly!

- Text requires your eyes' attention and hand coordination.
- Video requires your eyes' and ears' attention
- Audio just needs your ears.

: So you can get on with doing something else - like drive/code/work/farm/walk/etc/etc....

and LEARN!

Re: Reading the Long Tail with the Head Tail

kosso — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 20:58:26 -0000

I couldn't agree more about the lack of travel related podcasts out there. There are a few out there. More will come, when we all get really easy solid tools built on stable solid distribution formats.

I also think 'linguacasting' would also be great. How-to's on speaking the local lingo.

All this stuff could be downloaded through a usb port in the back of a seat. ["Excuse me, could I have a power supply for my seat and card reader please?"]

Even if people fell asleep listening to the lessons, I'm sure people would argue that they'd still learn from them subconsciously.

;)

Re: Amanda “unBoomed”?

kosso — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 16:23:31 -0000

Robert,

I hope you're snapping her up for Podtech, in your first day in your new role ;)

Surely John can make another irrefusable offer? ;)

Nice to see you at GD.
K

Re: The challenge for Europe: keeping tech there instead of the valley

kosso — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 16:55:14 -0000

I smoke. I shouldn't. It's bad for you. And those around you.

I am a Geek. I am European.

Think the WestCoast USA should look out in the mobile space. We have had 'smart' phones in our pockets for ALOT longer. Devloping apps and systems. Thinking inside and out of the pocket - not just the box. We've been SMS TXTing for as long as I can remember.

I agree what you say about Europe and smoking - there's alot more of it here.

I'm amazed phones over here don't come with a lighter built in ;)

But that wouldn't be too 'smart' eh ? ;)

Hmmm... where's my patent attourney?

Re: Microsoft music player to come?

kosso — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 17:08:34 -0000

It's obvious that Apple's 'wiPod' would ONLY record in a proprietary format for Quicktime.

Naturally MSoft would push WMA - unless they were smart and recorded to MP3.

The Archos AV400 would only reord audio to PCM wav. Then the PMA430 gave the choice of MP3 or WAV.

The thing is, is that the device also has av editing features on the device. You can't do this (so easily) with MP3 as WAV.
I met with the the developers of the Archos and fed them a bunch of ideas about this along with a load of easy quick-win features they could add.
This was while I was at BBC News developing apps and systems for mobile journalists to create and upload content from the road (or pocket)

Mobile wifi players will be interesting - the Archos PMA430 has wifi on board, a linux-basd os, and SDK and people did start to create podcatching apps for the device, with no need for a desktop at all. They were clunky though. But they *did* work.

Trouble is, with mobile wifi is the increased power consumption. Less power to actually play the media downloaded.

I cant wait to see the offerings from both Apple and Microsoft.

But I think Nokia are already WAY ahead of the game, with their N91 phone. With GPRS AND WIFI built in with a 4gb harddisk on board and 'normal' headphone jacks as standard. Loads of apps on Symbian to be made for this and also Flash player support too - I've alreadt built the RSS reader for it :)

I want one ;)

Until the next thing comes along...

Re: Why I don’t use Flash

kosso — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 11:44:55 -0000

Robert,

A while ago, you'd seen my Flash OPML Reading list /blogroll and rather liked it ;)

Here's another one - http://readerss.com/opml/

And not forgetting the first ever:
http://www.blugg.com/caster/

;)

Re: Why I don’t use Flash

kosso — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 12:02:16 -0000

Also, I should reccommend listening to BoagWorld, a podcast from two Brits about webdesign. They have some very interesting discussions, interviews and arguments for and against Flash.

http://podcast.com/show/1678/

Recently interviewed Aral Balkan, open source flash evangelist

Re: New idea for RSS aggregators: Drama Filter (and code blogs)

kosso — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 01:04:36 -0000

FILTERS are indeed what we all need - in so many ways.

Re: Community Podcast directory?

kosso — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:34:52 -0000

http://kosso.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/community...

hi robert! :)

Re: Community Podcast directory?

kosso — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:12:26 -0000

O, Canada!!!

...now - presenting : http://canada.podcast.com

:)

A rating system to rate any folder, feed, podcaster or episode are on the way.

Stay tuned!

Re: I endorse New Podcasting Directory

kosso — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 15:14:19 -0000

do a podcast - about cleaning garages :)

Re: James says PodTech site sucks: I agree

kosso — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:40:54 -0000

Hi Robert,

If you have your 'channels' all sorted - and in an OPML file - send it on over and I can set you up as a tester of our cool new subdomain system. podtech.podcast.com ? ;)

It only takes a moment. ;)

Regards,
Kosso

Re: Blogger says “it’s OK to steal, if they use RSS”

kosso — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:07:21 -0000

you might be interested to see this page from voiceindigo:
http://www.voiceindigo.com/ht/feed.do?rssid=4907

See if you can see any link back to podtech apart from the url to the feed image

*red flag UP*! :)

Re: Blogger says “it’s OK to steal, if they use RSS”

kosso — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:15:02 -0000

ok.. so interestingly, they have provided a link to podtech and the rss feed - not so for my humble 'bluggcast' - despite the fact that all the required rss elements are in place:
http://www.voiceindigo.com/ht/feed.do?rssid=2451

hmmmm.......

Re: Have I lost my “blog power”?

kosso — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 07:45:23 -0000

step out of the echo chamber and back in to the fun park, Scoble! :)

Re: Will Apple sue PodTech.net? (My employer)

kosso — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 20:16:35 -0000

Oh nuts!!!! :( grrrrr

Lets all thrash this out at the portable media expo next week.

DOWN WITH APPLE!

anyone want a cool domain name? ;) *joke* heh

Re: Will Apple sue PodTech.net? (My employer)

kosso — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:45:13 -0000

Some more thoughts:
- Maybe we need to drop the 'cast' bit too?
- P O D in podcast - for me - has always meant 'Portable On Demand'
- Many people I speak to think you need an iPod to consume podcasts
- Many iPod users hate their iPods as they trash content.
- I think we need to distiguish between audio and video - and other media formats - is 'media' the word to use?

- It needs to 'sound' automatic and easy
- It uses feeds
- It can be consumed where you like (desktop or portable) - and WHENEVER you want - on demand

- I agree with Dave Winer that we need to get together and produce/define our own media player/recorder. Screw Apple. Their products might look good, but they simply are NOT THAT good, when you have tried alot of the competition.

As far as I know, Apple have not contacted us - yet (podcast.com) - but then we're still (just) pre-beta

Re: Smart person’s debate of OSX vs. Windows Vista

kosso — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:47:17 -0000

Hi, I'd love to help, as I now have 3 MacOSX machines (sometimes running XP - not tried Vista 'properly'). I had to rebuild a machine recently and thought I would try the Vista Beta we got at Gnomedex. It actually helped me get my XP install running for some reason, after some driver issues.

But the one huge factor I thought I'd drop my tuppence on, is that immediately after intalling Vista (and sam goes for XP) is the first thing your brand-spanking new install of Windows ever tells you is:

"Warning: Your computer may be at risk"!! WTF!? )

MacOSX welcomes you and makes you feel at ease (even the animations are more similar ;) )

I'll also say that I'm primarily a Windows user, but am now fairly platform agnostic. I just wanted to share that thought with you about the install 'welcome'. eek!

See you at CES! :)

Re: BlogHausing at CES

kosso — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 17:11:12 -0000

HI Robert,
I shall be there at about 2pm tomorrow - I leave London in a few hours.

Looking forward to seeing everyone, and I have some great ideas (we think) I want to share with yourself and John ;)

I'm still regretting not taking you up on that invite to the Vegas/JasonC party ;)))

Not this time sir - oh no ;) See you there!!!

U huh u huh u huh thangyewvurrymush

Re: Google Dev: the Next Big programming Language

kosso — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:18:51 -0000

Are you guys coming to Barcelona for 3GSM?

Re: Adobe enters feed reader race

kosso — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:12:50 -0000

i wouldnt say there was a 'race' ;)

Flash has a been great for making feed readers for ages in my career. Big ones, smalls ones, pocket ones etc

myFeeds is a nice approach, and not a million miles away from stuff we have brewing at podcast.com -

oh btw :) : http://podcast.com/folder/4531/

all podtech's feeds in one place, with all the right data ;)

the future for feeds is coming... mu hu huaar

Re: Second Life has my credit card and won’t let go

kosso — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:58:01 -0000

Robert : call them up. Thousands of people had to when Linden changed everyones password after a security hoo-haa.

Big PITA for lots of people a while ago.

1-800-961-6851

Re: Gnomedex=”BlogHim?”

kosso — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:45:57 -0000

or relocate to Vegas? ;)

Re: Adobe ships Apollo public alpha

kosso — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:44:39 -0000

Here's what I will do with Apollo ;)
http://kosso.wordpress.com/2007/03/19/adobe-apo...

Re: Apple TV rocks

kosso — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:30:39 -0000

Isn't it just like a big wireless hard disk connected to telly with a FrontRow UI?

I thought it didn't stream content to the box/tv from your pc. I thought it syncs/copies them over for playback?

Can you confirm?

I have had a TV out for yeeears with a tv or projector hooked up. Logitech did nice job on their 'lean back' media player, controlling it via their bluetooth controller.

Soon portable media players will have much more power and equal quality to these Apple boxes (iTunes hard drives with a tv-out) and they'll record what you want and let you play it where you want.

I'm sure this Apple TV is a nice product. They do make nice hardware. But to 'it rocks' might be an overstatement? Hmm? ;)

It just doesn't seem revolutionary at all. Maybe its just about the simplicity for all the iTunes users who are already forced into using that interface for their padlocked content. ;p

Re: Apple TV rocks

kosso — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:48:39 -0000

Thanks Goebbels for clearing that up :)

I like that pausing thing too. That's a nice feature.

Is it up to 5 pcs 'ever'? or does that mean '5 at once?' - what I mean is, are these machines 'registered' with the device, a bit like limiting the pcs you can plug an ipod in to, without wiping it?

Still. I love my Archos devices. I dont have HD yet.

Thx for the info

Re: Another lame idea or next “million dollar pixel” site? Or both?

kosso — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:34:49 -0000

It just goes to show, there's one born every minute.

I wonder how many of those 'owners' (ha!) are 'real' accounts?

So many ppl will rush to this thinking they can make a buck or two(or a 'pretty penny' lol) like those users already there and sign up, join in and make that gut his 'pretty penny'.

It's his 'fantasy marketplace'.

It will be interesting to see the legals on this, as they develop, as he seems to know something about the 'civic address' thing - and being able to trade them. Probably something to do with him not actually selling *anything*.

It also would not surprise me if he made a wedge of cash either, as there are sadly many people who will get into this type of thing. It's in their blood. They can't resist the opportunity to make money. No matter how. Who cares?

Next sucker!!! ;)

Re: Another lame idea or next “million dollar pixel” site? Or both?

kosso — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:01:13 -0000

In fact, are you sure this guy hasn't written a 'get rich quick scheme' book? ;)

"Hey! Give me money! I'll tell you how to make it!"

by going...

"Hey! Give me money! I'll tell you how to make it!"

etc...

Re: Scoble 2.0 to ship at TechCrunch 20?

kosso — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:55:48 -0000

IDEA 4 TechCrunch2.0 : Hotels have elevators.

Commandeer one (like kids do)

Take turns sending an entrepreneur “Up With An Angel”. I bet you get > 20 pitches!! :)

©Kosso ;p

Re: Always on isn’t for me

kosso — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:49:52 -0000

Robert,
Thanks so much for doing yesterday. Both you and Jeremiah did an excellent job. It was like hangin' out with you at a conference in SF for hours! From London!

Excellent experience overall!

Can't the ppl at Verizon Wireless have 'a word'? ;P - they're a Podtech client http://podcast.com/show/6524

Let's face it, the Flash Media/Communication Server technology to do this had been around for years.

IMHO the KEY enabler here for 'mobleScoble' to work is the advancement and availability of the wireless connections these days.

This is just the beginning.

Mark my works, in two years the streams/speeds/quality/tools and UIs available will make all this look so lame.

It will be mutli-screen-mega-stream-mashup madness (with a side order of twitterness)

I have seen ustream 'listening' to people's requests. First the irc chat rooms. Now pop-out chat etc too. and more.

There's so much can be done here with all the archived content too. I hope to help along there in some ways. ;p

BTW: here's the moment you met justin.tv ;)
http://kozcast.com/scoble/scoble_justin.jpg

cheers! Koz

Re: Adobe opensources Flex (Exclusive Videos with Adobe)

kosso — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:49:58 -0000

This is great news! It should be interesting for the 'London Flash Platform User Group' meetup in London tomorrow. http://www.lfpug.com/

I can see the topic changing pretty quickly from JavaBeans and Apollo! ;)

Re: We need better statistics…

kosso — Sun, 13 May 2007 16:24:25 -0000

I couldn't agree more.

These sites only give a representation of the 'hitshare' for the user sample that is those users with the required tool installed.

It's not too far from how TV stations say how many people are watching their shows. They use incredibly small samples (in the thousands - see in the uk: BARB ) using special boxes in their living rooms, where they are required to tap in which channel they are watching.

Our whole TV scheduling and commissioning efforts are based on these ridiculously low samples.

It's a similar problem with podcasts, where there's going to be less actual listens than downloads.

But then, I bet there's plenty of people who have a TV set on and leave the room. Hmmm.

This is a really interesting discussion for the whole media industry. Whatever the medium and platform.

Re: Funny “no Flash” on iPhone video

kosso — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 23:05:00 -0000

here's my take on all this http://kosso.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/flash-on-...

;) kosso

Re: You’re watching my Twitter video

kosso — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:19:32 -0000

Good stuff Robert! Thanks for that! Nice to hear from the team what's been going on.

I wonder if they realise that I met my fiancee on Twitter?

We both have a button which says "I fell in love in 140 characters or less..." ;p

10,000 miles away too! :)

Re: Dear Steve Jobs

kosso — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:12:18 -0000

I think it's hilarious that these people will go and spend their $100 for products that will themselves soon cost less!

ha! :)

Re: Reports of PodTech’s demise are bull####

kosso — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:50:54 -0000

Whoa! Keep at it Robert. It's all good stuff, opening declaring itself as sponsored content, unlike some blogs I know ;)

It seems like there are some people here pretty passionate about your content. They're even acting like people who would pay for it. (Well, some are acting like they forget they get it for free)

sheesh. ;)
cheers!

Re: Reports of PodTech’s demise are bull####

kosso — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:47:38 -0000

TDavid. It's not in there. Thank you very much for lowering my opinion of you.

I like the content. I find it interesting and sometimes entertaining. Simple as that. We don't get enough of this kind of stuff in the UK. I wish there was more like it. At any quality in any codec. I'm not that anal about stuff I get for free.

If I paid for it, that would be a totally different matter.

Re: Reports of PodTech’s demise are bull####

kosso — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:33:10 -0000

TDavid : no worries. Good idea ;)

Re: the content, I meant content like PodTech's, which actualy goes and gets inside technology companies, old and new and talks about what they're doing.

I think we met a while ago in SL. I invented BlogHUD (http://bloghud.com) and am also CTO/LeadDev of Podcast.com (http://podcast.com)

Re: Mike Arrington’s dream team has wrong goal

kosso — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:25:51 -0000

I agree totally. Rather like the fact that I'm not creating 'phreadz' to compete or beat seesmic.
I am simply creating a system which does the things I want - primarily to stay in (asynchronous) contact with my fiancee (on the other side of the planet) and my friends - among other 'social things'

:D

'Web System Symbiosis' is the key imho. :)

Re: I’ve redesigned

kosso — Thu, 01 May 2008 06:05:27 -0000

good stuff! and about time too! :))

btw: I dont like how friendfeed doesn't pick up the author's name of a post. It's just "posted a blog post..." - tested with a feed containing the author tag. still didn't work.

anyway. great stuff! You were looking a bit young in the old pic! lol

looking forward to showing you what I've been working on - but I'm still sorting code for what I call the 'scobleizer effect' :)) heh - hey! you're a feature!

Re: Why Microsoft will buy Facebook and keep it closed

kosso — Mon, 19 May 2008 07:29:31 -0000

Is the answer for everyone to just dump Facebook? Go elsewhere and out in the bright, open web? Like the good old days? (Hmm.. or was that MySpace)

Someone needs to redux the Epic 2015 video ;)

Re: Twitter warning: your account data is being sold

kosso — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:23:42 -0000

Can you imagine what people will say when places like ping.fm sell? (or just about any site which offers the ability to crosspost any content to another of your social networks/blogs.etc.)

All your deets are belong to them.

Re: Why I preorder my games

kosso — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:04:32 -0000

Pre-ordering will be a good idea for 'Spore' - which has got to be the most highly anticipated game in years, I'd say :)

Re: Why I preorder my games

kosso — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:04:32 -0000

Pre-ordering will be a good idea for 'Spore' - which has got to be the most highly anticipated game in years, I'd say :)

Re: MIR: Whatley on the Nokia N97

kosso — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:58:27 -0000

nice piece James.
The beauty of the widgetized home screen is also that it should be based on the Web RunTime Kit which the recent N-Series devices support. And best thing about this? You only need to know how to write html and program some simple Javascript to build an app. Nice. :)) - Not a lot of people know that.

I'm looking forward to getting my hands on one of these. Having fallen in love with the N85 way before I got one, then loving the N800 and N810, it's the perfect hybrid of these, for me (I have never had an E Series)

Re: MIR: Whatley on the Nokia N97

kosso — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:58:27 -0000

Re: Highfield's Successor: Who's In The Frame For BBC's Top Digital Job?

kosso — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:38:28 -0000

Nic Newman can NOT 'get down and dirty with code'

Sorry, but he's a self-confessed non-techie who had a very clever man at his side feeding him the info as and when required.
Extremely bad management skills too - telling people to 'piss and and find something else' if anyone tried to get the employment contracts they deserved.

Tom's a nice guy and level-headed. But I don't think he's right either.

Out of those people you list : Tony Ageh

Kosso
[ex-BBC News Interactive Creative R&D;: I suggested RSS *and* podcasts to the BBC. Ideas which were shot down when first suggested]
[Creator of the BBC's first ever Flash-based video console too ;p]