Scobleized!
Last night, I attended a great talk by none other than Robert Scoble. The title of the topic was "Blogs to Books!". He is currently writing a book with Shel Israel on blogging (documented on The Red Couch blog). Robert has recently signed up with Wiley Publishing.
There were several points that stood out from his talk last night. The important point he mentioned was that the recipe for a successful blog is to be "passionate and authoritative". I completely agree - it's really difficult to take the time to maintain a blog or be active in the community. But if you make the effort to do so, you'll achieve great things. Robert's words are not only true for the blogging world but also very much applies to the spirit of the Microsoft MVP program.
A friend of mine (who shall remain nameless) dislikes Robert for a number of reasons. My first impression - I found him to be funny, affable and very passionate about blogging. He was gracious enough to answer some of my questions and pose for a photo with the Channel 9 Guy.
I walked away from the talk with a few personal action items on my checklist: first, I'll increase my posting frequency. If Robert can spend three hours a day reading 1500 blogs, I can take the time to post on a regular basis. I'd also like to start to podcast - I've recently been listening to great audio content from Phillip Torrone, Wil Wheaton and DotNetRocks.