So, I was in KUOW's studios this morning to record a bit for the BBC (it'll air next week sometime, I'll let you know when that'll be on). The producer on the BBC told me that they have something like 160 million listeners around the world. Whew.
Anyway, over in KUOW my producer was Douglas Paterson (although I didn't know that until after the conversation below happened). After the session we started talking about things and he mentioned "my brother worked at Microsoft for 15 years."
"Oh, and what did he do?"
"He worked on the Visual Basic team before retiring."
That caught my ear cause I got my start working for BasicPro magazine that later turned into Visual Basic Programmer's Journal which later turned into Visual Studio Magazine.
But then he said:
"Oh, and my brother wrote MS-DOS."
"Your brother is Tim?" I asked. (I knew Tim Paterson worked for the VB team).
"Yeah."
What a trip.
Don't understand the significance yet?
Well, remember how Bill Gates got started in the operating system business? He bought DOS from Seattle Computer Works for about $65,000 and the rest is history. Tim has a bunch of links to history about MS-DOS, if you wanna know.
Oh, and Doug is interesting too. He got a PHd in anthropology, traveled the world, taught in various colleges before getting his job at NPR, which he says he absolutely loves cause he gets to meet interesting people every day.
You never know when you're gonna meet someone interesting, that's for sure, and just shows why you should stop and take time to get to know the people who don't seem to be all that interesting at first glance.
One thing I've learned is that the most interesting stuff (and the most interesting stories) are being done by people you don't know, or who you think are unimportant.
It's why when someone from India that I didn't know called me up and asked to have me on his podcast I said "sure."
I give you a front-row seat on the future. Focusing most of my efforts now on next-generation augmented reality and artificial intelligence, AKA "mixed reality."
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WATCH MY LATEST SPEECHES:
State of VR with Philip Rosedale (done in VR itself, very cool): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zAA1EVGUZU
At GEOINT, June 2017: http://trajectorymagazine.com/glimpse-new-world/
Augmented World Expo, June 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4xHILvLD8E
At Leade.rs, April 2017: https://youtu.be/52_0JshgjXI
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BIO:
Scoble gives you a front-row seat on the future.
Literally. He had the first ride in the first Tesla. Siri was launched in his house. He's been the first to share all sorts of technologies and companies with you, from Flipboard to Pandora to Instagram.
Today he's focusing on mixed reality, AKA "next-generation augmented reality" which will include a new user interface for EVERYTHING in your life (IoT, Smart Cities, driverless cars, robots, drones, etc).
That's based on his view thanks to his past experience as futurist at Rackspace.
Best place to find Scoble? On his Facebook profile at https://www.facebook.com/RobertScoble
He has been a technology blogger since 2000, was one of five people who built Microsoft's Channel 9 video blog/community, worked at Fast Company Magazine running its TV efforts, and has been part of technology media businesses since 1993.
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Apple and Facebook now have revealed their Augmented Reality strategies, which means your business needs one too. Rely on Robert Scoble, the world's top authority on AR, to bring to your conference what businesses should do next.
SPEECH ABSTRACT #1:
TITLE: The Fourth Transformation: What's next in mixed reality (AR and AI) and the future of technology?
Here's an example of this talk at Leade.rs in Paris in April, 2017: https://youtu.be/52_0JshgjXI
Why "the Fourth Transformation?"
Soon we will have phones and glasses that do full on augmented reality. Everything you look at will potentially be augmented. This world is coming in late 2017 with a new iPhone from Apple, amongst other products. Microsoft is betting everything on its HoloLens glasses that do mixed reality and the industry is spending many billions of dollars in R&D and funding new companies like Magic Leap.
This future will be the user interface for IoT, Smart Cities, autonomous cars, robots, drones, and your TV.
This is a big deal and Robert will take you through what mixed reality is and how it will change every business.
Learn more about Robert's speaking style and contact his agent at http://odemanagement.com/robert-scoble/Robert-Scoble.html
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SPEECH ABSTRACT #2:
"The Next Two Clicks of Moore's Law."
Over the next four years, or two clicks of Moore's Law, a ton about our technology world will change. Scoble will bring you the best from his travels visiting R&D labs, startups, and innovators around the world.
He views the world through his rose-colored-mixed-reality glasses, which will be the new user interface for self driving cars, Smart Cities, IoT, and many other things in our world.
He'll send you off with some lessons for companies both large and small.
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SPEECH ABSTRACT #3:
"Personalized Meaning: What is Augmented Reality For?"
As we enter a far more technological world where even cars drive themselves, I predict we'll see a blowback toward the analog, more authentic world.
What role does augmented reality play in both worlds?
Get Scoble's insight into where augmented reality is going, see tons of real-world demos, and understand what he means by 'personalized meaning.'
CONTACT:
If you are looking to contact me, email is best: scobleizer@gmail.com.
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ENDORSEMENTS:
IZEA Top 25 Tech Influencers: https://izea.com/2017/07/07/25-top-tech-influencers/
Time: One of the top 140 Twitterers!
FT: One of the five most influential Twitterers!
Inc. Top 5 on list of Tech Power Players You Need to Know: http://www.inc.com/john-rampton/30-power-players-in-tech-you-need-to-know.html
Next Reality: #4 on top 50 AR influencer list: https://next.reality.news/news/nr50-next-realitys-50-people-watch-augmented-mixed-reality-0177454/
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Wow that’s amazing and yeah I couldent agree more, you should always take your time to get to know others you dont know so well especially as theres so many stories out there to be told and lots of them are related to us, even though at first we dont know it!
Wow that’s amazing and yeah I couldent agree more, you should always take your time to get to know others you dont know so well especially as theres so many stories out there to be told and lots of them are related to us, even though at first we dont know it!
Ah. That’s why your name was familiar when I first heard about your blog. You were the contact at Fawcette when I wrote about Visual Basic 1.0 error handling for BASICPro back in 1992.
Ah. That’s why your name was familiar when I first heard about your blog. You were the contact at Fawcette when I wrote about Visual Basic 1.0 error handling for BASICPro back in 1992.
Please let us know if we can download your interview from BBC online. Yes BBC has much more than 160 million listeners around the world and actually BBC English has 160 million listeners and BBC broadcasts on many languages.
Please let us know if we can download your interview from BBC online. Yes BBC has much more than 160 million listeners around the world and actually BBC English has 160 million listeners and BBC broadcasts on many languages.
Self important: if you don’t find my dreck interesting, why are you here? Or, even better, why don’t you do your own blog and show us all how it’s done? I’d link to you and even drop YOUR name as someone who “schooled” me.
Self important: if you don’t find my dreck interesting, why are you here? Or, even better, why don’t you do your own blog and show us all how it’s done? I’d link to you and even drop YOUR name as someone who “schooled” me.
Fascinating stuff.
I thoroughly enjoy your blog, as it gives me an insight into a world I know nothing about. I do have my own blog, but thus far it says nothing of interest to the majority of readers, but as you say, you have to start somewhere, and I will just keep at it, as I enjoy it even if no-one else does. 🙂
Congrats and Good luck with your new venture Robert, and I will be watching with interest as always.
Fascinating stuff.
I thoroughly enjoy your blog, as it gives me an insight into a world I know nothing about. I do have my own blog, but thus far it says nothing of interest to the majority of readers, but as you say, you have to start somewhere, and I will just keep at it, as I enjoy it even if no-one else does. 🙂
Congrats and Good luck with your new venture Robert, and I will be watching with interest as always.
Wow that’s amazing and yeah I couldent agree more, you should always take your time to get to know others you dont know so well especially as theres so many stories out there to be told and lots of them are related to us, even though at first we dont know it!
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Wow that’s amazing and yeah I couldent agree more, you should always take your time to get to know others you dont know so well especially as theres so many stories out there to be told and lots of them are related to us, even though at first we dont know it!
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Ah. That’s why your name was familiar when I first heard about your blog. You were the contact at Fawcette when I wrote about Visual Basic 1.0 error handling for BASICPro back in 1992.
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Ah. That’s why your name was familiar when I first heard about your blog. You were the contact at Fawcette when I wrote about Visual Basic 1.0 error handling for BASICPro back in 1992.
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Please let us know if we can download your interview from BBC online. Yes BBC has much more than 160 million listeners around the world and actually BBC English has 160 million listeners and BBC broadcasts on many languages.
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Please let us know if we can download your interview from BBC online. Yes BBC has much more than 160 million listeners around the world and actually BBC English has 160 million listeners and BBC broadcasts on many languages.
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Blah blah blah…one name drop after another. Keep it up, you’re looking more like a buffoon every day.
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Blah blah blah…one name drop after another. Keep it up, you’re looking more like a buffoon every day.
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In the early 80’s I worked for a software house that wrote vertical apps on the Oasis operating system, which was a proprietary OS and hardware.
The owner was one of the first resellers for Oasis. He told me the following and he believed it to be true.
Oasis was approached to convert their OS (which was full multi-user, BTW) from 8-bit to 16-bit. They tried, but couldn’t do it.
IBM then approached a tiny company called Microsoft about an OS…
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In the early 80’s I worked for a software house that wrote vertical apps on the Oasis operating system, which was a proprietary OS and hardware.
The owner was one of the first resellers for Oasis. He told me the following and he believed it to be true.
Oasis was approached to convert their OS (which was full multi-user, BTW) from 8-bit to 16-bit. They tried, but couldn’t do it.
IBM then approached a tiny company called Microsoft about an OS…
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Self important: if you don’t find my dreck interesting, why are you here? Or, even better, why don’t you do your own blog and show us all how it’s done? I’d link to you and even drop YOUR name as someone who “schooled” me.
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Self important: if you don’t find my dreck interesting, why are you here? Or, even better, why don’t you do your own blog and show us all how it’s done? I’d link to you and even drop YOUR name as someone who “schooled” me.
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Fascinating stuff.
I thoroughly enjoy your blog, as it gives me an insight into a world I know nothing about. I do have my own blog, but thus far it says nothing of interest to the majority of readers, but as you say, you have to start somewhere, and I will just keep at it, as I enjoy it even if no-one else does. 🙂
Congrats and Good luck with your new venture Robert, and I will be watching with interest as always.
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Fascinating stuff.
I thoroughly enjoy your blog, as it gives me an insight into a world I know nothing about. I do have my own blog, but thus far it says nothing of interest to the majority of readers, but as you say, you have to start somewhere, and I will just keep at it, as I enjoy it even if no-one else does. 🙂
Congrats and Good luck with your new venture Robert, and I will be watching with interest as always.
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You know, if you’re going to “name drop”, it might as well be someone on public radio. 😉
That guy made you sound like you were acting like Bono.
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You know, if you’re going to “name drop”, it might as well be someone on public radio. 😉
That guy made you sound like you were acting like Bono.
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