Comments on: Okay Robert … time to put the kool-aid down http://www.winextra.com/2007/07/28/okay-robert-time-to-put-the-kool-aid-down/ aka Steve Hodson - a cranky old fart wandering the internet causing mayhem as he goes Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:42:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: iAmateur.mobi » Rojo: Facebook Fatigue; 700MHz Fallout; Conspiracy Politics http://www.winextra.com/2007/07/28/okay-robert-time-to-put-the-kool-aid-down/#comment-15297 iAmateur.mobi » Rojo: Facebook Fatigue; 700MHz Fallout; Conspiracy Politics Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:58:06 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2007/07/28/okay-robert-time-to-put-the-kool-aid-down/#comment-15297 [...] with Calacanis as a doer, not a talker, while WinExtra flies above the fray, treating Facebook as a flavor of the month, just like Twitter and [...] [...] with Calacanis as a doer, not a talker, while WinExtra flies above the fray, treating Facebook as a flavor of the month, just like Twitter and [...]

]]> By: iNotebook.mobi » Rojo: Facebook Fatigue; 700MHz Fallout; Conspiracy Politics http://www.winextra.com/2007/07/28/okay-robert-time-to-put-the-kool-aid-down/#comment-15274 iNotebook.mobi » Rojo: Facebook Fatigue; 700MHz Fallout; Conspiracy Politics Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:13:09 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2007/07/28/okay-robert-time-to-put-the-kool-aid-down/#comment-15274 [...] with Calacanis as a doer, not a talker, while WinExtra flies above the fray, treating Facebook as a flavor of the month, just like Twitter and [...] [...] with Calacanis as a doer, not a talker, while WinExtra flies above the fray, treating Facebook as a flavor of the month, just like Twitter and [...]

]]> By: Steven Hodson http://www.winextra.com/2007/07/28/okay-robert-time-to-put-the-kool-aid-down/#comment-14608 Steven Hodson Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:29:10 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2007/07/28/okay-robert-time-to-put-the-kool-aid-down/#comment-14608 Chris; you are not the only who deals with <b>real</b> people and your question(s) are quite valid and something I will be thinking on Chris;

you are not the only who deals with real people and your question(s) are quite valid and something I will be thinking on

]]> By: Chris http://www.winextra.com/2007/07/28/okay-robert-time-to-put-the-kool-aid-down/#comment-14596 Chris Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:58:43 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2007/07/28/okay-robert-time-to-put-the-kool-aid-down/#comment-14596 So here's my question in all of this: Folks within the tech community keep jumping from one thing to another, yet there are those people out there (like the blue collar majority) who are still just catching on to the idea of email. Some of these folks are just starting to have a notion of understanding what a blog is. So what happens as all of these technology progressions keep leaving a majority in the dust? Or, my questions summed up shortly: Where or what application will mass adoption take place? Or is that happening already and I just happen to be a farmer who only talks to the last 500 people on earth to get an email address? So here’s my question in all of this: Folks within the tech community keep jumping from one thing to another, yet there are those people out there (like the blue collar majority) who are still just catching on to the idea of email. Some of these folks are just starting to have a notion of understanding what a blog is. So what happens as all of these technology progressions keep leaving a majority in the dust?

Or, my questions summed up shortly:

Where or what application will mass adoption take place?

Or is that happening already and I just happen to be a farmer who only talks to the last 500 people on earth to get an email address?

]]> By: Paul OFlaherty http://www.winextra.com/2007/07/28/okay-robert-time-to-put-the-kool-aid-down/#comment-14441 Paul OFlaherty Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:29:21 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2007/07/28/okay-robert-time-to-put-the-kool-aid-down/#comment-14441 Remember when this whole "internet thing" was just a fad? You're right though, Roberts words carry with them a whole load of influence in the B'sphere and the Web 2.0 world.. But so what? Robert can drift like a leaf on the breeze from one web 2.0 fad to the next and his gushing will still really only affect people like us. Web 2.0 is in itself a walled garden, patrolled and maintained by the geek "elite". The majority of folks I know still don't know that there is such as thing as a web 2.0. it's all "Google" or the net to them... And as for knowing about Facebook? Are you kidding? Some of them may know about MySpace but thats just because it was on the Dr. Phil show... Remember when this whole “internet thing” was just a fad?

You’re right though, Roberts words carry with them a whole load of influence in the B’sphere and the Web 2.0 world..

But so what? Robert can drift like a leaf on the breeze from one web 2.0 fad to the next and his gushing will still really only affect people like us.

Web 2.0 is in itself a walled garden, patrolled and maintained by the geek “elite”.

The majority of folks I know still don’t know that there is such as thing as a web 2.0. it’s all “Google” or the net to them… And as for knowing about Facebook? Are you kidding?

Some of them may know about MySpace but thats just because it was on the Dr. Phil show…

]]> By: Identity 2.0 » Blog Archive » Okay Robert ... time to put the kool-aid down http://www.winextra.com/2007/07/28/okay-robert-time-to-put-the-kool-aid-down/#comment-14430 Identity 2.0 » Blog Archive » Okay Robert ... time to put the kool-aid down Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:53:44 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2007/07/28/okay-robert-time-to-put-the-kool-aid-down/#comment-14430 [...] original here: WinExtra Identity [...] [...] original here: WinExtra Identity [...]

]]> By: Ross http://www.winextra.com/2007/07/28/okay-robert-time-to-put-the-kool-aid-down/#comment-14418 Ross Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:06:28 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2007/07/28/okay-robert-time-to-put-the-kool-aid-down/#comment-14418 THANK YOU. Facebook IS a fad. No of course it won't "die", but it will certainly be replaced by something else. Usenet is still around, but it was 'replaced' by mailing lists (or were mailing lists first.. I'm not THAT old), then by IRC then by IM then by forums then by MySpace and now it's Facebook. People will communicate online in hundreds of different ways, and Facebook is just the latest fad. THANK YOU. Facebook IS a fad. No of course it won’t “die”, but it will certainly be replaced by something else. Usenet is still around, but it was ‘replaced’ by mailing lists (or were mailing lists first.. I’m not THAT old), then by IRC then by IM then by forums then by MySpace and now it’s Facebook. People will communicate online in hundreds of different ways, and Facebook is just the latest fad.

]]> By: Steven Hodson http://www.winextra.com/2007/07/28/okay-robert-time-to-put-the-kool-aid-down/#comment-14413 Steven Hodson Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:47:45 +0000 http://www.winextra.com/2007/07/28/okay-robert-time-to-put-the-kool-aid-down/#comment-14413 Louis; Thanks for the comment on the theme. The thing is with Robert is that whether he - or even the rest of the b'sphere - cares to admit or not his words carry a lot of weight in adoption of web technology beyond the scope of the early adopters. The thing that bothers me with his gushing over Facebook is the support is shows for what is basically a closed ecosystem. This from a man this is suppose to be all about openness. I totally get the fact that Robert goes from one hot Web 2.0 tech to another because that is his job and the reason I read his blog and have his shared links in my feed reader. Louis;

Thanks for the comment on the theme.

The thing is with Robert is that whether he - or even the rest of the b’sphere - cares to admit or not his words carry a lot of weight in adoption of web technology beyond the scope of the early adopters. The thing that bothers me with his gushing over Facebook is the support is shows for what is basically a closed ecosystem. This from a man this is suppose to be all about openness.

I totally get the fact that Robert goes from one hot Web 2.0 tech to another because that is his job and the reason I read his blog and have his shared links in my feed reader.

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