June 8, 2005

Geek dinner

I went to tonight's geek dinner here in London. I showed sufficient self-restraint on the beer that I'm able to post before going to bed. It was a good evening, in a restaurant heaving with geeks. Robert Scoble was working the crowd with good humour and spoke with characteristic frankness and bonhomie. I loved that he said he wasn't too worried about being fired by Microsoft as he'd get hired for more money somewhere else; what mattered more to him was maintaining the integrity of what he wrote. It's that kind of honesty, and absence of false modesty, that makes him so credible as a voice.

I also got to spend some time chatting to Alastair Shrimpton, Nigel Crawley and Neil Turner. (Neil proved it was a geek dinner by unloading an alarming collection of gadgets and showing us the latest beta of Firefox on his laptop.)

Thanks to Hugh Macleod for organising it.

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Stephen Pierzchala says

I hate being an F-List blogger. I never get to go anywhere!

Glad to hear you all had fun. Hope the Americans didn't embarass themselves too badly. ;-)

smp

June 8, 2005 02:12 Permalink for comment

Neil T. [TypeKey Profile Page] says

I think that's the first time that anyone's ever commented that I'm a gadget geek :) . But then I do pale in comparison to some friends - I know someone who owns a binary watch and a Bluetooth-powered remote control car that he controls using his mobile phone.

June 8, 2005 21:26 Permalink for comment

Mike Smock says

Let me get this straight. Scoble gets canned from Microsoft for disparaging the company paying his check... and he thinks another company will then hire him to disparage them for even more money? Interesting theory. Delusional. But interesting.

June 9, 2005 01:20 Permalink for comment

Johnnie Moore says

Hi Mike: Well it depends what you mean by disparaging the company. I think Scoble's frankness reflects incredibly well on Microsoft.

Who knows the hypothetical circumstances in which he'd get fired. But I think a lof of businesses would be keen to get the Scoble effect working for them. Perhaps that makes me delusional too.

June 9, 2005 08:22 Permalink for comment

Mike Smock says

Hi Johnnie,

Frankness is good... when practiced with humility and not driven by self-promoters seeking personal gain.

June 9, 2005 15:48 Permalink for comment

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