The Power Of Twitter

-I am using RSS less and less lately. Mostly due to FriendFeed, but also because of Twitter ...

-People worry about companies starting to use Twitter for marketing. If companies misuse Twitter, block or unfollow them. Problem solved. Remember, it's who you follow that defines you...

-Twitter is the public square. Lots of noise, little signal. Blogs are like a speech. Signal, but little noise ...

-I expect that Google will buy FriendFeed and Twitter within 18 months. Not to mention a video service like Flixwagon or Qik or Kyte ...

-There's a lot of money in free services.

-Did you see that embarrassing Microsoft sales video where a fake Springsteen sang about Vista to get folks pumped up about selling it? I wish Microsoft wouldn't do videos like that. I always thought they were goofy when I worked there. This is worse ...

-I wonder, how does CNet stick around? I've been out of the United States four times this year. I've never heard anyone bring up CNet. Everyone talks about Tech-Crunch ...

-Even in my dreams, I don't see how Microsoft can stop Google now ...

-I haven't read a newspaper in years. Blogs have totally done a better job covering business than newspapers have ...

-My biggest beef? Startups don't get covered very well by the mainstream press ...

-When I do read newspaper content, I do it at Google News.

-Why do I love hanging with geeks? I left my Canon camera at a restaurant last night, and it was promptly returned ...

-I'm racing off to Amazon to get the new book by Gary Vaynerchuk, founder of WineLibrary.com. Gary is an inspirational person to me. Why? He works his ass off ...

-I don't have a book planned. Too much work ...

-Too many podcasts, not enough time! (I do sleep once in a while. Heheh ...)

-I went to Israel this spring for a week. We visited a school where Darfur kids are taught along with kids from 29 countries. Makes any problems I have mighty small ...

-I loved it when the kids all said Facebook was the hottest thing in their groups ...

-Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, and I went to the first church in the world in Jerusalem. He now believes he's John the Baptist or something ...

-Craig has a wonderful self-deprecating humor. His business card says "customer service rep" ...

-Coolest thing in Israel? Standing in the room where the Last Supper was held ...

-While in Israel, we visited the Wailing Wall. I put a prayer in there to help us take over TechCrunch. Now God is on our side.

Robert Scoble is the managing director of FastCompany.TV. Follow Scoble on Twitter.com/Scobleizer.