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And so it goes. Robert is leaving Microsoft. The person most closely associated with the blog transparency at Microsoft is moving on – and the world will be okay. (Full disclosure, Microsoft is my client). The Scobleizer, all in all, has been good for Microsoft, and good for transparency writ large. I knew Robert before he came to Microsoft (he’s the reason I used a NEC tablet for years) and when he came to Microsoft I knew the PR community would be in for a wild ride, and boy was that true. ;) It was a learning process all around, and the company was better for it. In a lot of ways, I think the work on Ch. 9 will be the legacy that Robert leaves, even more than the blog he takes with him, because Ch. 9 is personality independent to some degree, and is the best current example of the power of vlogging to engage in a sustained conversation with a specific community. The world does not spin backwards – we are all on the road to transparency, like it or not. On the plus side, I’m pretty sure Robert is not going to be throwing any rocks. ;) One story. Once, before Robert joined Microsoft, my brother was trying to “fix” my computer while I was visiting him, and unjoined me from the wagged domain, basically locking me out of the computer while I was taking a shower. Robert was online and in my buddy list, and quickly enlisted the help of HIS brother, who basically did online tech support for me and told me I was screwed. My key takeaway that night, still not changed, was that the Scoble boys were a heck of a lot smarter than the Shaw boys
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