Just a few bits and bobs to end the weekend.<\/p>\n
Of course there’s the BIG BLOGOSPHERE NEWS: Robert Scoble is leaving Microsoft to join start-up Podtech. Too many commenters to link here — find them on technorati<\/a>, and read his own comments at Scobleizer<\/a> (multiple posts). Not at all surprising that he’d want to try his hand at a start-up venture — take the risk, build something new. He has been a big part of the growth of the live web (yeah, I’m going with Doc’s terminology<\/a>, works for me) and he deserves his chance at the pot of gold. Good luck, Robert. Enjoy the new challenge. Enjoy being closer to your son. Enjoy being back in a tech center NOT dominated by Microsoft. <\/p>\n The press release. I’m firmly with John Wagner<\/a> on this one, as I’ve said more than once. It isn’t about the form. folks. Do whatever you want to the form to deliver it to your audience. They want tags and del.icio.us links. Go for it. But, the focus needs to be on content. Crappy content in a new form does NOT equal a good press release. So I wish Todd Defren<\/a> and Tom Foremski<\/a> and whomever else well in their mission to develop "the" new release. I expect they’ll get lots of links and search engine juice as a result. In fact, I’m giving them some here. Bully for them. Good that they have the time. For my part, I don’t . I have client work to do, and no time to devote to "fixing" something that isn’t that broken. <\/p>\n Tags: press release<\/a>, public relations<\/a>, PR<\/a>, Robert Scoble<\/a>, PR 2.0<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n