I just spent the weekend with Scoble and I can confirm that yes he does celebrate his ability to bite the heads off live chickens. But then again, so did Ozzy Osborn so, I guess he has that in common with rock stars.
Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com www.billstreeter.net --- In [email protected], "Robert Scoble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Geek is the new rock star. > > > > In Silicon Valley we celebrate our geekiness. > > > > Robert > > > > _____ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of humancloner1997 > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 10:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [videoblogging] New words for the vlogging world?? > > > > I know wse've had spirited debates on "vlogging vs videoblogging" on > this list. I prefer the former but sometimes use the latter when I > think the listener/reader might not understand 'vlogging'. > > A friend who is somewhat hostile to my focus on Internet video called > me a "vididiot" yesterday. He even suggested I might be a "vidiact" > (meaning a video addict). > > I had to admit I lived in a "vidcentric" world and participated from > time to time in what might be called the "vidocracy" of the Yahoo > discussion group. > > All languages grow through the creation of new words. Time Magazine > created the term "yuppie" several years ago. "Fanvid" is an accepted > term on the Internet. > > My friend worried that I might someday become a "geek". My response > was that I was a slow learner but hoped I might achieve that 'status' > in twenty or more years. > > His response was that "geek" was not a label to be embraced, that it > came from an old carnival term which meant "the one who bit off the > head of a live chicken". > > anyone have any thoughts and/or suggestions for new terms we might > start using in this new world of videoblogging? > > Randolfe (Randy) Wicker > Hoboken, NJ 07030 > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
