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Everyone kissed and made up...

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An example of how some of the elite bloggers air far too much dirty laundry.  I've taken the liberty to briefly sum up the encounter that thousands of feed readers were privy to a couple weeks ago:

Scoble: You guys don't love me enough... link to me damn it!

Calacanis: "You're acting like a spoiled jerk."

Scoble:  You're right, I've been a jerk. Sorry.

Of course the actual dialog spanned only a few days really, but with countless comments and even "updates" to each post it actually had a pretty significant effect on the so-called blogosphere.

I think Robert and Jason would both agree that if bloggers want to increase their journalistic integrity and the respect of their readership this type of emotional outbreak needs to be curbed (or better, eliminated).  Robert Scoble quite obviously learned from this and everyone in the end is still friends (<sigh>).  I recognize that part of Robert's "charm" is his unbridled enthusiasm, eagerness and passion for technology, but what has made his blog and others so engaging is not *just* the reporting of late breaking news, but their unique perspective on it, being industry experts and veterans.  Lets see more of that... its the reason we subscribed in the first place.

UPDATE:  I was just looking through Robert's own link blog (rss) this afternoon and noticed that he was quoted here as saying this:

"I used to say that among the top signs your tech blog is boring would be that you posted a cute cat photo."

Scobleizer (February 12, 2007)

Touche!  I looks as though I have inadvertently proven that my blog is boring!  ;)

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