Is Robert Scoble such an important figure that his moving jobs is such a topic for discussion?
He’s just a bloke who used to work for Microsoft and has spent two years frantically pushing himself to the point where some people think he is important.
Who cares?
This is a podcast from last year’s Podcast And Portable Media Expo. Every week or so, one of the presentations is made available via this feed.
I have to say a lot of it is awful. People standing up and shouting “KNOW WHAT? NOW, YOU ARE THE RADIO STATION!”.
Useless.
This presentation from Ben Williams is the worst I have heard so far. I have tried to listen to it several times but I find it too awkward, too uncomfortable to stick with for too long.
It seems to have no structure. It is peppered with things like “and another thing I like to do is” but it seems more self-indulgent than helpful.
I was at the first Expo in 2005 and many of the presentations were like that. Speakers didn’t really seem to think they needed to be that professional and I am afraid this is how Ben comes across.
For balance, I also gave up on Paul Colligan and Leesa Barnes (who I think is the worst one yet) but the talk given by David Lawrence is superb. He is one person I do admire because he gets on with it and then shares his success stories.
In addition, several of the presentations are no more than adverts, particularly the one with 3 Podtech staffers on the panel. I would have walked out.
I have a ticket for this year’s Expo but it is likely that I won’t be able to make it (so I need to find a way of selling my precious room at the Ontario Airport Marriott).
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