Fast Companion

Scoble Takes Fast Company to TV

Well, not exactly. It appears that he will be making videos for a new web site that will probably be supporting both Fast Company and Inc. I hope he will be interviewing entrepreneurs and journalists from the magazines.

Now, I don't watch video interviews or audio podcasts much at all, because I don't like taking information in through my ears. I can scan a printed interview so much faster and find out if there's anything I need to know. Although Scoble is a nice guy, he isn't someone I look up to, such as Guy Kawasaki or Seth Godin. So I not much interested in this new development.

Web Strategy: People on the Move in the Social Media Industry, 2008-Jan-17, by Jeremiah Owyang

Robert Scoble (former colleague) leaves Podtech Network to join Fast Company to start up the video network. Robert is an innovator, fantastic blogger, and media personality in one. This is a good fit for him, he’s moving to a mainstream role, gets to focus on telling stories and sharing information (rather than going to a tool company). He’ll have a few challenges of course, I expect him to reinvent his videos, while still delivering his fun, goofy, personality that we all love. Congrats to Robert, a pioneer in the industry.

Coulda Shoulda

I've never been able to make the Fast Company web site work for me the way the magazine does. The additional content is usually second-rate. The discussions on the blog are too scattered. Occasionally, they get a good thread going on an article. Voting for the Fast50 used by fun but it seems like they quit promoting it. Don't get me started on the Company of Friends!

Online Publishing Insider: What Print Publishers Can’t See. 2008-Jan-3, by Ari Rosenberg

CNNMoney, Fast Company and Businessweek have great sites that deliver business news and analysis very well. But if one of those companies had created a professional networking application like Linkedin, their place in line for ad dollars and in the lives of their audience of professionals would be greatly secured. Had Rollingstone.com (or MTV.com for that matter) developed an application like Pandora.com before the folks at Pandora had, their future would be solid gold.