Robert Scoble

Robert Scoble is a former technical evangelist who worked for Microsoft and maintains the popular blog, Scobleizer. On June 10, 2006 Scoble announced he is leaving Microsoft to join Podtech.net as Vice President of Media Development. He currently lives in Bothell, Washington but is moving to Silicon Valley.

Although Scoble often promoted Microsoft products like Tablet PCs and Windows Vista, at the same time he criticizes his own employer and praises its competitors (like Apple Computer and Google). However, some argue that the modest measure of criticism leveled at Microsoft and praise toward competitors serves only to give his Microsoft evangelism credibility. He publishes his cell phone number on his blog and urges people to contact him directly with issues, as well as accepting comments on his blog.

Scoble has long been known as a prominent advocate of both RSS technology and the Tablet PC. He has previously been involved with both these technologies in a professional capacity: at NEC Mobile Solutions, where he was sales support manager, and UserLand Software, where he was director of marketing.

Besides blogging, Scoble is part of the Channel9 MSDN Videos team producing educational and evangelist mini-films targeted towards students and professional developers.