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    31 January

    Geeks will watch a two hour video about a geeky debate any day

    A week or so ago, Robert invited a few of his geeky friends to come over for dinner and have a friendly debate about Mac OSX Vs. Windows Vista. Geeks are easy to please. They were happy with the burritos we served them from the local Mexican eatery, Tres Amigos, in Half Moon Bay, and they each only had one glass of wine or a beer. They are not picky and they did not raise their voices or throw food at each other over the debate. Nobody even slammed a fist on the table. But...they talked for about two hours discussing Mac Vs. Windows. Robert filmed the whole thing. Two hours of five white and geeky guys talking about whether they prefer Mac or windows. I avoided the discussion till the end when Robert asked me if I had anything to add. My question? Who in the world is gonna watch this video????

    To show me off, Robert put my email at the end of the video so that anyone who watches the video till the end can email me and tell me they watched it. The video went live last night at 9 p.m. pacific and I already have 10 people emailing me saying they have watched the video. I am totally amazed at the geekiness of these geeks. Two hours??? I guess I am totally pwnd by the geeks ;) I keep my thoughts to myself next time around :)

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    maryam ghaemmagha​mi Scoble has turned off comments on this page.
    no name,

    The interview was _about_ Sanaz. It was not about Windows Live Team. I interview women who inspire me and ask them questions about their life, their work, etc. If you would like to appear in the ScobleShow please feel free to send email to Robert. I don't see any reason to put Sanaz down though. In my opinion, she is a rock star.
    6 Feb.
    No namewrote:
    As someone who works on live.com, it's unbelievable that Sanaz can talk about herself and live.com for 40 minutes without once mentioning her team and giving kudos to the people that have worked so hard on it.  I have yet to see a significant technical contribution from Sanaz and am amazed by the blatant self promotion.  Wow.
    5 Feb.
    2 Feb.
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    Toby Getsch wrote:
    Don't keep those thoughts to yourself.  Speak up more!  We geeks need that voice of reason.  :)
    2 Feb.
    I've got ten more in my email box and more are in the way I am sure :)
    2 Feb.
    That's funny - great idea about the email address!
    1 Feb.
    LOL! Thanks for the kind mention on your blog and yes! guilty as charged :)
    1 Feb.
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    EmiratesMac wrote:
    Yes I'm a geek and I watched the whole thing together with my wife, I might add. I think I saw your green fluffy slippers walking behind one of the guys, right?
    1 Feb.

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