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The secret of a top 10 blog - http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2010...

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Conversation Agent: 2010 Public Relations: Looking at the Past to Succeed in the Future - http://www.conversationagent.com/2010...

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It's not what your employees can do for your business, it's what you can do! - http://www.quicksprout.com/2010...

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I don't want swine flu, but I also don't want to be injected with something invented just a month or two ago.

October 14, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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totally agree - Edgar Rodríguez

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I also heard on the news that it's just a watered down version of the virus, and not recommended for pregnant women or people with weak immune systems. That just doesn't sound safe to me... - Georgia

No, only the nasal spray is a live vaccine. The shots that will be given are a dead vaccine. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I thought quite a few vaccines were done with live viruses. - Ha3rvey (on hiatus)

oh ok, thanks Alex - Georgia

I heard this on NPR yesterday, which addresses the concerns you've raised as well as several others: http://www.npr.org/templat... - Paul Wilcox

From the piece I just posted: "First concern: some people are afraid the new vaccine isn't safe: it hasn't been tested enough, they rushed to make it too quickly, I don't want to be a guinea pig. Wrong. This new vaccine was made the same way, with the same ingredients, at the same factories, as regular seasonal flu vaccine, which is an extremely safe vaccine. There has been no evidence... more... - Paul Wilcox

Great way of putting it. - Kai

Paul, you beat me to it -- I was going to quote that as well. There are some good FAQs about this at WebMD: http://www.webmd.com/cold-an... - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Georgia, almost every vaccine is a "watered down version of the virus" -- that's the whole idea behind vaccines. From that FAQ: "The FluMist nasal spray works differently. It contains a live flu virus that has been weakened to the point that it can't cause the flu. That sounds pretty scary, but millions of people have safely taken this kind of vaccine. The advantage of the nasal spray... more... - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

But would you want to be riding around downtown San Francisco in your Mustang with your German Shephard hunting deer and avoiding zombies? Just get the shot like the rest of us. - Ken Sheppardson

There are basically two types of flu vaccine we use: killed inactivated virus and live attenuated virus. Killed inactivated virus can't actually cause disease (although some people can feel symptomatic because the immune response can make you feel sick anyway.) In theory, live attenuated virus can actually cause disease, although it's not going to be as severe as the actual virus, and it also generates a better immune response. - Victor Ganata

But, as everyone else has already said, the H1N1 vaccine is generated by the same techniques they use for the regular seasonal flu vaccine. - Victor Ganata

Not saying I agree, but here's a story that questions the efficacy of flu vaccines in general. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc... - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

Money quote: "Jackson’s findings showed that outside of flu season, the baseline risk of death among people who did not get vaccinated was approximately 60 percent higher than among those who did, lending support to the hypothesis that on average, healthy people chose to get the vaccine, while the “frail elderly” didn’t or couldn’t. In fact, the healthy-user effect explained the entire... more... - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

I take an immune suppressing drug to treat my Crohns so my Docs always recommend a flu shot and I take them but frankly I feel like I'd get the same effect by a lighting a candle at the cathedral - WarLord

As far as vaccines go, like if you compare it to polio or the measles, it isn't that great. Still, it be interesting to see the data in other at-risk populations, like ex-premies and kids with asthma, and adults with certain chronic diseases, populations in which the pathophysiology is a lot more specific than in the elderly. And while it might not do much for the average healthy individual, I wonder if it at least cuts down on transmission. - Victor Ganata

The older I get, the more I love flu shots. I hope that the last time I had the flu as an adult (long time ago, now) was the last time, ever. Who can trade away weeks of productivity and engagement for that long miserable time of pain and fever followed by feeling like a jellyfish? Too awful. Already got my regular shot, and will happily go for the H1N1 shot, as well. Few more years, and I'll get to add the pneumonia shot to the mix, too. Bless you, scientists. - Kathy Fitch

Know what you mean Kevin. - Hutch Carpenter

++Kathy. Science Rocks! If only the H1N1 vaccine were available in the Bay Area... *sigh* - EricaJoy

Wash you're hands a lot! Look you've been fine so far right? - orionstarr from iPhone

Lots of Purell. No large crowds. :) I do actually want to go to parties again at some point. - EricaJoy from IM

Kevin, I'm inclined to agree with you. I also read something recently, but have misplaced, that the virus was mutating and that the current vaccine may not be as effective as first thought. Don't quote me on that until I can find it. I'm with WarLord. I have a weak immune system and I would just as soon take occillcoxcinum and just use sensible precautions. - Melanie Reed

I'm with Paul Wilcox on this one. The reason why it has been invented "just one or two months ago" is because it passed the *administrative* processes very quickly (without all the usual red-tape for regulating therapeutic goods). Otherwise, the vaccine has succeeded all the usual clinical trials. At least that's what French officials (from many health organizations) are saying. - Jérôme

it appeared in the 1970's (http://diseases-viruses.suite101.com/article...), there shoulda been no reason to "rush" a vaccine for this, :( - chaz2b

It actually first appeared in 1918. The 2009 strain is different enough from the 1970s one that vaccines developed then wouldn't be effective. - EricaJoy from IM

we wont know since the 70s version was never distributed - chaz2b

You don't think they tested it? - EricaJoy from IM

no, i think it was a hurrried endeavor like now, and when the talk of mandatory vaccination spread, ppl panicked, and it was shelved - chaz2b

Chaz, I don't understand your article: what does it show? Otherwise, it reminds us that the 1918 flu caused 50 to 100M deaths and got probably 500M people infected. With similar ratio for today's world, that would be 200M deaths and over 2B infections :( - Jérôme

i'm just showing that this isnt the first time we've encountered this - chaz2b

I remember that chazz2b. And also, there are a lot of people right now who I'll bet can't even afford the $25 I saw Kroger was charging. - Melanie Reed

thats my mnain concern about it, the cost & long term effects on ppl. and, if we encountered it in the 70s theres no reason the vaccine wasnt better tested and on hand for now, :( who among us has a small pox scar, who doesnt, and who thinks there isnt stockpiles of that vaccination sitting somewhere? - chaz2b

Chaz, the point is that the pandemic is expected to happen this fall and we can't wait & see the long term effects if it mutes and become as deadly as the 1918 one. If you were responsible for the WHO, what would you recommend? And what would you think if most people think they would prefer to wait and see? - Jérôme

i cant find the article i'm looking for on the fly, so i'll wing it, wash you hands, use hand sanitizer, stay away from sick ppl, stay home if sick, and cough into your shoulder for starters - chaz2b

lol, the cdc page about swine flu facts is currently down, so thats not helping (http://www.cdc.gov/flu...) - chaz2b

hey, just search "flu" on my posts, i've got quite allot of bookings about this dating back to april - chaz2b

Point taken. The vaccine is not going to supplant universal precautions as a way to avoid the flu. - Victor Ganata

Wouldn't worry about it, had swineflu back in July and it's one of the mildest forms of flu I've had, didn't cause me any problems with my asthma but did linger around for a few days... - Andy Davies

It's no different then getting the regular flu shot-the only reason it is separate from the regular one is that they didn't have time to combine them. If you are at risk-get your friggin shot. - Kelly W.

Flu can be a brutal thing, and it's unpredictable. I'm sticking my arm out there for all available shots that help protect against it, even if that protection might not be total or perfect! Hit me up, needle wielders! - Kathy Fitch

For those of you who decide to take the flu vaccine, please check at your university (if you are still student or staff) because the CDC has made them priority and you can get it for free: http://www.iupui.edu/~prepar... - Melanie Reed

Get the vaccine. The first night swine flu hit me, my heart started racing and I stopped breathing. I'm 22, and otherwise completely healthy. (on no medications) - Jess Dennis from iPhone

Yikes! - Mark Harai

Regular flu shot contains 4 different flu virus strains. If H1N1 had been prepared just 2 months earlier, it would have been included in this seasons' shot (all 5 strains in 1 shot) rather than a separate shot. Hysteria over vaccinations amazes me and damages public health. The world got punked by a fraudulent study on Autism and Vaccines in the UK paid for my lawyers cruising for money and almost 2 decades later, we are still seeing drops in people vaccinating their children. - Ray Cromwell

+1 Ray. Vaccines are safe, hands down. The autism-vaccine hysteria is so frustrating - no matter how much the link is disproved, the vaccine deniers keep pushing it (Jenny McCarthy, Jim Carrey, etc.) They took all the thimerosal out of the vaccines which was the crux of their original argument, but they'll always find something in there that they don't like. (i assume you meant "paid... more... - Matt M (inactive)

Their argument is vaccines are up, autism is up, and they both happened at the same time. Even though all three of those "facts" are actually untrue. (Vaccines are flat, autism is arguably down even though measurement is up, and they didn't actually happen at the same time.) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

I would also expect that with radical changes in our living (having kids at later age, working moms, more stress, sedentary lifestyle, dietary alterations like sugar intake way up) that there is bound to be some changes in early childhood diseases. We had our first child at 33, our risk of trisomy/downs syndrome was 1 in 240 at that point. - Ray Cromwell

I find that this fear of vaccines comes from the generation that doesn't have personal memories of the sanitoriums of iron lungs - toddlers with braces and crutches and the like. The real problem with your decision not to take the flu shot is that it will probably influence the decision of those closest to you. The whole concept of "herd" theory then is out the door - because the one... more... - Robyn Hawk

Certainly, there's nothing like an outbreak to convince people to vaccinate. After we had the measles outbreak in San Diego, I heard vaccination rates went back up to levels where we could maintain herd immunity. Seriously, it would truly suck if polio made a come-back. - Victor Ganata

Victor, isn't it true that some illnesses are more easily controlled through vaccines that others? - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

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Social media blog launch: http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2009...

October 2, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Your Google docs: Soon in search results? - http://news.cnet.com/8301-17...

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Good to know. - Richard Hudak

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just for already public docs - movealongnothingtoseehere ;) - mike "glemak" dunn

Mike: I am sure google is not fool enough to make private docs public. - Sunny (The Geek Lord)

agreed but the title implies that (or rather doesn't make it clear) - mike "glemak" dunn

Yikes! - Mark Harai

: p I don't use Gdocs a lot, but if your private documents were shown along with search results (provided you're signed on) that'd be good enough to beat similar services, like evernote. - Franc, a rememberer

Never thought about this, I thought public google docs are searchable and indexed already,. - TrafficBug

TrafficBug: Not everything in google is searchable :P - Sunny (The Geek Lord)

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Robert Scoble

Welcome Ryan!

September 19, 2009 from email - Comment - Like - Share

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Congrats Robert... best wishes to all - Rhys Amos

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Congrats. Now the fun begins!!! - Mike Shields

Awesome! - dstamand

Congratulations! - Stephan Planken

Congratulations! Welcome, Ryan! - Lance M. Brown

Awesome - RetiredTeacherD

Yay! Congratulations! - Jesse Stay

YAYAYAYAYAY! Congrats to you and Maryam!@#!@#! - drew olanoff

congrats Robert and Maryam, Welcome Ryan. - rick

Welcome to the world. - Dave Mora

Congratulations!!! - Mike Doeff

!!! - sean percival

Born 11:32. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

Yay! Congratulations to you and your wife! Now off to buy RSS and iPhone - Lise

Congrats!!!!! - Mark Evans

Congratulations! - Kenneth

I hope you're well rested, Robert ... ;-) - Hieronymus Murphy

Congrats Robert! - Charlie Anzman

Congratulations! - Antoniu

Congratulations! - Mahendra (SkepticGeek)

Congrats to you all - JanLawrence

Congrats Robert and welcome RSS! - Robb Brock

Congratulations! Happy Birthday Ryan! Lots of love to the whole family. - Jodi Church

SUBSCRIBED! - drew olanoff

Hello World! - CannonGod

Congratulations!! Welcome to the world Ryan!! :) - Laura Zickus

<rss> awesome! </rss> - sean percival

welcome to the new world little one! all hail our pink squirming screaming overlord! - bear (aka Mike Taylor)

20.5 inches long. 7 lbs. 13 oz. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

nice alpha version. welcome RSS ! - Kaïs Miled

congrats!! welcome rss! - Barbara R. S.

Congratulations :) - امیرعباس

RSS is finally here! Congrats Robert & Maryam - Dennis Jernberg

Congrats Robert... best wishes to all - joupy

Congratulations! - Aaman (Clone of FF)

Blessings, and the best Robert! - Nakeva Corothers

Cute! - Charlie Anzman

مبارک باشه Congratulations - هامد

Congrats!!! - Jim Williams

Grats! - Denverken

مبارکه رفیق رابرت . خدا حفظش کنه - جـوان ایرانی

If Dave Winer comes on here and claims to have invented RSS I will smack him. - drew olanoff

Congratulations! - joey

Congratulations and all the best. - Bryce Roney

Welcome Ryan!!! - Phil

Welcome Ryan :) - giuseppe c. | markgreene

Awesome. Congratulations! - John McCrea

Congratulations! - anna sauce

Congratulations :) Welcome Ryan :) - Mohamed Marwen Meddah

Congrats, Imagine where RSS and the web will be when he turns 30! - James Watters

Congratulations to you both. - Don McAllister

congrats Robert and Maryam :))))) - Conformist

congrats to the family!! - erik yuzwa

Welcome to RSS in Pubsubhub mode :) - Ouriel Ohayon

Congrats to you all!! We had our second child, a boy, on Tuesday. Enjoy!! - Alex Cordiner from iPhone

Yay! Congrats to you, but mostly congrats to your wife for doing all of the hard work. ;-) xo - Jennifer Leggio

Mazel Tov! - Robb Vaules

Congrats Robert....wishing all the best to your family.... - Carlos

Congratulations! Wow! Seems like we were there just the other day! Looking forward to your late-night feeds and tweets and blog posts! - Louis Gray

You rock! Congrats. Thanks for sharing. How's mum doing? - Steve Lacey from iPhone

Congrats Robert - It is a fine family.... - Simarprit Singh

"beautiful new baby" by Robert Scoble, photojournalist. I stepped away for coffee and bang! RSS - Brian Hendrickson

nice! - Josh Haley from iPhone

Thank you so much for sharing - Sherrie Belken

:) congrats - Shandiz

Born on Talk like a Pirate Day, too! Yarrrr! - Josh Haley from iPhone

congrads ms & mr scoble, :) - chaz2b

congrats!! ^_^ - Christine Lu

Steve: mum is sleeping but got to hold Ryan. Instant love! - Robert Scoble from iPhone

Welcome, Guest dear to our world / Now the world is on your own - Conformist

that feels good - Brian Hendrickson

Congratulations! - Parth Awasthi

Congratulations. Hope Maryam iis doing well - Rachel Clarke

Congratulations! Wish him all the best! - philos

Welcome Baby Ryan!!! My baby Ryan (17 years!) and I are honored to welcome another superstar to our planet! Love, hugs, and lots of kisses to Baby Ryan, Mommy Maryam, Dad Robert and big brothers Milan & Patrick and of course Grandma!!! My guess on Ryan's arrival (predication) was only 23 hours off. I thought he would arrive on Friday, Sept. 18th at 11:45 pm. Love to all, Kelly & Ryan Kim - Kelly S. Kim

Congrats, Robert and Maryam. - Derrick

Congratulations Robert, and well done Maryam! You are truly blessed :) - Nicola Quinn

So happy for you Robert and Maryam. Yeay...another FF baby! - Mark Krynsky

Congratulations! - Surachart Opun

What a moment, eh? I remember when my daughter came into this world, it was so exciting there were no words for it. Congrats on your wonderful baby boy! - Michael J. Carrasquillo

Congratulations - testbeta

Congratulations! Welcome to the world, Ryan. :-) - Yvette Ferry

Congratulations Robert and Maryam! And welcome Ryan. If I was having a baby today, I'd begin a blog for him/her straight away as an online diary they could look back on when grown up. - Technogran

he's so cute... - Sinem Vural

Robert, Congratulations to you and Maryamie! - Mike Fruchter

Wow, congrats to all of you! - Paul Salzman

Congratulations to you both! - Forrest W. Kobayashi

Great news guys! All the best! - Chris Nixon

الهــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــی چقده ناز نازیه.اینو فارسی نوشتم مریم جان بخونن ....راستی به باباش که نرفته:)) خوشگلتره:)) پس به شما رفته - joupy

congratulations!! - Jeroen De Miranda

Congratulations to you and your wife Robert! - Randy

Congrats Robert! - Terry Jones

congratz and welcome RSS! - Jon Winters

Congrats Maryam :-) - Terry Jones

Felicitations and humble prayers for your new son. - Victor Panlilio

congrats and best wishes! - Mike Chelen

Congratulations Robert! Welcome Ryan! - Jeff P. Henderson

Congrats!! - Tan Kaiquan

congrats and best wishes to all. :) - Naor Mark

I was a c-section six week preemie in an era when that was seriously life-threatening, they didn't know if I would make for the first week. It always gets me a see a c-section / preemie come howling into the world. Welcome, little guy! - Bob Morris (polizeros) from iPhone

Beautiful baby! Congratulations daddy man :) - Gary

:) Congrats Robert... best wishes to your family! Get her name in twitter and ff! - Business Blogger 【ツ】™

Congratulations to you and Maryam! - Elwin Witzke

AmazinG!! congratulations :) - Nakul

cutie pie baby - Debby Bruck

Ryan, good to see you. - Burçak Çubukçu

تولدش مبارک ^_^ Congratulations! - ‎‎Emad

Warm wishes and congratulations. Love that you posted him crying. - Irene Koehler

Congratulation to all of you! All the best for baby ryan!!! - Arne Krueger

woooow like :) - کلـیـشه

Congrats M. & R. - Giuseppe M.

Congrats Robert and Maryam, Welcome to geekdom Ryan! - Andrew Wardlaw

Contrats!!! I'm so excited!! - Jannifer @wordsforliving

Congrats.That pic brings back memories of my own baby's birth only ten months ago. C-section baby boys rock! - Georgiana Comsa

Mazel Tov to you and Maryam. - Michael Markman

Congrats... a few more Scobles make the world a better place ;-) - Aad 't Hart

Congrats... and Welcome Ryan. Good to have you among us. - Sativa

Congratulations! I - Michael Fidler

Wonderful news. Congrats. - Keri

Congrats Robert, and the best to you, Maryam, and of course Ryan! - Chris Charabaruk

Congratulations Congratulations !! - Farzad

Congrats - Sandeep Swaminathan

looking to to the same in 3 weeks - ROBIN SMITH

Congrats on the blessed event! :D - Joel Lovato

Congrats Robert and Maryam. Welcome Ryan !!!!!!!!! - Nir Ben Yona

Congratulations, Robert! - Mark Trapp

Congratulations to Robert and Maryam. - George Hall (Australia)

Right ON! I am so happy for you. I have 4 kids of my own and they are my greatest joys. Take care and I hope all goes so smooth for him and mom. - Robert Anderson

Daddy Scobleizer!!!!!!!!!! First things first....when will he be signed up for Twitter and FF? - krystyl

Congrats!!! - eric susch

welcome Ryan, it's a beautiful world - Michele Costabile

Congrats!! - Olivia Lovag

Congrats to the Scoble family from South Africa! Welcome to the world @RSS - Shaun Trennery

Congrats, Robert! :-D - Kol Tregaskes

Congratulations Robert, and welcome Ryan! - ↂGiorgiँ Zarrelliↂ

Congratulations Robert and R.S.S.: "Hello World" Cheers! - Louis Trapani

warmest congratulations - Peter Holland

what a beautiful baby=)Congratulations=) - Candan Celik

Such a miracle and a blessing - Congratulations to you and Maryam and "big" brothers! - Marla Schulman

Congrats, Robert. Amazing pictures! - Jordi Soler

Congratulations to all of your family! Enjoy! - Ed Richardson

Congratulations ... enjoy! - Hitesh Parashar

Congratulations!!!! He's beautiful! Welcome little one! I'm proud to share a birthday with you! - Martha

Congratulations Robert and Maryam! Welcome to the world Ryan :-) - Rasmus Lauridsen

happy birthday BABY - ≤ M@RzI

Best congratulations!!!! :) - CantorJF

Congrat Robert. It is wonderful what this new media could do to share your joy! - Gianto Widianto

congrats! - Pradhap Nirmal Natarajan

Congratulations! - Steve Garfield

به به . قدم نو رسیده مبارک مریم جان . خیلی نازه :) - RokhSaare

Congrats on the blessed event! Welcome to the world, Ryan - Jazz Baker

Congratulations! - Jim #TeamMonique

Congrats :) - Maryam Ardakani from FreshFeed

He was delivered by a Blue Man? - paul mooney

Congrats Robert. It's allways a special moment. I still have my child birth in my memory! - Rui

What a happy day! A healthy new Scoble and mom. - Dave Winer

آخي ، بچته ؟؟؟ مبارك باشه تو روز به اين عزيزي به دنيا اومده ، بت نميخوره بچه انقدري داشته باشي شيطون - Kwame Nkrumah

My goodness, congratulations! - DGentry

Congrats! - Ivo Mortani

Congratulations!! and best wishes - Johni Fisher

congrats! - Il fu mass

Congratulations! I hope everyone's ok?! - Holger Eilhard

حاجي خانومت ايرانيه جدي ؟؟؟ پس خيلي مباركه ديگه - Kwame Nkrumah

Congratulations, Scoble family! - scherbi: bottom dweller

wonderfull - Claudio - braciolanet from BuddyFeed

Congratulations to you and your family Robert! A very handsome baby boy! Cant wait to see more pictures! - TiffanyCarr

Congratulations, Robert. - motownmutt

Congratulations! - :: Kim Sherrell ::::

congrats :) - £lham

مبارکه :) - خیزران

Congrats! - Roozbeh

Congrats to Robert and Maryam! - Bec Rowe @d0tski

WooHoo! My best to the whole family. I hope Maryam is getting some rest after all that hard work! - Robert Couture

Congrats to you and your fam, Robert :) - LANjackal

Ryan was born when the Berlin Marathon was finishing. Perhaps he'll be a long-distance runner. Congrats. - Carl Jacobsen

Congratulations to you and the wife, Robert! Job well done. I see he is gonna take after his Daddy! ;-0 ,hehe:-) - Duliece

One more congrats won't hurt, right? Thanks for sharing the pics. - Kevin Sablan

Congratulations :) - A35G

Congrats - Exciting & now the fun begins :-) - PXLated

Wishing you and yours the best on this wonderful day! Congratulations! - DJ Stevie Steve

Starting today. Sleep will be nothing more than a fond memory. :) Congrats. - Richard

Congrats! - Herb Hernandez from iPhone

Congrats! - Yusuf Ozan Taşdemir

Congrats Robert!! - Taehoon Kim

Congratulations! - Thomas Hawk

Congratulations to all! - malackey

fantastic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - michele ficara 

Awe!! Congrats =) - Brodie Beta

Congratulazioni!! ^______^ - Andrea | amnesiak1978

congrats!! - clarita

Welcome Ryan! Congratulations Robert and family! - Tim Probst from iPhone

Congratulations!!! God bless.... - Bob DeMarco

Congrats! - Jason Williams from iPhone

Congratulations Robert, Maryam and Milan! All the best to the four of you. - Eiso Kant

Congratulations :-) - Jalada

Congrats! Enjoy. - Jim Peake

Congrats - Bee

Congratulations!! - Paolo Leonardi

Congratulations! - John (bird whisperer)

Congratulations. - Ashish

oooww wonderfulll :)) - Ucandepik

Well done, my son's name as well. - Robert Kenney

Congratulations - Caleb Scribner

Congrats - Manuel Mas

Congrats! Best wishes to you, Ryan and all your family! - Lenny Post

congrats ^_^ - Furkan Tunalı

Conga Rats! - Michael R. Bernstein

Wonderful! Enjoy! - Alan Morris

Hello! - N.G. Gordon - RadarSync

Absolutely wonderful. Welcome to the world Ryan! - Loren Heiny from iPhone

Congrats :) - Hasan Al Shehabi

Congratulations to both of you. - Roberto Bonini

Congratulations to everyone! He looks healthy! I am sure you must all be very happy! ;) - Altan Khendup

Congratulations! May your tribe ever increase in happiness, joy, and fulfilment. - trey pennington

Congrats! - Ben Parr

what would be ryan's reaction when he would read this post someday, so many folks who knew dad congratulating him! - testbeta

Congratulations! - Anne Bouey

hiya RSS! - Laura Norvig

Yah!! Congratulations. - Micah

Congratulations to the whole Scoble family! - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

Congratulations to the whole family! Enjoy these most precious times. - Marylene Delbourg-Delphis

best wishes to all - Hamza Şamlıoğlu @TEAkolik

congrats Robert and Maryam - Kevin Tunis

Congratulations, Robert! - Sabri Küstür from FreshFeed

Wonderful. Best wishes to Ryan... - Mitchell Tsai

Congratulations to the whole family :) - Chris Saad

Congratulations - Samaneh

Congratulations. First picture on twitter! - Cindy Makonin

I just came to make sure you were getting a proper congratulations - Sherrie Belken

congrats;) - Elham

Congratulations to the Scobles! - Carlton Prest

congratulations, Robert and Maryam. - Valeria Maltoni

congrats! - Daniel Brusilovsky

WOW - what a miracle - congrats! - Mark Harai

Congratulations Robert & Maryam! - Rodrigo Jaroszewski

Congrats from Italy, Ryan! - Federico Bolsoman from iPhone

Congratulations Robert and sorry for delay, Best wishes - erfan

He is crying: "I want an iPhone". Felicitations! - William Mougayar

May he be blessed throughout his life! God bless you, Robert and Maryam! - Melanie Reed

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!! - Greg Ness

congrats :) - erd

Congrats Robert & your family :) - Sampad Swain

what a beautiful little guy! congratulations! rock on! - B.L. Ochman

great day, congrats - imran

Wow congratulations to both you and Maryam you must be so proud :) - David Richardson from Android

Wow, Congratulations, Robert and Maryam!! Ryan looks beautiful.:-) - Cathryn Hrudicka

Congrats man. That's so awesome. - DB, Just DB #TeamMonique

Happy Babbie Day! - Jack&Cleo

Congrats! I wish a long and healthy life. - Muammer Okumuş

Robert, you newest addition is too freaking adorable. I hope you and Maryam are doing well. Congratulations! Here's to a long, prosperous future! - Mike Nayyar

congrats to you and Maryam! And welcome, RSS! - Joshua Allen from fftogo

congrats!!! Welcome to Ryan - Dario Salvelli

Congratulations to you and Maryam! E benvenuto Ryan! - Marco Fabbri

Congrats! :) - Emmanuel Anumonwo

Congratulations! - mlazopoulou

Such auspicious times... Welcome, Ryan! - Red Label

O HAI, Ryan! Congratulations to Daddy and Mommy, too! - Ordinarybug Heather

قدم نو رسیده مبارک!congratulations - uɐſʃɐʌ uɐſ

Congrats Robert! Welcome Ryan! - Garin Kilpatrick

Awesome, Congratulations Robert and Maryam! And welcome to the world Ryan. - Mitch Baldwin

Happy parenting! Congrats! - Natalie

Groovy + one geek on the planet - Yann Ropars

Congrats!!! Robert - Steve Chou

To the proud Papa.....Congratulations!! - Bonnie Foster

Congratulations Team Scoble. Best of good wishes to all of you. - Morrie Johnston

Congrats Robert and family!!! Welcome Ryan :) - buvanesh

congrats Robert! - Joshua Guffey

Congratulations! RS - Sean Kelly

Congrats :D - Emre Misvaklı

Congratulations. he's so cute :) - Armando Grati

Beautiful! - Ryan Sholin

Congratulations - Kreg Steppe

Congratulations! - Gordon Saunders

Congratulations! - Hamid Reza

Congrats Robert....How amny more before you have your baseball team :-) - Alex Marrow

Seriously, Best whishes.............God Bless...... - Alex Marrow

Mazal Tov! - Raanan Avidor

All the best! Fun Times!!!! - Jim Turner

congrads now the fun starts, beautiful baby - Debra Moore

congrads ! - ★ Soner Gönül

Congrats and Best Wishes! - Tracy Benham

Looks like the baby's first trip to the dentist - Steve Borgman

Welcome, Ryan! Congrats, Robert! - Thierry R. Andriamirado

Robert Scoble

What service should we use to let the world know our new baby has been born? Participate here:

September 18, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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When Milan was born we used Twitter and Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos... is our set. - Robert Scoble

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Simultaneous. Ping.fm - Ben Parr

We used TwitterGram to record audio of his cry. That cry is already gone. Sigh. http://www.flickr.com/photos... - Robert Scoble

@oprah - Johnny

maybe ask someone to build a new service called baby.fm for JUST twitter style messages re: babies. you and louis gray could fill that mofo up! - drew olanoff

Heheh. No, what happens is if you don't announce it then the family just keeps bugging you until they know what's going on. - Robert Scoble

i disagree with doing this. but i respect anyone who want to share this publicly :) - Ouriel Ohayon

baby.fm/scobles - drew olanoff

i will just wait for the kid's growing up so that he can tweet himself.. kekeh :) - RICK CHOI

The problem is the family will likely to be the last to know if you use the web... Grandma does not check twitter very often! - Ben

Definitely Facebook statuses. That's what all my friends did when their baby showed up! :) You kinda don't want the world to know... just the people who know you! - Jackie Miao

Better yet, on baby.fm, friends and family can follow you and choose how they want the alert. - drew olanoff

sms to family + twitter. family proceeded to spread rumors on facebook, saving us the trouble. - Leyla M

Have Kanye interrupt... worked for him - Johnny

Justin.TV Stream it live! *just kidding* - Adam Jackson

Keep it simple - Facebook and Twitter - Mike Doeff

What about something like: http://hasthelargehadroncollid... - Johnny

i second US mail. i have a copy of one that my parents sent out when i was born and it's pretty meaningful to me :) - Alexis Hope

johnny, i love that. haha. - Alexis Hope

email broadcast :) - esaarem

Jackie: actually letting the world know last time on Twitter was really great. Lots of people follow us and want to know what's up. - Robert Scoble

Probably a combination twitter and PicasaWeb. - Adam Martin

Anyway, looks like the baby has a good chance of coming Saturday. - Robert Scoble

Drew: baby.fm is a bad URL. Are you sure about that? - Robert Scoble

Robert, make sure to enjoy the moment! - Mike Doeff

Mike: the moment is always fun and crazy. Looking at the pictures of Milan I can't believe that was just two years ago. Time is going too fast! - Robert Scoble

Email Gallery to Posterous >> E V E R Y W H E R E - Tanner Powell

Cinch! http://cinch.blogtalkradio.com - Jesse Stay

Robert, I just told Alan Levy, their CEO, to contact you about a new product they're working on that would work well for that. - Jesse Stay

Jesse: Cinch will have potentially the same problem that twittergram had. How do you know they will still be in business five years from now? - Robert Scoble

But I do like BlogTalkRadio and hope they do stick around and would love to use them for Ryan's birth. - Robert Scoble

Robert, it's RSS, and the audio's downloadable. You can back it all up. - Jesse Stay

Your Google Reader will have backups. So will FriendFeed (assuming it's around) - Jesse Stay

Jesse: yeah, right. Audio on my hard drive is lame compared to audio on the Internet. - Robert Scoble

Robert, Google Reader and FriendFeed aren't on your hard drive. :-) - Jesse Stay

That's the same problem with any company you do something like that with - it's up to you to have backups in place to be sure your data stays around after they go away. - Jesse Stay

Jesse: quick: find that audio on my Google Reader. You can't. FriendFeed wasn't even in existence when Milan was born. Shows how fast this industry moves. - Robert Scoble

That's why you've got to add it to your Google Reader, or save it as a backup. - Jesse Stay

The highest bidder? - Andrew Warner from iPhone

Jesse: what's funny is I rarely use Google Reader today. It's so slow for me that I can't bear to open it up. - Robert Scoble

It makes a good backup though, and Google will be around for awhile :-) - Jesse Stay

Jesse: remember Google's Dodgeball? So much for being around for awhile. - Robert Scoble

Robert, that risk is with everything you do online, which is why you can't use that for an excuse. If you want a backup, put it on disk somewhere, which is what Cinch allows you to do. At least it automates the distribution for you though. - Jesse Stay

Have Rackspace set up a script that reads the RSS from cinch and stores each file on a backup somewhere. Or trust Cinch to do that. Or do it manually. RSS is the most basic form of distribution so you can do what you want with it. - Jesse Stay

Note that I have no financial obligation to Cinch - I just like Alan Levy. He took me and Dave Winer to a Mets game while I was out there. :-) - Jesse Stay

I also like the basic premise - it's nice and open and easy to work with at the very basic level. - Jesse Stay

Use 'em all - phone calls, sms, Twitter, Facebook, FF, blog post, etc. I'd love to get cards printed up and send them out, but dang, that would get expensive at 55c per card just for postage, plus when do you find time with a newborn in the house? - Headless Gnad Kicker

Robert: Twitter's not mainstream in SE Asia yet. I've observed that most folks here are still relying on Facebook to reach out. Twitter works great for public figures who engage generously with their followers like yourself, though I wonder if that works as well for career network marketers with 15k+ followers. I don't think most of their followers actually care... I think regional... more... - Jackie Miao

Jesse: the thing is if you can't get to your items it doesn't matter that you have them backed up. Everyone's Tweets are still online, but no one can get to them. Backups won't help. - Robert Scoble

Robert, you can get them when they come out. Remember your blog? Again, with anything you store it's your responsibility to make sure you get a backup. Also, if you talk to Alan Levy you may like what he's working on - it may solve some of your concerns. - Jesse Stay

FWIW I lost the first cries of my baby as well - need to ask Alan if they still have backups. I was stupid for not downloading it at the time. - Jesse Stay

My Ustreams of it all are still up though: http://staynalive.com/article... (just the before and after shots, don't worry) - Jesse Stay

Ustream is extremely hard to backup - I wish they provided RSS like Cinch. - Jesse Stay

Jesse: oh, that's right, wasn't Twittergram a service of BlogTalkRadio? - Robert Scoble

twitter of course! Then we'll all know exactly the same time as you! LOL - Technogran

Oh and Ben, this Granny checks twitter all the time! - Technogran

Robert, yeah - they did Twittergram, and are now shifting that focus to Cinch in a much less platform-reliant manner - Jesse Stay

Jesse: can you ask them about Twittergram? It would be nice to get that MP3 out of the system. - Robert Scoble

Use the oral/aural tradition. Write a poem or a song. Play, speak or sing it. Record it. Publish it everywhere, everyway. It will be heard and remembered. The media will not be the message. The message will be the message. - David Newman from iPhone

David: If I were a poet or a songwriter, that's what I would do. I'm not. But I can take video, shoot pictures, and write. So that's what I'll do. - Robert Scoble

The local paper, to be sure that the baby can survive Birthers when he's up for the presidency. - Kevin Fox

Robert yeah - thanks for reminding me btw. I want to get my baby's first cries out of there as well. :-) I'll ask Alan. - Jesse Stay

I forgot to get a copy of the local paper for our last baby. I was too focused online. He'll be the only one of our kids without one. I keep kicking myself for that! - Jesse Stay

Tyson, @maryamie held a contest among our close friends. Most of them thought it would happen next week. Ryan's due date is September 26th. But looks like it might happen Saturday. They are pulling us in for a procedure and they said it will probably start the process on Saturday. We will know by noon on Saturday, though, what's up. - Robert Scoble

The baby will be a boy or girl? - Jannifer @wordsforliving

Jannifer: it's a boy. His name will be Ryan Soroush Scoble. Yes, RSS. - Robert Scoble

OH that is awesome!!! - Jannifer @wordsforliving

Tyson: and Milan's initials are MS and his middle name is William, same as Gates' first name (and my dad's). So how's that for geekdom! :-) - Robert Scoble

The Pony Express! - Johan Bakken

Tyson: I doubt this conversation will last online until he's old enough to care about looking back. - Robert Scoble

it is perhaps that i am developing a luddite side but it seems such a strange question to ask - put it in one place and it will cascade naturally everywhere anyway, and I imagine you'll be busy with real in person things... PS: or make someone's day and use a service you dont use much or havent used yet... - Iphigenie

If you have to do it online email. - Crispin Heath

You should go with some form of SAP installation. - Rich Puskarich

Alternative thought: Let Maryam decide. - Sue

Don't say a thing online. Tell your friends and see how long it takes to 'leak' online. - Andrew Leyden

@qik & a Flip camera? Qik will go to Youtube automatically, tell twitter/fb/ff. Flip for higher quality and backup? photos - send it to @pixelpipe :-) - Courtney Engle

Robert, you should check out Cinch again. www.cinchcast.com I can get you the iphone app pre release but it works on your mobile phone as well. The app can add photo's and text to your audio file. - alan

OurDoings because 1. OurDoings is here to stay, 2. You'll be busy, 3. OurDoings captures the story like nothing else. http://ourdoings.com/2009-09... - Bruce Lewis

When our sonwas born two months ago, I used thisMoment.com for photo and video which in turn sent updates to Twitter, ff, facebook. Now? I would probably just email them to posterous and have posterous do notices to keep it simple. - Brett G from iPhone

Shepherds have been known to be used. For my own kids, we called some by phone then emailed the balance of people. Of course I eagerly updated the baby pool website (http://bebepool.com <--100% bias for me to mention that, btw) to see whose predications were closest. But, all of these are old school methods, I'm sure you'll come up with something creative. :) - Micah

I used TwitPic (via PockeTwit on my PDA) to announce Tim Mackaaij - http://twitter.com/mackaai... while my homepage was temporary a realtime embed of FriendFeed. I showed a room which also imported my @mentions. On a seperate page I chose to show only tweets by me using this Yahoo Pipe http://bit.ly/3EDpa (which was not imported realtime by FriendFeed). If I had to do it over I'd look into a mobile client for FriendFeed and use that solely. - Patrick Mackaaij

Congratulations Robert... may God bless you and yours : ) - Mark Harai

Congrats Robert. - Al Stevens

my family around the globe has announced new babies via Facebook! Still tends to be more personal. Congrats! - Michelelarge

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Latest Facebook Scare: The Cure May Be Worse Than The Disease - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive...

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Seths Blog: Clout - http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_b...

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Loic Le Meur

Twitter growing from 55 to 5,200 employees by 2013. Over the same span, the company projects reaching 1 billion users according to @biz http://www.imediaconnection.com/content...

September 5, 2009 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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these numbers are absolutely mind blowing. Of course it will not be as large as Google but with that many employees...wow - Braden Douglass

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Google never talked like this in the early days. - Robert Scoble from iPhone

link plz - Igor Poltavskiy

the link is on my twitter stream but here it is again http://www.imediaconnection.com/content... - Loic Le Meur

Robert: it has yet to be proven that Biz said that, I highly doubt it, quoted that link but it could be totally wrong - Loic Le Meur

Seems awfully ambitious. They have money to survive and adapt though - hopefully they keep adapting. - Jesse Stay

Jesse: to grow that large they need to find a dramatic monetization scheme. It'll be interesting to see what that is. - Robert Scoble

Robert, yeah - I'm not discounting it. It will be interesting to see though. There are a lot of people that want their space right now. - Jesse Stay

Jesse: I think Twitter is pretty defensible actually. Most businesses aren't going to start hyping up someplace else. Twitter is just part of the lexicon now. I walk into a lot of restaurants and they have "follow us on Twitter" right on the menu or on the tables. One even had it in their bathrooms. A new company is NOT going to get that. But agree lots of companies would love to be in their shoes. - Robert Scoble

Robert, I agree, but keep in mind it's not just new companies that want to be in their shoes. Much bigger companies want their space as well. They'll need to adapt - many big names have gone down in flames due to large attitudes and non-willingness to adapt. Think AOL, Compuserve, etc. - Jesse Stay

Sure, Twitter might have entered the lexicon... but... who cares if they can't come up with a way to make lots of money? Lets not kid ourselves: if they had a genuine idea of making lots of money, they would have implemented it by now. Instead they're just going to keep using VC money to keep afloat, hiring like mad and hope like hell that some silly company like eBay comes along and gobbles them up before the tide goes out and the VC's lose faith. - Rowan Hanna

not sure what it would need that many employees for... - Iphigenie

Twitter has no shortage of VC because everyone knows Twitter is going to be massive. Twitter is more concerned about growth than revenue at this point, which is a smart move, because it won't scare people away. I came up with a rhyme that applies to any Online monetization plan: Popularize, then Monetize. Monetize first and users might be put off and not sign up. Monetize after users sign up and they probably won't leave. - Garin Kilpatrick

so we-re saying most of those employees planned will be sales, eh? They better hurry though, who can be sure that by 2013 they won't be myspaced by the next thing? - Iphigenie

What 1bn people will tweet about? Oh I forgot only 10% post tweets... - Giorgio Burlini from iPhone

I did a $Billion Dollar #micropitch today + U gotta mention Facebook + Twitter but I also gave FriendFeed a Plug! - Billy Warhol

Yep; Twitter isn't going anywhere - it is here to stay... - Mark Harai

I liked what Ev, or Biz?, tweeted yesterday. Blogger was a side project that forced them to change course, Twitter was the same. - Gary Walter (gwalter)

5200??? Wow. I don't think Twitter is going anywhere, but that's a lot. I wonder what the allocation of roles is for all those folks??? - Kristi Colvin

OMG - Thomas Power

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Skype Sale Nears: Why eBay Shareholders Should Be Mad - http://gigaom.com/2009...

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Seths Blog: Magic beans, TV and the web - http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_b...

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