Since Scoble left Microsoft to join Podtech, nobody has stepped in to fill his shoes from what I can tell. Sure, Microsoft has probably hundreds if not thousands of bloggers, but nobody has has gained anywhere near the following Scoble had. Jeff Sandquist has an interesting blog but doesn’t post very often. Heather Hamilton is also interesting and posts quite often but she’s a recruiter so I expect her to take the high road given her position to fill jobs at Microsoft. I like her variety of topics and sense humor.
Where does that leave us? It sure seems like Microsoft Mini has become the blogger face of the company without a Scoble to balance things out. Scoble had no problems calling out Microsoft when he saw something stupid (New MS site with no RSS feed comes to find) but his posts were generally pro-Microsoft. But they felt authentic and honest during those times he decided to call out the dumb things they did on occasion.
Who else is out there from Microsoft that has gained much of a following? Maybe the Scoble void will be filled, but it will be done by committee instead of a lone blogger.
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