Microsoft Will Launch Something That Made Scoble Cry. I Want (To See Scoble Cry)

My god, please remove that picture. I don’t want to go back to wearing glasses…

If it has to do with siverlight then I will be thoroughly bored

Is there a point to this post ?

Posts like these are diluting TC quality.

I just don’t care, period. How come that’s not an option?

Trust me, I left the company because I was bored to tears, and so will you on February 27th.

I cry about things that Microsoft release all the time; I cry about applications that lock you in to the spiral of Microsoft upgrades, I cry about operating systems built from the ground up with security holes and no real concept of security, I cry about endless reboots to install patches to fix bugs that shouldn’t be there in the first place, I cry about dual-core systems with 4G of RAM reduced to a crawl by endless bloat, I cry about a marketing gorilla that forces consumers to pay a Microsoft tax on new hardware.

What new product could Microsoft release that could make me cry?

God, nothing like having a moan PD… your life must be purely depressing.

Dan

I really hope it has to do with Silverlight. Maybe MSFT will make it something we want to use. So tired of Flash. Silverlight’s Expression builder looks compelling. But, we don’t want to do C#. We don’t want Iron Python, but CPython. We don’t want to be linked into all MSFT’s other stuff. Why not just make a great competitor to Flash with Python rather than Actionscript. Jesus — it makes me mad — not just about MSFT but also Macromedia/Adobe. They’ve had a monopoly with Flash for far too long. AIR/Flex look ok, but let they area about a different RIA than what Flash is best at. Flash needs a viable competitor. Only MSFT could make one that looks so promising, yet scares away anyone who wants to be be reliant on opensource rather than MSFT. Hey MSFT, support opensource as well as your own foundations, and try to win with C#, WPF by making them a better optioin. Hey Adobe, there’s lots to improve in Flash. Competition is good. Hope we get some on the 27th, then I might shed a tear, but it will still likely say C#, WPF, etc.

hahahaha!!! BWT What is scoble?

The suspense in killing me! Do tell!

My god! I sure hope it doesn’t have anything to do with search!

“While listening to Wong I noticed a tear running down my face. ”
I give you “Google Theory” by Robert Scoble:
http://scobleizer.com/2007/08/.....our-years/
I give you “Scoble: I have seen the future, and it is Origami”
engadget.com/2006/03/06/scoble-i-have-seen-the-future-and-it-is-origami/

Again by Robert Scoble. I could pull out at least 50 examples of Robert Scoble software “revelations” that were absolutely stupid, but it’s too easy. It’s too easy to do it, so I won’t.
The tear running down the cheek was a nice touch this time.

I am positive Robert is a snake oil vendor re-incarnate, no offense.

LiveStation here we come?

Ars with the latest here http://tinyurl.com/2ufrkt

You want to know what it is?

Imagine Google Maps, except the camera used to capture the imagery is flipped so that it’s pointing at the sky instead.

I’m in trouble

Read what the commenter’s say on his post for clue:

“You talking about the 1993 World Wide Telescope Project? Jonathan Fay is an expert in astronomical imaging.”

Comment by Gaspar

“I’ve seen it and Scoble is not even being hyperbolic in how good this application is. Gaspar is onto something, is all I will say. Jonathan Fay is genius.

BTW I’ve seen Googlers faces drop seeing this. You do have to be a geek to appreciate it, and it will have immense educational AND research value.”

Comment by Rahul Dave

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From what I believe it allows you to travel/view everything in space…
A super cool astronomy app far advanced than Google Earth (space part)

My bet is a lifestyle hardware product. ipod was a game changer for me, I’m expecting one of 2 things:

1. A product that I can buy from microsoft that is original and a game changer
or
2. Microsoft (or PopularMedia) paid Scoble a lot of money to write that…

I’m not sure about what could make Robert cry, but eveytime I see Robert get worked up over some web 2.0 tech that turns out to be a dud., I hope this will be world changing.

I know that Microsoft has the brains and resources to come up with things that can transend the petty attitude that seems to infect the minds of many of the technology pundits and workers.

I think it was tear gas.

Or maybe he remembered his jaunt down memory lane with Zuckerberg in Davos.

And Duncan, you just launched something that might get people to pluck their eyes out. I dont (want to see people pluck their eyes out)

Isnt there no photo of Scoble with clothing on?

Holy moly That picture…pass the eye bleach!

Anyway, excellent post. I can’t wait to see/read about whatever it is.

They must be close to releasing Photosynth which is probably one of the coolest technologies under development in Redmond.

A real time “Google earth” alternative ?
Which i know is impossible to do by tow guy’s:)

Or personalized one , whereby you could record your life experience in 3D for later viewing ..or some thing in that domain.

Its definitely related to media (their division) and to mapping (Scoble did mention Google maps)

I agree with Adrian. I cry because I’m sick of paying for crap software that continues to have a strangle hold on the globe while the company laughs all the way to the bank. Scoble’s a good guy but I believe he worked at Microsoft at one time….

Knowledge is power has just beaten me to it,

I’m picking Photosynth…

I think the clue is “the way I look at the world”

And photosynth is by far the most amazing thing i’ve seen since the internet.

Actually, having read Scoble’s full article, I’m not so sure now.

He refers to having only just seen the demo and it comes across as if he hasn’t seen it before and i’m not sure seeing the final version of photosynth would be quite as special as seeing it for the first time.

However Photosyth is still my best guess and it’s possible they’ve made lots of changes that make it even more amazing.

He is perfect charachter for Jackass Movie!

I have seen first hand what Scoble is talking about and I can tell you that it isnt as impressive as he is making it out to be nor will it change the world. This is so much hype I don’t know what more to say to convey it.

that photo - jesus christ, sob

Seeing that picture of Scoble brought me to tears. The thought that any woman might have to lay eyes on him naked is a tragic thought.

I hope he doesn’t pose for Zivity.

I’m not a fan of MS, the opposite, and BTW, i hate Vista. MS forgot what they’ve learn when building XP…

That said: an 3D holographic display.

Real time maps is just next stage in current technology (so is prety cool image procesing), but that is hardly life changing…

pd
something big is coming, Scoble said so, so yes, the post was worth it. If it’s not as big as Scoble makes out then so be it….he’ll probably cry some more if he ends up with egg on his face

Never has so many words said so little to so many.

hopefully, silverlight beta on Feb 27 but not possible since ppl said that it will be with MIX08

The famous commercial (1970s?) with the American Indian, about trash and environmental disaster. He had a tear running down his face.

Something environmental-softwarish?

I’m guessing seadragon or photosynth, since they are the only remotely cool apps from Microsoft.

Yeah, ok, mystery solved.

It IS something to do with Photosynth.

Here’s the proof:

http://peteremcc.wordpress.com.....ry-solved/

I think he is crying over leaving the company.

Ahhh .. he gives it away half way down the page “”When I walked into his lab he was working on another cool surface computing technology “”

Surface - direct manipulation - 3D something or another.

RL White

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nope, thats when he’s talking about the guy down the hall…

also, he says:

“they’ve been traveling all over the world working with researchers from other institutions and getting data for their new thing”

now what kind of software needs data from around the world, that you actually have to go around the world to get?

My thoughts: http://www.marketwatch.com/new.....E879E26%7D

The brain / subconscious computer interface from Microsoft…makes sense for the big thing given that no initial business model, etc…

Typo: Abobe instead of Adobe in the post.

maybe microsoft has a whole series of scoble pictures instead of just one.

this one makes me cry already, can’t imagine a whole series.

Hints: Emerging Media; Convergent Technologies; Telescopes;

Michael Sync
The Mix side has me beat as well, because any Silverlight announcement would naturally be then. Yet the date with AIR going out of beta the day before this big announcement would lead me to think that it might be Silverlight related. We’ll soon find out I guess….and its nothing more than guess work before then.

We can figure it out by checking out which innovative companies Microsoft has bought lately.

I wish it was the Vista SP1… ha ! making Scoble cry hahaha
not going to happen

But a software / web application / web related / computer thing that could change the world we live in ?

I can’t wait to see this =)

Maybe Microsoft is going to assist the U.S. military shoot down that failed spy satellite by using a missile filled with any remaining of copies of Windows Vista. That would bring tears of joy to anyone.

Possibly Web version of Office.

Scoble is still on a ‘pollyanna high’ from Davos…it was his Burning Man awakening…

@30, now that would be mind blowing…a 3-D holographic display/UI. Talk about the ultimate user experience aside from a direct neural/machine connection.

May be something to do with Videos? Enjoy@ http://moviemazic.com

After doing a bit more research, it seems the launch will be of the ‘World-Wide Telescope’ implemented using photosynth (or at least the seadragon portion) technology and presented to the user via silverlight.

This explains the three different rumours going around about it being WWT, Photosynth and Silverlight.

Updated: http://peteremcc.wordpress.com.....ry-solved/

seadragon is my bet

Microsoft will be joining the Blue-ray format and finally dumping HD-DVD. Even coming out with a new Blue-ray X-Box 360.

“non-commercial” so no silverlight i guess… even though it is completely non-commercial with no future…

it is the money that MS pays Scoble to blog about it makes him cry.

It’s not Mix or Silverlight related. It’s Microsoft Research related and TED related. See ya on March 4th.

Well, that all but confirms it Scoble:

http://labs.live.com/photosynt.....rence.aspx

I better go update my post again!

Infact, surprise surprise, TED begins on Feb 27th this year.

Updated again: http://peteremcc.wordpress.com.....ery-solved

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So it is Seadragon with Photosynth.

No Carlo… Photosynth already incorporates Seadragon.

It must be a new version of Photosynth incorporating something else…
OR, Something else incorporating Photosynth (Virtual Earth for example).

It’s not Photosynth related either.

Or Photosynth being able to finally “photosynthesize” your own photos. A single photo that is auto-hyperlinked with thousands of photos by Photosynth to create the photosynth view, a function that currently is under development.

Oh well,

Care to rule out the WTT as well?

Hehe. I guess we’ll just have to wait then.

@ #51: Prerna, don’t spam TechCrunch with dumb comments to promote your stupid site.

It seems these people are working in this team:
“The group envisions consumer information and entertainment experiences not available today and builds or combines technologies from other Microsoft Research groups and crafts intuitive user interfaces and compelling scenarios to deliver that experience. Rather than focus on old media or new media, the group attempts to develop working prototypes of the Next forms of media possible from new convergent technologies, hence the name.

Next Media’s research focus spans the linear and interactive media spectrum from television, broadband, and gaming to combinations of traditional media forms or emerging media forms too new to have a name. ”

[http://research.microsoft.com/nextmedia/]

I’d say it’ll be some device, rather than just software.

Hmm. I should have read the rest of the newsfeed first, i guess.

Why TechCrunch puts this ZOMG IS TEH HORRIBLE photo of naked Scoble every time they cite him? Maybe you doesn’t want people read the post, Michael?

Anyway, I also want to see Scoble cry. Should be fun.

perhaps they created a new internet

“Please install Silverlight”

FAILURE!!!

WEB3D.0

I love how TWIT’s Leo Laporte and John C Dvorak hate on Scoble.

“His entire live video webcast from Davos consists of baffled looks!”

Put some clothes on!

I cry about dual core systems with 4G of RAM reduced to a crawl by endless bloat. And also they had a monopoly with Flash.

This is also the date for Windows Server 2008. That can’t be it though…

It won’t be anything that draws attention away from the combined Windows, SQL Server and VS lauch on February 27th, that uses the same font for it’s slogan “Heroes happen here”.

Comment 27: you’ve seen it first-hand. What is it?

Wait… i know… FORGE… they will open a source forge clone!!!!

I’ve done it, oh no, Ballmer might sue me! LOL

I know MS’s vision is to empower people through software, but “will change the world my sons live in?” Really, will this new app relieve poverty in the third world, or stop wars?

Photosynth seems like a giant pipe dream. I’ve read a few articles talking about the algorithms taking days to analyze and compile the photosynth data. It simply sounds like that code can only be optimized so much.

I’m personally have not been that impressed with Photosynth. The idea and implementation is impressive, but I don’t think it’s ever going to be optimized for any common usage. Surely MS can do better than that.

http://digg.com/tech_news/Here.....Scoble_Cry

I’m hoping that Microsoft’s big announcement is in-fact, the Google Earth telescope clone. A Microsoft Telescope application would seriously bring me to tears with the fact it would probably be Microsoft’s first interesting and useful software application since the release of Windows 95.

It would surely wake Google up off it’s high horse too. It would make for an amusing battle nonetheless.

- Dwayne Charrington.
http://www.dwaynecharrington.com

#6 + #23. Agreed 100%

Anatoly, #47, #56: LOL!

#72: LOL! I think you need to be a littlemore socialist/democratic in your way of thinking to make something like “a new internet”, coz you’re obviously not making it for yourself or for money (else it wouldn’t be “a new internet”, but “another propriatery massively networked distirbuted technology”)

#21: Photosynth is really Steve Seitz (and company) project. I don’t know the exact role that Microsoft played, other than that of a bank, but Steve is the one who’s done most of the research behind the tech of Photosynth. And the SeaDragon guys, which were again, non-MS, and bought by MS (bank again - see #45 by Luther). Although I’m sure the MS guys named here http://labs.live.com/photosynth/ helped with the product and intergration of MS tech.

#82. Is it really? I thought it was merely a marketing slogan, because I certainly don’t see the empowerment through their digital slavery (read: platform-lock).

#83. Keep on smoking…

#85. I’d partially agree.