<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Scobleizer]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://scobleizer.blog]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Robert Scoble]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://scobleizer.blog/author/scobleizer/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Geeky Weekend]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>So, I&#8217;m hanging out with Patrick this weekend. Just got done interviewing the MSNTV team who built the cool Media-Center controlling gadget that was shown earlier this week at the Search Champs meeting (got lots of kudos). How did I start the meeting? &#8220;I thought it was against Microsoft rules to work on weekends?&#8221; Another good channnel9 video in the bag.</p>
<p>Anyway, now we&#8217;re hanging out at Stanford University where a bunch of young entrepreneurs are showing off their small ideas at the <a href="http://www.entrepreneur27.org/">Entrepreneur 27 tech symposium</a>. Aaron Levie, CEO of <a href="http://box.net/">Box.net</a> (an online storage service) is up in front of the room (some pictures will be up shortly on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35034363287@N01/">my Flickr feed</a>).</p>
<p>Want to be the first on the block to try a new technology or Web service? This is a great place to start.</p>
<p>I love little meetings like this. It&#8217;s why Silicon Valley continues to bring the world more than its fair share of new ideas and new businesses. Will one of these companies get big? We&#8217;ll see.</p>
<p>One of them already is. <a href="http://www.okdork.com/">Noah Kagen</a> of Facebook is here.</p>
<p>You can tell it&#8217;s Patrick and me. Patrick has a white computer. I have a black Tablet PC. 🙂</p>
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