<?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[Even Ballmer can&#8217;t get into&nbsp;Gnomedex&#8230;]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/06/14/gnomedex-60-sold-out/">It&#039;s sold out</a>. So is <a href="http://www.blogher.org/">BlogHer</a>. So is <a href="http://www.bloggercon.org/iv/schedule">BloggerCon</a>.</p>
<p>Hmm, something is happening here.</p>
<p>Oh, Ballmer isn&#039;t the only one that doesn&#039;t see the new media power that&#039;s being built. <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/06/14/79151_25OPcurve_1.html">Apple told its open source geeks to pound sand</a>.</p>
<p>Someone at VLoggerCon said &quot;individuals are now in charge&quot; of what&#039;s important in the world.</p>
<p>I wouldn&#039;t tell ANYONE to pound sand in this world.</p>
<p>A kid in Australia with five readers can become an international media story now just by writing something on his blog.</p>
<p>Who knew what <a href="http://www.beet.tv/">beet.tv</a> was before Saturday? I didn&#039;t.</p>
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