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Robert Scoble is the kid up the street with all the answers. You know, the kid with ALL the Commodore 64 games, a gigantic Lego model railroad in the basement and whose father apparently owns a flying Citroen CX? I’m pretty sure that’s him.

Well, this kid is all grown-up now, and he’s on the web. And, as in childhood, once you learn to filter the bullshit from the actual content the guy is a real treasure.

He’s a pioneer blogger, a tech guru, a social media evangelist - and quite possibly the #1 human link aggregator on the web. He introduced me to Facebook, Twitter, Google Reader, Friend Feed and probably a dozen other more or less meaningful services on the web at an early stage in their development - heck, I even think it was Scoble who introduced me to the concept of RSS feeds.

I’m not a tech guy, but thanks to Robert Scoble I have practically turned into the prototype early adopter on the web (yeah, right.)

He’s extremely extrovert on the web, he’s opinionated as hell and he shoots from the hip. His writing is temperamental and personal, he’s potentially ill-tempered but usually enthusiastic, even ecstatic over some new development.

It’s easy for a non-tech guy like me to enjoy his rants and share his enthusiasm for what is, let’s face it, some seriously geeky stuff.

He makes friends easily - it’s one of his main concerns regarding Facebook: The 5,000 friend limit, which he exceeded months ago (I hear you! I’m rapidly approaching that limit myself - getting close to 40 now!) He has a huge following, one of the original "A-bloggers" - me plugging him is, like, Caveman Eremite in the Desert plugging the New York Times. It seems as if he’s making enemies just as easily as he’s making friends, though.

But he’s a very entertaining guy, he’s working his ass off bringing us the latest from Silicon Valley or wherever all these tech startups pop up. And nobody hits that j-button more than Scoble. Yeah, I know. You probably don’t have a clue as to what I’m talking about.

Be that as it may, if you want to know when the next Facebook arrives or maybe just add a little tech, controversy and flavor to your rss feed, Scoble’s your guy.

I should write him a song - that would definitely get my stats up.