Robert Scoble, June 2, 2006:

To me, I don’t trust someone who’s solely in it for the money. That’s the way lots of companies behave. Heck, I even behave that way sometimes. But my best work is when I’m doing something for fun, or in support of a philosophy, like ‘the world needs better software.’ Blogging lets me communicate with you about when I’m not just thinking about business. Why? Cause there isn’t a business model on my blog. It’s why I’m turning down free stuff now, why I don’t have ads here, etc. Yeah, my audience does give me career power, but that’s not why I started it and it’s not what drives me to share my life with you.

Ahhh. Good ole Robert Scoble. Always good for a nice dose of hypocrisy when the world is falling short on it.

Here’s the “above the fold” look of the new Scobleizer.com:

I guess the naked conversation is now over.

(Me on this very subject back in January)