Scoble from Middle America:

So, I've been thinking about what it'll take to get these folks to try something new. Hey, the iPod still hasn't gotten here, so don't even ask about podcasting, RSS, or tagging. Interestingly enough, blogging has been heard about here. One older lady who visited my mom saw that I was blogging and she said "oh, blogs are the things that's keeping the media honest."

Heh. The things that get heard here in a small town in middle America.

Two things come to mind reading that. First, the condescension for "fly over" country. I don't think it's even a conscious thing for Scoble, but there it is. I rather expect that if he headed on over to the local high school, he'd find a more tech savvy audience.

Second, he could come and ask the parents of my daughter's girl scout troop about tagging, podcasting, RSS (et. al.). We live 30 miles from Washington DC, in the heart of "bi-coastal" America. And believe me, none of them would have any more awareness of that stuff than the people out there in Montana.

The funny thing is, the "keeping the media honest" thing is more relevant than any of the other stuff Scoble mentioned. It has more of an impact on day to day life for most people. There's a huge bubble all right - and way too many people on the two coasts live smack in the middle of it.