So everything's turning out peachy now with Robert Scoble, once Microsquashed, part progenitor of the Talking Moose, and UserLand's new director of marketing, starting 15 August. Quite the happy ending, insofar as one can call it an ending.
Of course, Dave originally blogged this item with this at the end:
Will UserLand allow him to run his weblog without constraints? Uhhhh, welll, ummmm. More on that later.