Thursday, October 06, 2005
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #74: October 6, 2005
Content summary:Edelman/Technorati survey results, AOL’s instant messenger hits the blogosphere, a threat to Microsoft Office, Apple’s upcoming announcement, a new communications podcast, the Conference Board podcasts, a report from Dan York, a cautionary tale of comment spam and fake blogs, listener comments, and way, way more.
Show notes for October 6, 2005
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 77-minute podcast recorded in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Download the file here (MP3, 31MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For automatic synchronization with your iPod or other digital player, you’ll also need a podcatcher such as the free iPodder, DopplerRadio or iTunes, or an RSS aggregator that supports podcasts such as FeedDemon).
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In this Edition:
Intro:
- 00:31 Shel introduces the show; Shel’s in Chicago at an IABC/Ragan Communications writing program and Neville’s on the road in France, thanks to Michael Bellina for an FIR logo
Listeners’ comments discussion:
- 04:56 Dan York on show notes; why not have the show notes wiki hosted on The New PR?
- 06:25 Frank Meeuwsen on an experiment on a Dutch blog similar to our wiki proposal
- 09:20 Dan Hill on the wiki concept (he likes the idea); he also talks about Dana Gardner’s post on PR catching on to blogging
- 11:09 Alex Williams from on using the Gizmo Project instead of Skype for recording the show (an idea from Matt May, another Corante writer)
- 12:24 Jerry Stevenson on the continuing conversation about Google Print
News and Features:
- 18:56 Results of Edelman Public Relations and Technorati survey of bloggers and how they relate to companies and public relations representatives
- 23:02 America Online links its instant messaging product so bloggers and ecommerce sites can add running man icon to their sites so users can start an IM conversation with you
- 25:16 Neville on Sun and Google offering OpenOffice product as part of an alliance that could threaten Microsoft’s dominance of the office productivity market
- 33:30 Neville on speculation that Apple will release a video iPod
- 37:15 Trafcom News (by Donna Papacosta) podcast exploding the myths about corporate podcasting
- 38:45 Shel on the Apple announcement and the Trafcom News podcast
- 39:56 Shel on The Conference Board’s podcasts from the Communication and Technology conference
- 41:57 Sample podcast from The Conference Board with Charlie Watts from Towers Perrin
- 46:05 Pridelands podcast public service announcement for donations to the Red Cross in the wake of Hurricane Katrina (from the Relief page of the Podsafe Music Network)
- 30:25 Dan York’s report begins with Steve Lubetkin’s podcast with the executive vice president of Subaru US
- 49:00 Dan talks about the Prius hybrid car and a special from a Mendocino, California inn
- 49:46 Dan on conference previews; he questions the value of a special feed versus previews in an existing podcast feed
- 50:45 Dan on setting up local IABC gatherings
- 51:07 Dan on the Nano, its problems and the BBSpot satire site
- 51:40 Dan on the FIR interview with Charles Pizzo
- 52:01 Dan on a pet peeve: reacting or “proacting”
- 52:32 Shel briefly responds to Dan’s note on “proactive;” we’ll talk more about it on Monday
- 53:16 Neville on the sorry tale of a character blog introduced as part of a marketing campaign and its link to a new breed of comment spam
- 1:10:28 Shel adds his two cents to the discussion of character blogs
Outro:
- 1:11:50 Shel tells you where to send comments
- 1:15:55 Music: Cameron Ember, “Dear America,” from the Podsafe Music Network
Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show:
Listeners’ comments discussion - The New PR, Constantin Basturea, NPR’s “On the Media,” Google Mail (GMail), Google.
News and Features - Steve Crescenzo, Kevin Dugan’s Strategic PR blog, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, Microsoft Office, Java, Wikipedia, Robert Scoble, the iPod Nano, Reuter’s report on Apple’s refusal to comment on its upcoming announcement, PC World’s TechLog, Harry McCracken, Burson Marstellar, PR Newswire, PR Newswire’s blogs, Dan Gillmor, Lee Hopkins, Little River Inn, Jeff Pulver, Von, BBSpot, IABC, Roger D’Aprix, Cillit Bang, Reckitt Benckiser, Tom Coates’ PlasticBag.org, BBC Radio, Barry Scott, Young and Rubicam, Reckitt Benckiser’s code of business conduct, Blogspotting, Stephen Baker’s post on comment spam, Captcha, Shel Israel’s post on Barry Scott
Outro - Cameron Ember, Podsafe Music Network
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So, until Monday, October 10…
Monday, October 03, 2005
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #73: October 3, 2005
Content summary: Listeners’ comments discussion; changes to podcast show notes; PR waking up to social media; Neilsen survey on RSS subscribers; Wikipedia article posted on Wikipedia; book publishers using podcasts; blog spam forces a blog to close; Lee Hopkins report; Yahoo! to start digitizing books; US GAO publishes Ketchumgate findings; podcasting at The Conference Board.
Show notes for October 3, 2005
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 68-minute conversation recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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In this Edition:
Show notes to come.
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So, until Thursday October 6…
Thursday, September 29, 2005
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #72: September 29, 2005
Content summary:Listeners’ comments, an update on the iPod nano, Wikimedia’s open-source textbook project, more on soundvertising, Neville’s cheese sandwich, a great quote for making the employee blogging case, Whirlpool starts a podcast, a business podcasting white paper, Neville’s new mixer.
Show notes for September 29, 2005
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 74-minute conversation recorded live from New York.
Download the file here (MP3, 33MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For automatic synchronization with your iPod or other digital player, you’ll also need a podcatcher such as the free iPodder, DopplerRadio or iTunes, or an RSS aggregator that supports podcasts such as FeedDemon).
Detailed show notes are coming soon.
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So, until Monday, October 3…
Monday, September 26, 2005
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #71: September 26, 2005
Content summary: Listeners’ comments discussion (building engagement; figuring out b5media; the problem with Google Print; good and bad batteries; ID3 tags; finding the needle in the haystack); soundvertising with Senseo; sound quality challenges with podcast interviewing by phone; podcasting: tech challenges and communication opportunities; new business podcasts; tagging; Lee Hopkins report; end of the road for Land Rover customer; Apple’s problems with scratchy iPod nano; PR Week RSS feeds.
Show notes for September 26, 2005
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, an 82-minute conversation recorded live from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and almost live from Concord, California, USA.
Download the file here (MP3, 33MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For automatic synchronization with your iPod or other digital player, you’ll also need a podcatcher such as the free iPodder, DopplerRadio or iTunes, or an RSS aggregator that supports podcasts such as FeedDemon).
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In this Edition:
Intro:
- 00:29 Neville introduces the show; Shel’s on the road today; what the show’s about; what’s in this edition; how to give your feedback; show notes
Listeners’ comments discussion:
- 04:03 Andrew Marritt builds engagement and asks if we missed something from show #70’s show notes
- 06:07 Jeremy Wright is figuring b5media out on the go
- 06:41 Sallie Goetsch says the problem with Google Print isn’t the project itself but the opt-out approach not opt-in
- 10:17 Dan York with more on batteries - alkalines good, NiMH not good
- 12:29 Sebastian Keil guesses iTunes is messing up FIR’s ID3 tags, has some suggestions about batteries, and says Vodafone Germany has the technology for VoIP blocking
- 14:42 Craig Jolley tries to find a needle in the FIR haystack and wonders about Podcast Anxiety and Podcast Unavailability Trauma
News and Features:
- 17:58 Soundvertising - is Adam Curry’s suggestion for Senseo a neat advertising idea (stop, look around, note your surroundings and think about Senseo), or is it just more personal bandwidth overload?
- 25:29 Hurricane Katrina public service announcement from 1st Music 1st for Cutting Edge Sound
- 27:19 About the FIR interview with Charles Pizzo, communicator and Katrina evacuee, and Steve Lubetkin’s interview with John Deveney, communicator and Katrina evacuee
- 31:07 Podcasting - technical issues and challenges: networks, echos and other gremlins
- 35:40 Podcasting - communication opportunities for business as more organizations dive in with this new medium
- 44:45 How blog tagging can support organizations working together in a crisis such as Hurricane Katrina, as well as for other more traditional purposes
- 51:14 From Our Correspondent Down Under: Lee Hopkins - blogging again beats the MSM; a call to Adelaide business communicators to meet up; amusing bumper sign; Donna Papacosta now smoking the podcasting dope; inaugural IABC conference in Australia doesn’t include social media
- 58:00 Concluding the Land Rover Discovery saga - not a happy ending for customer Adrian Melrose; quality issues for Land Rover take this beyond communications
- 62:43 Apple has a quality problem with the new iPod nano - are scratches on the screen developing into a crisis of brand confidence?
- 74:22 PR Week launches RSS feeds
Outro:
- 75:36 Neville outros the show; how to give your feedback; show notes; the music
- 77:13 Shel solo on Thursday with recorded contribution from Neville
Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show:
Listeners’ comments discussion - Andrew Marritt, Jeremy Wright, b5media, Gawker, WeblogsInc, Sallie Goetsch, Google Print, The Writing Show, Barbara Quint, Authors Guild, Dan York, Marantz PMD660, iRiver, Sebastian Keil, Mike Strock, Vodafone Germany, Craig Jolley, OPML, Dave Winer’s OPML editor.
News and Features - Senseo, Adam Curry, Daily Source Code, Joseph Jaffe, Steve Rubel, Across the Sound, Philips, Douwe Egberts, Minority Report, Guinness, American Express, Hurricane Katrina, 1st Music 1st for Cutting Edge Sound, Podshow.com Relief, Charles Pizzo, FIR interview with Charles Pizzo, IABC, Steve Lubetkin, LOBP #10 interview with John Deveney, Skype, Hot Recorder, Adobe Audition for Windows, ConferenceCall.com, SkypeOut, GM FastLane podcasts, Bob Lutz podcast, BMW podcasts, Shel Israel, Naked Conversations, St John Ambulance podcasts, Global PR Blog Week 2.0, Neville’s article on podcasting, Shel’s article on podcasting, Edelman Employee Engagement, Christopher Hannegan, Reaching Employees Through Podcasting (PDF), Forrester Research’s Podcasting for Marketers, Alexandra Samuel, What is RSS?, You’re It! A blog on tagging, Technorati tags, Lee Hopkins, Bookseller of the Year post, Donna Papacosta, Heidi Miller, IABC Victoria conference, Trevor Cook, Warren Bickford, The Truth About the Land Rover Discovery, Adrian Melrose, Land Rover, Adrian’s comment on what’s next for Land Rover, Apple, iPod nano, Apple Discussions forum, FlawedMusicPlayer.com, Google News media reports, The Register article, Steve Rubel, PR Week.
Outro - Garageband.com, Beat & Path, Poor You, For Immediate Release, A Shel of My Former Self, NevOn.
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So, until Thursday September 29…
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Interview: Charles Pizzo, Katrina evacuee - September 25, 2005
In this edition of For Immediate Release podcast interviews, Shel and Neville spoke with Charles Pizzo, a 20-year veteran of communications, a top-ranked speaker and writer and a former Chairman of the Board of IABC and its Research Foundation. A native of New Orleans, Charles evacuated from that city following Hurricane Katrina and the total loss of his home and business premises. He is temporarily located in Arlington, Texas.
Our 28-minute conversation focused on Charles’ experiences from the evacuation and the challenges of communication when infrastructures including telecommunications fail - reflected in the less than optimal sound quality of our phone conversation carried out not via Skype but via a ConferenceCall.com session.
About our conversation partner:
A former chairman of the board of both IABC and its Research Foundation, Charles Pizzo is a top-rated speaker and Ragan contributor. He also serves as counsel to v-Fluence Interactive Public Relations. Pizzo has been speaking about media relations online, reputation management, and leadership, plus has written on a host of technology communication issues. He has led teleseminars for both IABC and Ragan on such topics as corporate social responsibility and cybersmearing: attacks on reputation that start online. (Bio and photo courtesy of Dallas IABC, where Charles will be a speaker at the Chapter’s Professional Development Day, Bronze Quill Awards & 35th Reunion on October 7.)
Download the conversation here (MP3, 14MB), or subscribe to the interviews RSS feed to get it and future interviews automatically. You can also subscribe to the full feed to get all FIR podcasts. (For automatic synchronization with your iPod or other digital player, you’ll also need a podcatcher such as the free iPodder, DopplerRadio or iTunes, or an RSS aggregator that supports podcasts such as FeedDemon).
Interview Segment Time Points:
- 00:21 Shel introduces the interview
- 02:41 Charles talks about his immediate experiences following evacuation from New Orleans and locating in Arlington, Texas, and what he’s left behind
- 05:51 What’s happened to Charles’ property and that of his mother
- 07:55 Writing for the Ragan Postcard blog
- 08:44 Telecommunications have collapsed, isolated from the world, records and documents lost
- 11:53 Immediately following the hurricane, text messaging was all that worked
- 12:36 No inbound cellphone service for six days
- 12:56 Surge of ‘chain email letters’ on who’s missing and who’s been found
- 13:37 Groups taking photos of damaged homes in New Orleans
- 14:14 City and government websites down because the servers are under water
- 14:38 The difficulties for Red Cross staff and volunteers
- 15:40 Four weeks on and communication channels still not coordinated
- 16:08 All overwhelming
- 16:26 Email has been effective as a communication channel
- 16:55 Continues working thanks to great help from colleagues and friends
- 19:06 Advice for planning on managing communications and related infrastructures in such a crisis; what some companies have been doing
- 23:00 Thoughts on going back to New Orleans, or not
- 24:02 The charm of New Orleans was threatened by chaos and anarchy - will people feel safe in returning? More on infrastructures
- 26:46 Didn’t expect to lose everything so left with little in the evacuation, unprepared
- 29:40 The only thing we can do is press on and rebuild - the future is what’s ahead
- 31:06 Shel with concluding comments about the interview; how you can help Charles in his search for work
- 32:04 About this podcast and where to find For Immediate Release.
Links for the individuals and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the conversation:
Charles Pizzo, IABC, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Kaye Vivian, Hurricane Rita, Ragan Postcard, Gerard Braud, American Red Cross, Ragan Communications, Dallas IABC, Shell Oil.
Podsafe intro music - On A Podcast Intrumental Mix (MP3, 5Mb) by Cruisebox.
Thursday, September 22, 2005
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #70: September 22, 2005
Content summary: Listeners’ comments discussion (more on five-assed monkeys; training employees on blogging; teaser samples for podcast subscriptions; bad e-book websites; podcasting in education; software that blocks Skype; a communication challenge update); Dan York’s report; Global PR Blog Week 2.0 update; b5media blog network; is the CEO’s finger really on the pulse at Microsoft?; copyright lawsuit against Google Print; blogging guidance from Reporters Without Borders; categorized RSS feeds from PR Newswire; appeal for PR help for Katrina relief; report from The Spinfluencer.
Show notes for September 22, 2005
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, an 83-minute conversation recorded live from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Concord, California, USA.
Download the file here (MP3, 33MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For automatic synchronization with your iPod or other digital player, you’ll also need a podcatcher such as the free iPodder, DopplerRadio or iTunes, or an RSS aggregator that supports podcasts such as FeedDemon).
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In this Edition:
Intro:
- 00:30 Neville introduces the show; what the show’s about; what’s in this edition; how to give your feedback; show notes
Listeners’ comments discussion:
- 02:36 Phil Gomes is in charge of blogs and clarifies the five-assed monkey metaphor
- 04:15 Andrew Marritt on training employees in blog use, and on a new white paper on podcasting in education
- 08:39 Lee Hopkins suggests a podcaster can offer podcast samples as a teaser for subscription-based podcasts, and on categorizing bloggers in a PR podcaster blogroll
- 11:38 Josh Hallett asks why are all e-book websites so bad?
- 12:00 Donna Papacosta with another good example of podcasting in higher education
- 12:56 Mike Strock tells us about a software tool for blocking Skype calls: arrgh! he says
- 15:25 Sebastian Keil says nice things about FIR, gives us an update on his communication challenge that we discussed in show #47 and asks about the show number in the MP3 file ID3 tag
News and Features:
- 17:08 Dan York‘s report - listening to trucks all night, the JetBlue landing gear drama, the VON tradeshow, Skype’s product roadmap, using a new Marantz and battery problems, joining with IABC Yankee Chapter’s meeting
- 31:44 Global PR blog Week 2.0 is well underway with some outstanding contributions from communicators around the world
- 36:54 The b5media blog network - the launch and prospects
- 40:32 Organization change, key employees leaving and not reading employee blogs - does Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer really have his finger on the employee pulse?
- 50:50 Google is being sued by the Authors Guild for copyright infringement - genuine concerns for protecting intellectual property rights or a Luddite reaction to the march of technology?
- 60:58 The handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents from Reporters Without Borders
- 63:33 PR Newswire offers hundreds of categorised RSS news feeds; follows other news organizations embracing new media tools, eg, Reuters news headlines podcasts and CNET daily tech podcasts
- 66:24: Hurricane Katrina public service announcement from R5 Central
- 67:52 An appeal for a PR professional to help with a Hurricane Katrina relief project
- 70:05 The Spinfluencer: Eric Schwartzman - podcast sparring at a podcast panel, using audio comments to get yourself out there
Outro:
- 75:54 Shel outros the show; how to give your feedback; show notes
- 76:45 Upcoming interview September 24 - Charles Pizzo on how communication has worked during the Hurricane Katrina evacuation from New Orleans
- 77:37 The next two shows will be solos - Neville on Monday, Shel on Thursday with audio contributions from each absent other
- 78:13 The music
Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show:
Listeners’ comments discussion - Phil Gomes, Edelman, Andrew Marritt, Lee Hopkins, Endurance Radio, Josh Hallett, Donna Papacosta, McMaster University’s School of Engineering, Mike Strock, Skype, Vonage, AT&T, Sebastian Keil.
News and Features - Dan York, Road Weary, JetBlue, VON, Stuart Henshall, Skype Journal, VOIP Watch, Marantz PMD660, Duracell, IABC Yankee Chapter, CNN, MSNBC, Niklas Zennström, Global PR Blog Week 2.0, Constantin Basturea, b5media, Jeremy Wright, Darren Rowse, Duncan Riley, Gawker, WeblogsInc, FIR August 30 interview with Jeremy Wright, Flightnest, Microsoft, Business Week cover story on Microsoft, Mini-Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, Business Week Q&A interview with Steve Ballmer, Scobleizer, Bill Gates, Authors Guild, Google Print, IABC, Communication World, BBC News, The Guardian Unlimited, Official Google Blog, Susan Wojcicki, CNET, Eric Schmidt, Reporters Without Borders, Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents, Dan Gillmor, Allan Jenkins, PR Newswire, Reuters news podcasts, CNET News Report, Talkr, Hurricane Katrina, Podshow Cares, R5 Central, American Red Cross, Pete Quiley, CJ Hayden, VolunteersForCareers.com, Hurricane Rita, Eric Schwartzman, Michael Butler, Chris McIntyre, Eric Rice, Adam Curry, Sirius Satellite Radio, ParticipatoryPR.com, PodcastCon UK.
Outro - Charles Pizzo, Podsafe Music Network, Anne Davis, Temple of Contradictions, For Immediate Release, A Shel of My Former Self, NevOn.
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Monday, September 19, 2005
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #69: September 19, 2005
Content summary: Listeners’ comments discussion (sound improvements; Dmoz.org; podcasting in higher education, and in business schools with RSS and Blackberries; lighting the blogging flame; podcasts at different bit rates); Global PR Blog Week 2.0; review of PodcastCon UK; Sun warns employee bloggers about confidentiality; Phil Gomes starts a podcast; Business Week’s podcasting efforts; viral marketing to support a charity auction; Chrysler misses the boat with media blog; from Our Correspondent Down Under.
Show notes for September 19, 2005
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 76-minute conversation recorded live from Chicago, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Download the file here (MP3, 30MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For automatic synchronization with your iPod or other digital player, you’ll also need a podcatcher such as the free iPodder, DopplerRadio or iTunes, or an RSS aggregator that supports podcasts such as FeedDemon).
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In this Edition:
Intro:
- 00:31 Shel introduces the show; what the show’s about; how to give your feedback; show notes
Listeners’ comments discussion:
- 02:16 Dan York on sound improvements and Dmoz.org
- 04:37 Bryan Person will send an MP3 next time and says universities should take advantage of podcasting
- 05:14 Dan Karleen tells us of a great resource on podcasting in higher education, agrees with the distinction between ‘podcast’ and ‘downloadable audio,’ and gives an example of what a business school is doing with podcasting, Blackberries and RSS
- 08:30 Marcel de Ruiter asks if he missed anything because of the poor sound quality of last Thursday’s show and says FIR has a lit a blogging flame for him (we comment on the sound quality and the show notes)
- 12:06 Howard Harawitz illustrates some differences in producing audio files at various bit rates and says this could help those downloading podcasts over dial-up connections
15:47 Hurricane Katrina public service announcement from the Rock and Roll Geek Show
News and Features:
- 17:15 Global PR Blog Week 2.0 has now begun - a community-driven effort to discuss public relations and business communications in the age of blogs
- 24:37 PodcastCon UK, Europe’s first conference about podcasting, took place in London on 17 September - Neville was there presenting and talks about the event
- 37:07 A public warning to employees about confidentiality of information - Sun Microsystems COO Jonathan Schwartz’ open call to Sun employee bloggers; contrasting with Apple’s approach to employee leaks, not to mention Microsoft’s employee issues as reported in this week’s Business Week
- 41:44 A new podcast from a PR blogger - Phil Gomes starts ‘Podservations.’
- 45:40 Business Week’s podcasting efforts - an example of mainstream media’s use of the medium to enhance print content
- 48:34 Susan Getgood’s viral campaign to support HP’s charity auction
- 53:57 Chrysler’s media-only blog - why create an exclusive blog when there won’t be any conversations there? three ways in which Chrysler has missed the boat
- 59:31 From our Correspondent Down Under: Lee Hopkins - the death of Australian cricket; Charles Pizzo and Gerard Braud’s blog posts about life post-Katrina; the resurgence of paper planners and why my wife wants to throw my notebook over the balcony of Schloss Hopkins; the death of digital intellectualism is not nigh; welcome to Dan York; CSS issues between Firefox and IE; research into podcasts and vblogs
Outro:
- 69:43 Neville outros the show; how to give your feedback; show notes; the music
Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show:
Intro - Stowe Boyd, Amy Gahran.
Listeners’ comments discussion - Dan York, Dmoz.org, Yahoo, Google, Bryan Person, Dan Karleen, Thomson Peterson’s, Kogod School of Business, Wall Street Journal, Marcel de Ruiter, Skype, Howard Harawitz, Thomas Goetz.
News and Features - Global PR Blog Week 2.0, Constantin Basturea, full list of authors in Global PR Blog Week 2.0 and complete programme, FIR 10 August interview with Constantin Basturea, PodcastCon UK, Paul Nicholls, Adrian Pegg, Alex Bellinger, Neil Dixon, Neville’s concise review of PodcastCon UK, General Motors, Warner Bros, IBM, Virgin Atlantic, NASA, US Air Force, Kevin Dugan’s 20 creative ideas for podcasts, Richard Vobes Radio Show, iPod, iPod nano, PodcastConUK tags: podcastconuk (Technorati) and podcastconuk (Flickr), Sun Microsystems, Jonathan Schwartz, Sun blogs, Apple, Microsoft, Business Week feature on Microsoft, Phil Gomes, Edelman, South Park, Business Week July podcast, Ira Sager, Stephen Baker, Heather Green, PhillyFeed, Susan Getgood, Hewlett-Packard, eBay, Toronto Film Festival, American Red Cross, DATA, charity auction page on eBay, Chrysler Firehouse blog, Toby Bloomberg, Lee Hopkins, Charles Pizzo, Geraud Braud, Ragan Postcard, DIY Planner, Microsoft One Note, Chris Pratley, Microsoft Office 12, Tom Simpson, Allan Jenkins, Elizabeth Albrycht, Paul Graham, Peter Chen, The Ashes, Top Style, Nick Bradbury, Robert Scoble, Microsoft PDC, Jensen Harris’ Office User Interface Blog.
Outro - Podsafe Music Network, Garageband.com, PodcastNYC, Luis Claudio, Guerreros de la Noche, For Immediate Release, A Shel of My Former Self, NevOn.
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