The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #272: September 3, 2007

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #272: September 3, 2007

Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; a weekend at PodCamp UK; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; study: Facebook in the workplace; pass the Quechup; PR case study: Circuit City and shoplifting; Sallie Goetsch reports on Lee Hopkins at the CommsCafe, Snapkast, Copyright 2.0, designing the perfect podcast player, Read/Write Web on podcasting; discussion: is audio podcasting stagnating?; listeners’ comments discussion; the music; and more.

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Show notes for September 3, 2007

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Posted by neville on 09/03 at 09:30 AM
  1. Nev, just a comment about the discussion “podcasts are stagnating”.

    Podcasts are wonderful sources of info, stories, listening pearls for those of us while driving, gardening, cooking, painting, or otherwise engaged where our minds are free-roving.  I think the big issue with Podcasts is FINDING interesting ones - topical and well-delivered. 

    Even with all the tagging features, unless you have a filter like IT Conversations, or someone recommends a suitable one, or you just luck out…you can waste so much time finding something that suits your listening pleasure.  I hear this from so many people who ask me to recommend a few Podcasts to get them going.

    Podcasts are not stagnating, the good ones are just drowning in sea cluttered with debris.

    Posted by Colby Stuart  on  09/04  at  04:52 AM
  2. Here’s a fact: Michael Righi is an arse (ass). Whether he is right to stand up for his “rights” is open to discussion, but in my opinion what makes him an arse is his misuse of the emergency services let alone what he put kids through by “playing dumb”. He didn’t play dumb - he was dumb. He should have been arrested for wasting valuable police resources.

    I wonder if he was mugged or attacked and the police came to his rescue whether he would abdicate his “rights”? I really dislike hypocritical people with double standards. You see, his profile is on Facebook yet he doesn’t seem to have a problem with Facebook’s policy of “owning” his assets and doing what they well please with them - where are his concerns (more founded I would have thought) with his “rights”?

    As far as suspicious behaviour, which from his account is unquestionable, it will always warrant a reaction. He should try behaving suspiciously in an airport and then, and only then, would he truly witness first hand an “assault” on his “rights”.

    When asked for his driver’s license, after all, perhaps the officer assumed that he was the driver and hence asked for the relevant documentation, a simple “I’m sorry I don’t have a driver’s license and I was not driving but I do have a social security number ...etc. But no, he had to further his stupidity by further proclaiming his “rights” - from his post you get the idea that at the time he was actually not completely aware of his “rights”. Let’s face it, anyone of us has the opportunity to trigger this type of behaviour - but why would we? We have better ways of being known.

    As far as Circuit City, whether or not they should react and enter the conversation, is debatable. And how would you answer his complaint without fuelling the conversation further?

    I hope that Circuit City learnt a lesson, there are more arses out there… so you should remember that the customer is always right, or as I read once, who cares if the customer is right - it’s the customer. I learnt from my experience that sometimes it’s better to let go when you are faced with this type of person. The financial loss is minimal and it’s not as if other customers will suddenly see the apparent opportunity of becoming shoplifters.

    As for the police, I hope no one died or was unable to have the necessary urgent assistance as this officer wasted his time and American Tax Payers money. Shame on all those who are, or will be, financing his ludicrous crusade. In the end there will be no winners and no point made (at least not a favourable one).

    911, as we all know, is for EMERGENCIES. As for his lack of respect for his family, enough said. There are battles worth fighting - this is definitely not one of them. He should pay his fine, apologize to the police and then do whatever he thought with Circuit City.

    As always, couldn’t let the opportunity pass without congratulating your work and effort in making us more knowledgeable and professional. Keep up the great work! Sorry for the rant…

    Posted by Nuno Lopes  on  09/19  at  09:15 AM

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