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Thursday, June 16, 2005

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #42: June 16, 2005

Content summary: Listeners’ comments (on the ROI of intranet blogging, on vidcasting and file storage, Firefox tabs, organizing podcast thoughts, PRs who don’t focus on what’s happening online); sans-serif or serif fonts?; what if the novelty of blogging wears off?; is a corporate blog an oxymoron? Business Week integrates online and print; PR gaffes #2 and #3; PR blogosphere talk about Ketchum; vSkype and FireANT.

Show notes for June 16, 2005

Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 70-minute conversation recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Download the file here (MP3, 29.5MB), 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 software such as the FeedDemon RSS aggregator, or the free ipodder or DopplerRadio).

In this edition:

Intro:

00:29 Shel introduces the show; what’s in this edition; how to give your feedback; show notes

Discussion on listeners’ comments:

03:03 James Snell on the ROI of intranet blogging
05:05 Craig Williams on podcasting and vidcasting at May It Please the Court, and the consequences for server space
07:11 Sebastian Keil‘s solutions for multiple tabs in Firefox with bookmark folders, and organizing podcasting thoughts
10:40 Trine-Maria Kristensen with thoughts on communicators who don’t focus on what’s happening on the internet

Features:

15:02 Serif or sans-serif fonts? What’s best for reading, in print and on-screen? Dan York in particular has some clear views (and a topic-unrelated quiz); pixellation and screen resolutions; printer-friendly versions of web pages
28:02 Are blogs a fad and what happens when the novelty wears off? How blogs will become a utility
32:35 Is a corporate blog an oxymoron? asks Steve Crescenzo. Some people seem to think so…
42:26 News from Sam Whitmore about Business Week’s editorial plans for integrating online and print
45:49 PR gaffes and the consequences #2 - Wal-Mart’s Nazi metaphor: the PR director resigns
50:20 Ketchum announces a ‘new media practice.’ Do they have any credibility with this? Guess how the PR blogosphere reacted
57:02 PR gaffes and the consequences #3 - more on US government and Amnesty International report

Short Takes:

59:44 vSkype brings video conferencing to Skype
61:03 FireANT RSS video aggregator and media player releases Windows version

Outro:

61:40 Neville outros the show; how to give your feedback; show notes;
62:18 Two interviews coming up - Josh Hallett, Friday June 17; Angela Sinickas and Tudor Williams, Wed June 22; Jochen Specht, Siemens USA, Thurs June 23
62:50 Shel solves Dan York’s quiz!
63:22 Shel outros the music

Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show:

Listeners’ comments discussion - James Snell, Mike Wing, IBM, Craig Williams, May It Please the Court, Rocketboom, Sebastian Keil, Firefox, Safari, Trine-Maria Kristensen, Communication Directors Forum, Reboot 7.0.

Features - Lee Hopkins, Dan York, Microsoft ClearType, Microsoft Typography, Mosaic, Marc Andreessen, NCSA, TypePad, Mamboserver, IABC Communication World, Fredrik Wacka, Anna-Marie Cox, Steve Crescenzo, Ragan Report, Intel COO blog, Tulip Computers interview, IBM’s 3,600 internal blogs, Motorola, Siemens USA, Writing for the Wired World, Technorati, Blogpulse, Intelliseek, Sam Whitmore, B2B Media Business story re Business Week, Business Week, Fortune, Forbes, Blogspotting, Wal-Mart, Highground, Asda, Ketchum’s new media practice announcement, Niall Cook, Hill & Knowlton, Stowe Boyd, Josh Hallett, CooperKatz, Fleishman-Hillard, Steve Rubel, Amnesty International, AP, Newsweek.

Short Takes - vSkype, Skype, Skype Journal, FireANT

Outro - Pod Safe Audio, David Henderson, The Real Deal (launches player), For Immediate Release, A Shel of My Former Self, NevOn.

If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at comments@forimmediaterelease.biz, or call the Comment Line at +1 206 984 0931. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.

So, until Monday June 20…

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Monday, June 13, 2005

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #41: June 13, 2005

Content summary: Listeners’ comments (on the linear nature of podcasts, RBLs, organizing thoughts about podcasts); guidelines for employee blogging; the Communication Directors Forum; communication measurement; what if the novelty of blogging wears off?; blogging and engagement; sans-serif or serif fonts?; rebuilding trust; blogs for tourism; the Ragan Corporate Communicators Conference; IABC International Conference; Global PR Blog Week 2.0.

Show notes for June 13, 2005

Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 65-minute conversation recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Download the file here (MP3, 27.5MB), 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 software such as the FeedDemon RSS aggregator, or the free ipodder or DopplerRadio).

In this edition:

Intro:

00:31 Neville introduces the show; what’s in this edition; how to give your feedback; show notes

Discussion on listeners’ comments:

01:52 Dan York on blogs vs. the linear nature of podcasts; RBLs and email spam; CEOs and blogging on the intranet
08:05 Robert Banghart on quality communications and organizing thoughts when listening to podcasts, and starting a blog and podcast. On organizing thoughts about podcasts, what do our listeners do?

Features:

12:28 Guidelines for employee blogging - Yahoo’s example and Jeremy Zawodny’s informal explanation
16:56 Neville’s comments on the Communication Directors Forum 3-day conference at sea last week - on photos, the cruise ship, the workshop, awareness about blogs, epiphanies and lightbulbs, no laptops, communicating with conference delegates
28:40 Communication measurement - new research from the Henley Management College and the CIPR; looking at communication as a management task; defining four different ways to measure communication
31:40 From Our Correspondent Down Under: Lee Hopkins - what if the novelty of blogging wears off? blogging and engagement; pet peeve: correspondence in sans-serif, not serif; rebuilding trust in business organizations [>> Do you have opinions on these topics? Let us know for discussion on Thursday’s show.]
41:40 Blogs as a tourism promotion tool - the example from Pennsylvania with Roadtrippers’ Blogs
46:22 The Ragan Corporate Communicators Conference last week - Charles Pizzo’s blogging blitz; the IABC International Conference next week - Warren Bickford’s blogging posse; back to Ragan - the Wonkette interview

Short Take:

57:34 Global PR Blog Week 2.0 - now taking place late September

Outro:

58:24 Shel outros the show; how to give your feedback; show notes; Neville outros the music

Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show:

Listeners’ comments discussion - Dan York, Podscope, IAOC, Siemens USA, Robert Banghart, Scoble’s link blog, Outlook, Gnomedex 5.

Features - Yahoo, Jeremy Zawodny, Yahoo’s employee blogging guidelines (PDF), Russell Beattie, Jeff Boulter, JR Conlin, IBM’s employee blogging guidelines (PDF), The New PR Wiki Blogging Guidelines Index, Hill & Knowlton’s employee blogging guidelines, Constantin Basturea, Communication Directors Forum, P&O Oriana, Richmond Events, conference photos on Flickr, Business Week cover story on blogs, Blackberry, PRCA, PR Week, Chris Genasi, CIPR, Jon White, Henley Management College, Dominic Cheetham, Serco, Angela Sinickas, Tudor Wlliams, Lee Hopkins, IABC Cafe, Technorati, Google, Kevin Connolly’s research on legibility, Conference Board of Canada, Kevin Dugan, VisitPA.com, RoadTrippers Blogs, Ragan Corporate Communicators Conference, Caesars Palace, Ragan Postcard, Charles Pizzo, IABC, IABC International Conference, Warren Bickford, Technorati tags, Wonkette, Shel’s post about the Wonkette interview, GM FastLane Blog, Lee Lefever’s Common Craft, Gawker Media.

Short Take - Global PR Blog Week 2.0.

Outro - Garageband.com, Beat & Path, Poor You, For Immediate Release, A Shel of My Former Self, NevOn.

So, until Thursday June 16…

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Wednesday, June 08, 2005

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #40: June 9, 2005

Content summary: Introducing our co-host, Sam Whitmore; Listeners’ comments (on a new iPod-focused wiki and the work involved in creating audio comments); consequences of the isolation of print publications from their online staffs; Neville’s introductory comments from London, including a discussion about an airline survey; the hard-dollar return from online sales and its potential to reduce spending on product PR; the concept of media training for journalists so they can hold their own with media-trained executives; Neville’s experience at the London Geek Dinner; Neville’s presentation on the Communication Director’s Forum cruise; Sam’s podcast, Closet Deadhead.

Show notes for June 9, 2005

Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 70-minute conversation recorded live from Boston, Massacusetts and Concord, California, with input from London, UK and an audio comment from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Download the file here (MP3, 20.0MB), 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 software such as the FeedDemon RSS aggregator, or the free ipodder or DopplerRadio).

In this edition:

Intro:

00:30 Shel introduces the show; Neville‘s travelling; how to give your feedback; show notes

Introducing our guest co-host

02:15 Sam Whitmore runs Sam Whitmore’s MediaSurvey.com and writes the media column for Forbes.com

Discussion on listeners’ comments:

04:40 Dan York on WikiPod and on the effort required to record a good audio comment.

Features:

11:14 The wall that exists between the print and online editorial staffs at key business publications and the implications remaining in these silos
19:00 Neville comments on his travels to London, including a look at a survey his airline asked him to take and thoughts about how this research could be enhanced with interactive components
29:25 Sam’s comments on the airline survey and what might drive some of the questions
32:00 Online sales efforts are producing better and better results that are quantifiable directly to the bottom line. Could this result in a reallocation of budget dollars currently set aside for product PR?
38:53 Reporters often aren’t able to hold their own against media-trained executives they are interviewing. Providing media training to reporters should be an obligation of the organizations that employ them so the journalism is better, Sam maintains. The result would also be beneficial for the organizations whose executives are being interviewed.
46:21 Neville on the London Geek Dinner
1:00:23 Neville on his presentation to the Communication Directors Forum

Outro:

1:04:14 Wrap-up, with Shel and Sam discussing Sam’s podcast, Closet Deadhead
1:07.25 Music, Jarmo Lundgren, “The Trashman Theme”

Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show:

Listeners’ comments discussion - WikiPod iPodLinux, Dan York.

Features - Sam Whitmore’s Media Survey, eWeek, Forbes, Dan York, WikiPod, Fortune, BusinessWeek, Road Weary (Shel’s new blog), British Airways, Shift Communications, LeadSensor, Charles Fombrun (now with the University of Lugano in Switzerland), Reputation Quotient, InfoWeek, Mike Lowry, Bob Scoble, Hugh MacLeod, London Geek Dinner, Texas Embassy Cantina, Microsoft, The Economist interview with Bob Scoble (registration required), CNet, London Underground, Stuart Bruce, Richard Byrom, OracleAppsBlog, Andy Smith, Sig Rinde, Alex Bellinger, Doppler Radio, Erwin van Hunen, Cindy De Smet, iPodder, Apple iTunes, David Tepping, Stewart Henshall, Skype Journal, Virtual Audio Cables, Skype, Janus Friis, Skype Video plugin, Lloyd Davis, Reboot, David Tebbutt, P&O Cruise Line, Communication Directors Forum, Stuart Smith, Edelman UK, Cliff Atkinson, Beyond Bullet Points, EPIC 2005 Update Scenario.

Outro - The Trashman Theme (MP3 download), Jarmo Lundgren, For Immediate Release, A Shel of My Former Self, NevOn.

So, until Monday, June 13…

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Monday, June 06, 2005

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #39: June 6, 2005

Content summary: Listeners’ comments (on staring a podcast; Boeing’s blogging guidelines; full-time vs. part-time blogging; broken headsets; PR advice for the US government); keeping political commentary away; what’s next for Europe?; Lee’s 4 learnings; finding out who listens; podcasting growth and Apple’s lead; new books on podcasting; guest co-presenter for the next show; some of today’s RSS headlines.

Show notes for June 6, 2005

Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 65-minute conversation recorded live from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and almost live from Concord, California, USA.

Download the file here (MP3, 26.5MB), 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 software such as the FeedDemon RSS aggregator, or the free ipodder or DopplerRadio).

In this edition:

Intro:

00:29 Neville introduces the show; Shel‘s travelling so just Neville live today; what’s in this edition; how to give your feedback; show notes

Discussion on listeners’ comments:

03:27 Chris Ritke at 49Media starts a podcast; Adam Phillabaum says yes, Boeing does have blogging guidelines; Heather Hamilton on the differences between whole-job and part-time bloggers; Lee Hopkins on broken headsets
07:51 Scott Solomon on Amnesty International and the US government’s PR problem, and some advice for Karen Hughes; Shel’s commentary on audio copyrights, keeping political and activist comments out of FIR and the blogs, staying on track with PR-related comments, the anonymous blog commenter; Neville’s $0.02 worth on axe-grinding and comment moderation

Features:

24:52 What’s next for Europe after voters in France and The Netherlands reject the proposed EU Constitution? EC Communications Commissioner Margot Wallstrom also wants to know
30:50 From Our Correspondent Down Under: Lee Hopkins - Lee’s 4 learnings: about the decision-maker, being prepared to have your views challenged, delivering easy wins to build credibility, know your own credibility before you start; on hiring bloggers and how blogs indicate you own abilities to communicate ideas
38:00 Knowing your podcast listeners and how do you measure them. How about a survey?
40:15 The drivers for podcasting growth and how Apple will change everything about podcasting - Rex Hammock has the analysis; two new books on how to do podcasting - Todd Cochran‘s is first out the door; Hugh McLeod‘s first podcast

Short Takes:

51:07 Sam Whitmore to co-present Thursday’s show with Shel as Neville’s on a cruise, business-wise
57:32 What’s in the RSS reader today - scanning for some good headlines; tips and tricks for catching a reader’s attention

Outro:

61:56 Neville outros the show; how to give your feedback; show notes; Shel’s outro music

Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show:

Listeners’ comments discussion - Chris Ritke, 49Media, Adam Phillabaum, Boeing, Heather Hamilton, Microsoft, Wall Street Journal, Lee Hopkins, Scott Solomon, Amnesty International, Karen Hughes, Rush Limbaugh, Newsweek, ABC News, Nutrasweet, Betty Martini, Jeremy Wright, Six Apart, TypePad, TypeKey.

Features - Stuart Mudie, James Burke, Open Democracy article, EC Communications Commissioner Margot Wallstrom, Lee Hopkins, Stephen Davies, Survey Monkey, Apple, iTunes, iPodder, DopplerRadio, Rex Hammock, Howard Stern, Sirius Satellite Radio, Adam Curry, Todd Cochran, Podcasting: Do It Yourself Guide, Amazon, Wiley, Podcasting for Dummies, Hugh McLeod, Les Blogs, Cluetrain, Hughtrain, Nicole Simon, Reboot 7.0.

Short Takes - Sam Whitmore, Richmond Events, P&O, Oriana, The Communication Directors Forum, Robert Scoble, London geek dinner, Texas Embassy, FeedDemon, Headlines from PR weblogs, What lies ahead for PR, Small is the new big, We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto, Time for next-generation RSS readers, Blog comments sap search morale, Warren Bickford asks for insight on the top 5 communication trends, Subscription paid RSS feeds, Coming soon to a theater near you - Blogumentary.

Outro - Take Me Away (MP3 download), Plain White Ts, For Immediate Release, A Shel of My Former Self, NevOn.

So, until Thursday June 9…

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Thursday, June 02, 2005

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #38: June 2, 2005

Content summary: Listeners’ comments (on how to track podcast listeners); fighting email spam - an open source PR project; US government PR gaffe; blogging as a corporate job; more podcasting developments; Boeing’s test pilots’ blog; stealing RSS content.

Show notes for June 2, 2005

Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 66-minute conversation recorded live from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Washington, DC, USA.

In this edition:

Intro:

00:29 Neville introduces the show; what’s in this edition; how to give your feedback; show notes

Discussion on listeners’ comments:

02:02 Robin Capper on tracking podcast listeners - how do we do it? Some comments on download stats; it’s becoming more important for podcasters to know how people get a show and who listens to it

Features:

05:22 Domain blacklisting and email spam - the conversation evolves into how PR can create a broad awareness within the business community of what volunteer groups do in the war on spam; a candidate for an open source PR project
17:24 A PR failure by the US government - rehabilitating the US image abroad already hits hurdles
26:15 WSJ: Blogging becomes a corporate job - the ability to express oneself and writing skills are key, not so much blogging skills

Short Takes:

38:44 More podcasting developments - 5 reasons why podcasting matters to business; giving iPods to the sales force; how the pros will use podcasting to make content time-shaft available
46:32 Boeing 777 blog - the test pilots start a conversation; the personal touch and motivating an employee; policies and guidelines
53:50 ‘Theft’ of content from RSS feeds - how do you protect your rights in your RSS feed?

Outro:

60:19 Shel outros the show; how to give your feedback; show notes
61:11 Neville intros the music and the band; outro music

Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show:

Listeners’ comments discussion - Robin Capper, LibSyn, SWAG, Behind The Scenes.

Features - Shel’s post on email blacklisting, RBL, IAOC, Steve Rubel, Constantin Basturea, The New PR Wiki, Chris Santerre, Jeff Chan, Dave Sifry, Technorati, Intelliseek, Edelman, TrustMEdia report (PDF), President Bush, Karen Hughes, 9/11, ‘public diplomacy’ definition, Amnesty International, Vice President Cheney, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, Nutrasweet, Newsweek, EU constitution, Wall Street Journal story on corporate blogging, Heather Hamilton, Microsoft, eMarketer, Monster.com, AP, Dale & Thomas Popcorn, Ziff Davis Media, TheLadders.com, Flycell, Kevin Dugan, Fast Company Now, Elisa Camahort, Stonyfield Farm, The Tinbasher Blog, GM FastLane Blog.

Short Takes - ITWorld.com, Lee Hopkins, Dan York, Blogspotting, Paradyne, Rocketboom, Nokia, TV Guide, Michael Gartenberg, Brian Oberkirch, Apple, iTunes, Boeing, Flight Test Journal, Randy’s Journal, Financial Times, Road Weary, Suzanna Darcy-Hennermann, Adam Phillabaum, Sun, Allan Jenkins, ionRSS, PR Web, Don Crowther, Creative Commons, Expression Engine, TypePad, FeedBurner, NewsGator, Web Pro News.

Outro - PodcastNYC, Garageband.com, PodcastNYC terms of use, Dfactor, Dfactor blog, Ashley’s Lament, For Immediate Release, A Shel of My Former Self, NevOn.

So, until Monday June 6…

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Monday, May 30, 2005

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #37: May 30, 2005

Content summary: Listeners’ comments (on podcast vertigo and rich media search; full-content RSS feeds are the way to go; garbled ID3 tags); getting on an email blacklist - and getting off it; more Naked Conversations; tips on presentations; Flash-based RSS aggregator; good and bad business podcast listening; Flash-based media players and MP3 files; Desert Island Discs; the challenges of communicating the EU Constitution.

Show notes for May 30, 2005

Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 73-minute conversation recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Download the file here (MP3, 29.2MB), 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 software such as the FeedDemon RSS aggregator, or the free ipodder or DopplerRadio).

In this edition:

Intro:

00:28 Shel introduces the show; what this show’s about; how to give your feedback; show notes

Discussion on listeners’ comments:

02:09 Scott Solomon on podcast vertigo and developments in rich media search
05:26 Mike Strock likes full-content RSS feeds, not extracts, which enable you to read everyting when you’re offline
10:10 Stuart Bruce has some problems with garbled characters in the MP3 file on his Tungsten T5 - is it the ID3 tags?

Features:

15:10 Email blacklisting and whitelisting - what do you do when your domain gets on an anti-spam blacklist? It just happened to us.
26:43 New blog book chapters on Naked Conversations; how Trevor Cook’s savaging of the chapter on PR resulted in content changes; Trevor’s 500 words to redress the balance; how online content critiques help the book’s credibility
34:52 From Our Correspondent Down Under: Lee Hopkins - tips on presentations; update on Media Tuner Flash-based RSS aggregator and receiving podcasts; business podcasts: what makes good listening and what doesn’t; Flash-based media players and creating MP3 files that work
42:47 Shel’s and Neville’s Desert Island Discs

Short Take:

60:25 European Union Constitution - the French vote ‘no’; the challenges of communicating a mammoth and complex topic

Outro:

67:42 Neville outros the show; how to give your feedback; show notes
68:52 Shel intros the music and the band; outro music

Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show:

Intro - PR Week, Neville’s interview in PR Week.

Listeners’ comments discussion - Scott Solomon, Chad Dickerson, Open Text, Google, Podscope, Copernic, Blinkx, Mike Strock, FeedDemon, Stuart Bruce, Dan York, Tungsten T5, iPod, iPodder, Pocket Tunes, Windows Media Player, London geek dinner, Robert Scoble, Hugh McLeod, ID3 tags, Stuart Bruce: Why blogs are an essential part of the democratic process.

Features - Steve O’Keefe, IAOC, surbl.org, blackhole list definition, Outblaze, Don Dunnington, Spam Soap, Cloudmark Safetybar, Naked Conversations, Robert Scoble, Shel Israel, Chapter 12, Chapter 2, Chapter 7, Trevor Cook, Trevor rebuts the PR chapter, Wiley, O’Reilly, We The Media, Michael Hyatt, Thomas Nelson Publishers, Lee Hopkins, Seth Godin, Beyond Bullet Points, Media Tuner, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Pan-Galactic Gargleblaster, Big Contact, PodcastNYC, Audacity, LAME MP3 encoder, Jeroen Wijering, example playlist of FIR shows in a Flash MP3 player, Wimpy Player, Geek News Central.

Desert Island Discs Special - Music: I Want You (Beatles), Crystal Frontier (Calexico), Lonesome Fiddle Blues (String Cheese Incident), You’re So Vain (Carly Simon), Chocdust Torture (Phish), Without You (Harry Nilsson), Gypsy Fire (Hot Tuna), Feelin’ Good (Nina Simone / Joe Claussell Remix), Beethoven 9th Symphony 2nd Movement (Berlin Philharmonic), Get Over It (Eagles), Tangled Up In Blue (Bob Dylan), Rudy (Supertramp), The Roadhouse Blues (The Doors), It’s a Sin (Pet Shop Boys), Dark Star (The Grateful Dead from 1969 Live Dead EP), Calling All Stations (Genesis). Books: Altered Carbon (Richard Morgan), One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez). Luxury Gadgets: Barcalounger, solar-powered music player powering an ever-lasting battery with dual-listening headphones plus great speakers. [Most items should be available for purchase from your nearest Amazon. Except the luxury gadgets. Probably.]

Short Take - European Union Constitution, French ‘no’ vote, Dutch vote on June 1, Dutch Referendum Commission, EC Communications Commissioner Margot Wallstrom.

Outro - Daily Source Code, Podsafeaudio.com, RIAA, Laundr-O-mat (launches player), Samantha Murphy, For Immediate Release, A Shel of My Former Self, NevOn.

So, until Thursday June 2…

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Thursday, May 26, 2005

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #36: May 26, 2005

Content summary: Listeners’ comments (on Autodesk’s blog and podcast combo; which non-tech companies use blogs; how to structure Desert Island Discs); podcasting in the news: going mainstream; Blogebrity and reality or not; looking for writers via blog posts; the virtues of print; RSS comes to Microsoft’s Knowledge base; the London geek mega-dinner next month.

Show notes for May 26, 2005

Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 55-minute conversation recorded live from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and San Antonio, Texas, USA.

Download the file here (MP3, 22MB), 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 software such as the FeedDemon RSS aggregator, or the free ipodder or DopplerRadio).

In this edition:

Intro:

00:29 Neville introduces the show; Shel’s hotel coffee desire; how to give your feedback; show notes

Discussion on listeners’ comments:

02:19 Robin Capper on the first corporate CAD software blog/podcast combination
04:48 Dan York asks about the top 5 non-tech companies who use blogs, wikis, etc; an overview of some resources with information
10:07 Lee Hopkins with advice on structuring our Desert Island Discs show (coming on Monday)

Feature:

12:02 Podcasting in the news again - Chad Dickerson’s podcast vertigo; the value of comprehensive show notes; a podcast as a conversation developer; intranets for delivering podcasts internally; audio as an aid to comprehension and retention; mainstream media take up of podcasting; music is the big growth driver; tech developments, hardware and software

Short Takes:

37:10 See who’s on the A, B and C lists in Blogebrity magazine. But is it real or fake?
39:39 “Writers wanted!” blog posts - how the search is going
42:15 Reminding us of the virtues of print - the US Print Council’s traditional campaign
44:30 Microsoft’s Knowledge Base content now available via RSS feeds
48:38 London geek dinner on June 7 - 154 signed up so far!

Outro:

49:37 Shel outros the show; Getting today’s show online and doing the show notes - timings; how to give your feedback
50:40 Neville intros the music and the band; outro music

Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show:

Listeners’ comments discussion - Robin Capper, Autodesk’s Realize Your Ideas Tour blog, Dan York, IBM bloggers, Microsoft bloggers, General Motors executive blog, The New PR Wiki, CEO Blogs List, CorporateBlogging.Info, CEO Intranet List, Intel, Disney podcasts, Ragan Communications, The Tinbasher Blog, Kodak, Lee Hopkins, Desert Island Discs, iPod.

Feature - Chad Dickerson’s podcast vertigo, InfoWorld, Technorati, PubSub, Podscope, Darren Barefoot, Potkast, Google, Dave Winer, Doc Searls, Raytheon, Jonathan Marks, Apple, iTunes, Winamp, Winamp iPod plugin, BBC, Newsweek, NPR, ABC, NBC, The Observer blog, Business Week Online, Adam Curry, Adam Curry’s Podcast Show on Sirius Satellite Radio; KYOU Radio, Kazaa, RIAA, Garageband, Propaganda, Mixcast Live, Boku, Skype, Constantin Basturea, FeedBurner.

Short Takes - Steve Rubel, Blogebrity, People, National Enquirer, Contagious Media Showdown, Crying While Eating, seeking freelance writers: Neville’s post and Fredrik’s post, IABC Memberspeak, IABC Job Bank, US Print Council, Pressbox, Microsoft, Microsoft PressPass, Nooked Directory, London geek dinner, Robert Scoble, Hugh McLeod, Stuart Henshall, Bill Campbell.

Outro - Daily Source Code, Chance, Garageband.com, Say What You Will, For Immediate Release, A Shel of My Former Self, NevOn.

So, until Monday May 30…

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