The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #159: July 31, 2006

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #159: July 31, 2006

Content summary: Vote for FIR in Podcast Awards 2006; listeners’ reactions to 25% variable speed FIR version; eBay invests in Meetup.com; a new voice at GM FastLane: chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner writes a post; Johnson & Johnson and blogging moms; activeCollab looks promising; JotSpot upgrade; PR Web embraces new media in press release distribution; BASF podcasts for agriculture journalists; Second Life update; co-creation podcast; Cyworld launches in the US; if all the internet’s a stage, why don’t CEOs use it? asks the New York Times; discussing Rob Safuto’s 1-Minute News items from FIR #158; listeners’ comments discussion; the music; and more.

Show notes for July 31, 2006

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

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If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at fircomments@gmail.com; or call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 (North America) or +44 20 8133 9844 (Europe); or Skype: fircomments. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.

So, until Thursday August 3…

[Update Aug 1: We’ve just replaced the MP3 file for this edition. The original version contained a couple of out-takes by mistake that, while probably make for amusing listening, aren’t really what we’d like to leave as the legacy of show #159.]

Posted by neville on 07/31 at 11:10 AM

  1. ha!  great show guys.  my favourite bit was about 14 mins from the end when we got a nice little look into the inner workings of the FIR machine!

    more out takes and rants please!

    Ed

    Posted by Ed Lee  on  07/31  at  12:40 PM

  2. Yikes! I thought I’d edited that out! Thanks for pointing it out, Ed; I’ve removed the file and replaced it with a “clean” one! Maybe we’ll do an all-outakes show one of these days, though…

    More rants? Definitely. Neville’s turn, though…

    Posted by Shel Holtz  on  07/31  at  03:35 PM

  3. No…that was the best part!  I should’ve kept my mouth shut…

    Ed

    Posted by Ed Lee  on  08/01  at  03:24 AM

  4. I would have figured it out sooner or later…

    Posted by Shel Holtz  on  08/01  at  04:35 AM

  5. I still have an “original” “uncleaned” version.
    As I am sure that many others do. Just another good example of how mistakes once published online will linger on.
    Also since itunes tends to cache podcasts, which version is it serving up?

    Posted by David Becker  on  08/01  at  04:46 AM

  6. We’ve just replaced the file with the really clean version!

    Hang on to the one you have, David. Might make some money on eBay one day :)

    Posted by Neville Hobson  on  08/01  at  06:27 AM

  7. Shel,

    First off, great Mac rant on the previous episode. Second, I too downloaded a copy of this episode with the flub left in. It was nice to get a little behind the scenes listen on how you guys deal with that stuff. Finally, if you want to share your opml file just post a link to the Yahoo Podcast Directory group over at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/podcast-directory/. I’ll take it from there.

    Cheers,

    Rob Safuto

    Posted by Rob Safuto  on  08/01  at  09:48 AM

  8. Neville and Shel,

    no No NO!

    It’s in the show notes - you have to put the original file back. Changing files stuffed the time codes! (and don’t you go edit the time codes)

    I want you to imagine you are standing in a video store. In your right hand you have a DVD of a movie you like. In your left hand is a DVD of the same movie. The right hand one comes with a star commentary, the left one does not. The right one has out-takes and extra features, the left one does not. Both has a nice easy chapter list, except the left one doesn’t work properly. They cost the same so of course you will purchase right one with the other left on the shelf.

    Put it back or the iPod get it!

    :-)

    Posted by Michael Vanderdonk  on  08/02  at  06:21 PM

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