The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #224: March 19, 2007

The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #224: March 19, 2007

Content summary: The most listener-driven-content show we’ve done; Mitch Joel on the Foreword Thinking podcast; Mike Bellina rants about the future of print media; lots of listener suggestions for file sharing services to add to Dan York’s commentary; Rob Safuto tells us about the Blubrry Jam To Fight Cystic Fibrosis, the first charitable campaign from Blubrry; legislation proposed in the US by John Kerry to extend the Freedom of Information Act to bloggers; European survey identifies social software as disruptive communication innovation; 100 most prolific bloggers; Shel’s airport interview in Brazil with Mateus Furlanetto and Maria Russell; Bryan Person says talk about Twitter continues, and looks at how Forgetablogit will help a company set up a blog and also ghost-write the posts; listeners’ comments discussion; news about next Thursday’s show; the music; and more.

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Show notes for March 19, 2007

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Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 59:57-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

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So, until Thursday March 22…

Posted by neville on 03/19 at 01:12 PM

  1. I think it’s great that so many people are stepping up to contribute reports. When I suggested to Jon Hoel of the new PR Junction podcast that we really needed an Australian to replace Lee Hopkins, he protested that if he takes on anything else before his wedding, his fiancee will kill him—and added that Lee was not exaggerating about the dreadful state of broadband connections in Australia. Now we’ve got the Irish listeners sharing about lack of DSL access and the effect that has on their ability to download and listen to podcasts, particularly of the “hefty and good” variety.

    There must be something we can do. In the US and other places with good wireless coverage for cell phones, services like FoneShow might help, but listening to a podcast as a voice-mail message and using up your airtime is obviously not an ideal solution. In other places, the new high-speed EV-DO wireless might be available where cable and DSL don’t reach.

    There are also websites which help you locate places with free wireless internet, and if you have a laptop, you can go there to do your downloading.

    I’d love to hear what listeners have to suggest for ways those without broadband can get podcasts!

    Posted by Sallie Goetsch (rhymes with "sketch")  on  03/21  at  09:18 AM

  2. I want to thank you gentlemen for playing my audio contribution on this episode. And congrats on your most user generated show ever!

    On the subject of narrowband and podcasts… Real tough one. Short audio podcasts like those at PodcasterNews.com could fit the bill to a certain extent. But what about shows like FIR and video?

    I think that locals, including local businesses, need to put their foot down and lobby their municipalities and elected officials to make it happen.

    Posted by Rob Safuto  on  03/21  at  03:01 PM

  3. Hi guys. Loved the report today and the contributions made by all the guest stars. I will miss Lee and his frosty bubbling beer while he is on sabbatical. In the mean time, I really liked Bryan Person’s contribution. Part of it’s the sound of his voice, I think it fits with the tone and sprit of FIR very well. I also like how he chose to press the topic of ghost bloggers because this is a question or assumption that I’m seeing more and more as companies start to get fascinated with the potential benefits of corporate blogging. Bryan got me thinking so I’m going to go and write a post about it.

    Here’s a summary of what I’m going to say… I’ve got two main reasons which can be summed up like this. 1 Ghost writing can backfire once you want to start responding to internal and external comments. 2) Why should I waste my time with a company that that wants to do partially embrace the concept of what it means to participate in social media while there are a lot of companies out there that are wiling to put real people on the line.

    In the long run the transparency approach will produce better results with lower risk.

    Posted by Stephen Turcotte  on  03/22  at  07:26 AM

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