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FIRShowNotes: Show156July20

Show #156 - July 20, 2006

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• RSS feeds and direct MP3 download links in the podcast blog entry [http://forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php/weblog/the_hobson_holtz_report_podcast_156_july_20_2006/] for this edition.
• For show notes for editions 1 through 74 of For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, please visit the podcast blog: http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz/

Content summary

Initial reactions to the speeded-up version of the show; Podshow Pro launch; a Steve Rubel fan blogs about Steve Rubel; BrainJams?; Strumpette in the Washington Post; Dan York reports; Petite Anglaise dooced in France; Wal-Mart's attempt at social networking (verdict: lame); Digg and Jason Calcanis' offer to pay bloggers; listeners' comments discussion (including topic seed for discussion next week on social media and investor relations); FIR Frappr community update; the music; and more.

Intro

2:40 Call the Comment Lines - North America: +1 206 222 2803 | Europe: +44 20 8133 9844 | Skype: fircomments

One Minute News

8:51 Podshow Pro
10:14 SteveRubelIsHot?.blogspot.com
11:27 BrainJams?
12:33 MediaOrchard? "Who is Strumpette?"

Commentary

13:49 Dan York 16:33 Catherine is 'fired for blogging'
30:40 Walmart's 'lame' social networking attempt
38:04 Digg and Jason Calcanis' offer to pay bloggers

Listener Comments Discussion

38:04 Nuno Machado Lopes emails last week about Digg
49:27 Tom Keefe gets a red face
50:40 Luke Armour on iTunes
53:32 Anton Shihoff on social media for use in investor relations
57:24 Sebastian Keil on FIR needing explicit tags in iTunes
59:37 Donna Papacosta on iRiver with iTunes
61:32 Wrap up

66:37 Podsafe Music: Backward Password Institute "If I Could"

71:21 End

Links

Finavera [http://www.finavera.com/] (re Anton Shihoff's comment)
Strumpette [http://www.strumpette.com/]

Dan York's Report

Podcamp [http://www.podcamp.com/]
New England Podcasting [http://www.comedy4cast.com/ne-podcasting.html/]
New England Podcasting blog [http://newenglandpodcasting.wordpress.com/]
Mitch Joel [http://www.twistimage.com/blog/]
American Cancer Society's Second Life Relay for Life [http://www.cancer.org/docroot/GI/content/GI_1_8_Second_Life_Relay.asp/]

Contributors to show notes for show #156 (add your name here):

• Neville Hobson
• Shel Holtz
• Michael Vanderdonk