Show #237 - May 3, 2007

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Content summary

Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Digg tries to stifle community freedom, and fails; BlogPhiladelphia; Second Life community pressures Linden Lab with Project Open Letter; Katie Paine's social media measurement white paper; Dan York reports on walled gardens; listeners' comments discussion; news about next week's shows; the music; and more.

Time Codes Here!

01:03 - Open

01:30 - Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley

02:57 - the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop?

04:54 - Digg tries to stifle community freedom, and fails

09:45 - BlogPhiladelphia?

13:30 - Second Life community pressures Linden Lab with Project Open Letter

17:38 - Katie Paine's social media measurement white paper

22:15 - Dan York reports on walled gardens

33:09 - listeners' comments discussion

33:27 - Doug Haslam re: ghostblogging

37:12 – Daniel Johnson Jr via Twitter re: speaking schedule

38:19 - Chip Griffin via Twitter re: Digg and user control

39:09 – Bryan Person via Twitter re: Second Life and voice

40:00 - Clarence Jones re: Internet radio

42:50 - Max Hansen re: PR spokespeople

46:41 - Bryan Person re: MyRagan.com, social network overload, and Dan York's blog on "walled gardens."

52:16 - Francis Wooby via Twitter re: how social media affects company behavior

53:00 - Skye Lemon via Twitter re: Digg

53:25 - Kami Huyse via Twitter re: Tweets and FIR

54:04 - news about next week's shows

56:34 - the music – “Impulse” by Farewell Redemption

Contributions and Comments from these Listeners

Doug Haslam
Clarence Jones
Max Hansen
Bryan Person
Daniel Johnson Jr via Twitter
Chip Griffin via Twitter
Bryan Person via Twitter
Francis Wooby via Twitter
Skye Lemon via Twitter
Kami Huyse via Twitter

Links

http://www.podcastalley.com
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/01/digg-surrenders-to-mob/
http://hyku.com/blog/archives/001576.htm (BlogPhiladelphia)
http://www.projectopenletter.com/
http://www.instituteforpr.org/research_single/how_to_measure_social_media_relations/
http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2007/05/facebook_myspac.html
Today's music: Impulse by Farewell Redemption - http://www.myspace.com/farewellredemption

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

• Neville Hobson
• Chip Griffin
• Bryan Person