Show #244 - May 28, 2007

<< Show245May31 | FIRShowNotes.HomePage | Show243May24 >>

• RSS feeds and direct MP3 download links in the podcast blog entry for this edition (link coming).
• 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/

Call the Comment Lines - North America: +1 206 222 2803 | Europe: +44 20 8133 9844 | Skype: fircomments
Twitter: http://twitter.com/FIR | Jaiku: http://fir.jaiku.com/

Content summary

Shel's travel hell week; will John Wall do anything for our 250th?; The Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Lee Hopkins reports: talk about Second Life; Reuters CEO starts blogging; Vocus' huge blogger relations mistake; McDonald's petitions for change of dictionary definition of McJob; Sun Microsystems and the ambient conversation; Facebook opens up for third party widgets; UK survey: 40 percent of bloggers post damaging information; David Phillips reports on user generated markets; listeners' comments discussion; the music; and more.

Time Codes Here!

Thanks, volunteers...

Contributions and Comments from these Listeners

Lee Hopkins
Chip Griffin
Angelo Fernando
Sallie Goetsch
Allan Jenkins

Links

http://tomglocer.com/ (Reuters CEO)
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070523/154204.shtml (Vocus)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6683365.stm (McDonald?'s petition)
http://www.changethedefinition.com/ (petition site)
http://www.socialcustomer.com/2007/05/sun_microsystem.html
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/cea9b736-0ade-11dc-8412-000b5df10621,_i_rssPage=fce0dcea-3017-11da-ba9f-00000e2511c8.html (Facebook and widgets)
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070525-loose-lips-cause-pink-slips-40-of-bloggers-post-damaging-info-about-jobs.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/6686619.stm (university students)
Today's music: Going Back to Memphis by Mean Gene Kelton & The Die-Hards - http://www.genekelton.com/

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

• Neville Hobson