Show #288 - October 29, 2007

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Content summary

Shel explains the Philly Cheesesteak; Neville reports on today's 3 Skypephone launch; upcoming FIR Interview podcasts; discussion: the future of consumer-generated content; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Lee Hopkins reports on stifling problem-solving through denial of oxygen, and more; the consequences of last week's FEMA fake news conference; Towers Perrin study finds 'engagement gap' among global workforce; Sallie Goetsch reports on Seagate and blogger engagement, and more; listeners' comments discussion; music from RAQ; and more.

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Contributions and Comments from these Listeners

Lee Hopkins
Nathan Schock
Sallie Goetsch
Dan York

Links

http://www.3skypephone.com/
http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=211113
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/allfeatures/3skypephone/
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2007/tc20071021_403467.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_technology
http://www.leehopkins.net
http://www.abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/Story?id=3782176&page=1
http://www.commonsensepr.com/2007/10/27/impaired-crisis-communications-fema-on-california-fires/
http://www.bloggersblog.com/cgi-bin/bloggersblog.pl?bblog=1028072
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/29/fema.newser/
http://blog.fastcompany.com/archives/2007/10/26/technology_fireblogging.html
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/towers-perrin-study-finds-significant/story.aspx?guid=F07C6199-6CA6-4FE3-BF53-1B5F4E005D0D&dist=SecMostMailed
Backup Blog/Seagate story: http://fileslinger.com/blog/2007/10/drowning-in-drives-fileslingertm-backup.html
New Media Expo: http://www.newmediaexpo.com/
Photos: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=newmediaexpo2007%2C+stefan&m=tags
IBC: http://www.ibc.org/
http://www.podcastasylum.com/
Today's music: Down Low by RAQ - http://www.raqmusic.com/

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

• Neville Hobson
• Sallie Goetsch (rhymes with "sketch")