Show #519 - January 21, 2010

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Content summary

Congrats to Jeremy Wright who's joined Thornley Fallis in Toronto; FIR Live on Saturday: Valeria Maltoni joins the panel; Scott and White FIR Interview on Friday; FIR Interview with a special guest coming on Monday; Dan York reports from ITExpo in Miami on Facebook, curation, Google Docs, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, which prompts a discussion on pay-for-access to mainstream media sites such as the New York Times online and its similarity to the Financial Times' free/pay model: is that the route to success?; FIR iPhone app coming soon; News That Fits: UK local government blocks Facebook and Twitter in 90% of cases a survey says, Forrester adds "conversationalists" to technographic ladder, open data site launched in UK by inventor of the world wide web, is content curation the next big social media job?; listener comments' discussion; music (recommended by Kristen Sukalac) from Gayle Cloud; and more.

Time Codes Here!

Thanks, volunteers...

• [0:00] Introductory message
• [1:20] Opening comments by Shel and Neville
• [6:30] Message from Ragan Communications
• [7:30] Dan York's technology report: Twitter is down (again) Facebook rolled out a "re-tweet" feature; mention of the topic of curation; Google Docs; live streaming; Voxeo's acquisition of ClackPoint?
• [13:25] Neville's and Shel's comments on Dan's report
• [14:00] Custom Scoop's message - pay-to-read news
• [15:00] Neville's and Shel's comments on complexities surrounding pay-to-read news
• [24:35] News that Fits (intro)
  • [25:10] Work places blocking access to social sites - an article related to UK local government
  • [32:40] Forrester adds "conversationalists" to technographic ladder
  • [37:45] open data site launched in UK by inventor of the world wide web
  • [44:00] is content curation the next big social media job?
• [49:45] Listeners' comments
  • Kristen Sukalac - related to licensing fees for the use of links
  • [52:45] Simon Young commented on "ROI of putting your pants on," and app stores
• [57:15] Closing Message
• [58:50] Music by Gail Cloud: Caffeine High
• [1:03.44] End

Contributions and Comments from these Listeners

Dan York
Kristen Sukalac
Simon Young

Links

http://www.ensight.org/2010/01/18/back-into-the-game/
http://davefleet.com/2010/01/jeremy-wright-joins-thornley-fallis76design/
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/fir
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/business/media/21times.html
http://www.emarketer.com/blog/index.php/york-times-paywall-era-paid-content/
http://news.techworld.com/sme/3210612/local-councils-block-facebook-and-twitter/?olo=rss http://blogs.forrester.com/groundswell/2010/01/conversationalists-get-onto-the-ladder.html
http://www.bizreport.com/2010/01/conversationalists_make_it_onto_forresters_social_ladder.html
http://www.pr-squared.com/index.php/2010/01/welcome-conversationalists
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8470797.stm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/7041604/Web-founder-helps-government-launch-official-data-website.html
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/uk_launches_open_data_site_puts_datagov_to_shame.php
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/jan/07/government-data-world
http://www.masternewmedia.org/content-curation-why-is-the-content-curator-the-key-emerging-online-editorial-role-of-the-future/
Today's music: Caffeine High by Gayle Cloud. http://www.gaylecloud.com/music

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

• Neville Hobson
• Debi Davis