Show #531 - March 4, 2010

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Content summary

FIR makes two podcast "best of" lists and hits the #1 business spot at Podcast Alley; FIR Interview with Tod Maffin posted; the FIR iPhone app and AT&T's network; FIR iPhone/Android app reviews by Eric Schwartzman, Dan York and Lee Hopkins; the FIR website widget is going to vanish; Mark Story's "win a trip to London" contest and the small print; Dan York reports on the FIR iPhone app, Google Stars, PubSubHubbub, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: is an attention crash really coming?, Israeli military 'unfriends' soldier after Facebook leak, O'DwyerGate; 50% discount for FIR listeners at Simply Summit in April; Kris Gallagher explains Web 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0; news about next week's shows; music from Manafest; and more.

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TIME CODES

• 0:00 - Opening messages
• 1:20 - Opening comments from Shel and Neville:
  • FIR makes two podcast "best of" lists and hits the #1 business spot at Podcast Alley;
  • FIR Interview with Tod Maffin posted;
  • the FIR iPhone app and AT&T’s network;
  • FIR iPhone/Android app reviews by Eric Schwartzman, Dan York and Lee Hopkins;
  • the FIR website widget is going to vanish;
  • Mark Story’s "win a trip to London" contest and the small print;
• 10:40 - Message from Ragan Communications
• Dan York reports on the FIR iPhone app, Google Stars, PubSubHubbub?, and more;
• 18:10 - Neville and Shel's comments on Dan's report
• 20:25 - the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop?;
• 21:25 - News That Fits:
  • is an attention crash really coming?
  • 36:10 - Israeli military ‘unfriends’ soldier after Facebook leak
  • 45:05 - O’DwyerGate? - O'Dwyer's decision to charge PR agencies who want to be included in the published list of rankings
  • 54:40 - 50% discount for FIR listeners at Simply Summit in April
• Listeners' Comments - Kris Gallagher explains Web 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0
• 55:55 - Neville's brief response to Kris' comment
• 1:01:00 - Closing comments: news about next week’s show
• 1:03:20 - Music from Manafest: Fire in the Kitchen
• 1:06:20 - End

Contributions and Comments from these Listeners

Dan York
Kris Gallagher

Links

http://www.smbtrendwire.com/2010/03/01/100-best-small-business-podcasts-2010/
http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/2010/03/16-top-podcasts-social-media-marketing-and-more/
http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php?/weblog/comments/fir_interview_tod_maffin_on_case_studies_online/
http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php?/weblog/comments/announcing_fir_for_iphone_and_android/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acEkFh-2pys
http://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2010/03/fir-podcast-hits-the-iphone-and-android-as-an-app.html
http://www.leehopkins.net/2010/03/02/the-best-podcast-for-business-communicators-is-now-an-iphone-and-android-app/
http://mashable.com/2010/03/03/wordpress-pubsubhubbub/
http://www.slate.com/id/2244198/pagenum/all/
http://zerosummind.com/2010/02/19/the-myth-of-information-overload/
http://web2expo.blip.tv/file/1277460/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8549099.stm
http://blogs.waggeneredstrom.com/panorama/2010/03/01/our-ears-are-burning/
http://www.odwyerpr.com/blog/index.php?/archives/820-ODwyer-Quest-for-Called-Highly-Unethical.html
http://themediamind.blogspot.com/2010/03/jack-odwyer-vs-pr-firms.html
http://www.simply-summit.com/
Today's music: Fire in The Kitchen by Manafest. http://www.myspace.com/manafestca

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

• Neville Hobson.
• Debi Davis