Show #554 - July 5, 2010

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Content summary

It's the first show of the month: please vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; new Speakers & Speeches and FIR Interview podcasts posted, more coming; introducing our new sponsor: Pollstream; listener comments and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up; 5 minutes on... Ann Taylor listens to its customers, Microsoft invention lets you insert batteries in any direction, Best Buy trying to fire employee over video, UK product placement TV programmes will carry audio and visual alerts says regulator, signs of social media; News That Fits: new research from Pew suggests the future of online socializing, the Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop, farmers fight back using social networking tools, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on India's demographic dividend and Twitter's ascension in Japan, the Financial Times launches digital press cuttings service, if you're too busy to blog try counting your keystrokes; music from Jupiter One; and more.

Time Codes Here!

Thanks, volunteers...

• Intro and opening comments:
  • 0:43 - Trying out new introduction music, by Clarence Jones, a long-time listener
  • 1:40 - It's the first show of the month: please vote for FIR at Podcast Alley
  • 2:35 - New Speakers & Speeches and FIR Interview podcasts posted, more coming
  • 5:00 - Introducing our new sponsor: Pollstream
• 6:30 - Listener Comments and FIR Friendfeed Room round-up
• 11:53 - Message from Ragan Communications
• 5 minutes on...
  • 13:00 - Ann Taylor listens to its customers
  • 15:00 - Microsoft invention lets you insert batteries in any direction
  • 17:00 - Best Buy trying to fire employee over video
  • 21:55 - UK product placement TV programmes will carry audio and visual alerts says regulator
  • 25:10 - Signs of social media - a Flickr group created by Kevin Dugan; upload your photos of merchants advertising their social media presence.
• 26:55 - News That Fits (intro)
  • 27:30 - New research from Pew suggests the future of online socializing
• 34:00 - The Media Monitoring Minute, message from sponsor, CustomScoop?
• 35:00 - Farmers fight back using social networking tools
• 39:56 - Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on India's demographic dividend and Twitter's ascension in Japan,
• 45:45 - Shel's and Neville's comments on Michael's report
• 47:18 - Message from Pollstream
• 48:48 - The Financial Times launches digital press cuttings service
• 54:40 - if you're too busy to blog try counting your keystrokes
• 59:30 - Closing comments
• 1:01:10 - Music from Jupiter One: Countdown

Contributions and Comments from these Listeners

Mike Proulx
Dan York
Michael Netzley
Friendfeed FIR Room

Links

http://www.podcastalley.com/
http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php?/weblog/comments/fir_interview_caroline_kealey_on_results_map/
http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php?/weblog/comments/fir_speakers_and_speeches_rob_shimmin_at_dell_b2b_social_media_huddle/
http://pollstream.com/fir/
http://www.hhcc.com/blog/?p=2980
http://friendfeed.com/fir
http://mashable.com/2010/06/18/ann-taylor-facebook/
http://mashable.com/2010/07/02/microsoft-instaload/
http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/01/best-buy-iphone-4-evo-4g/
http://www.bby.com/2010/01/20/best-buy-social-media-guidelines/
http://twitter.com/hirebrianmaupin
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkTs-s8O4XxqpUhb-36_Qu56zPpQD9GN5HE85
http://www.out-law.com/page-11183
http://prblog.typepad.com/strategic_public_relation/2010/07/signs-of-social-media-friday-flickr-fix-070210.html
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1652/social-relations-online-experts-predict-future
http://www.wiredprnews.com/2010/07/03/farmers-defend-industry-via-social-media_2010070312353.html
http://www.onlinesocialmedia.net/20100702/farmers-turn-to-facebook-and-twitter-not-about-farmville/
http://www.slashfood.com/2010/07/02/farmers-are-cropping-up-online/
http://www.latimes.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-us-food-and-farm-blogging-farmers,0,6606695.story
http://www.thomascrampton.com/india/india-demographic-dividend/
http://www.thomascrampton.com/japan/twitter-digital-garage/
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/06/st_thompson_autotranslation/
http://www.prweek.com/news/rss/1013735/Financial-Times-launches-press-cuttings-service-FTcom/
http://www.journalism.co.uk/2/articles/539454.php
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/DoTheyDeserveTheGiftOfYourKeystrokes.aspx
http://blog.jonudell.net/2010/06/29/the-network-is-the-keyboard-patterns-of-scalable-communication/
Today's music: Countdown by Jupiter One. http://www.jupiterone.com/

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

• Neville Hobson
• Debi Davis