Show #76 - October 12, 2005

• Full show notes, RSS feeds and direct MP3 download links in the podcast blog entry for this edition.
• For editions 1 through 74 of For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, please visit the podcast blog: http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz

Show notes

• 4.29: Michael Soulier (Canada)
• 5.36: Brian Person
• 7.00: Josh Hallett
• 8.07: Rob Safuto from Podcast NYC:
  • congratulations on the new FIR's logo
  • the new Google Reader and Yahoo! Podcast
  • integration of websites and blogs (www.awakenedvoice.com)
  • Portable Media and Podcast Expo and awards - Rob plans a filibuster, because he thinks FIR should have won the award for the best business podcast at Podcast Awards.
  • 16.33: Neville's comments.

• 18.56: Neville participated in a panel titled Public Relations in The Blogosphere at Emerce E-day, organized by VNU Europe in Amsterdam. Other panelists: Scott Rafer, Frank Janssen, Paul Molenaar and Hans Mestrum. See also the conference's blog and the postings tagged with emerce+eday on Technorati.
• 27.33: Shel about the Yahoo!/Ipsos-Insight RSS use study: (PDF) RSS — Crossing into the Mainstream
  • See also the Pew Internet study, (PDF) The State of Blogging, January 2005
• 31.53: Microsoft's proposed RSS logos
  • The eWeek story: RSS: The Big Tussle over a Tiny Orange Box
  • The Microsoft Team RSS Blog: the original posting about the proposed RSS logos.
• 35.20: Skype cordless VoIP handset to be launched
• 36.55: Microsoft and Yahoo link IM clients (press release)
• 38.20: Google Library project update:
  • The Chronicle of Higher Education article: Jacob Neusner, a research professor of theology at Bard College and prolific author, asked Google to remove his books from the digital archive that the company is compiling.
  • A related blog entry on the Open Access News.
  • Google's defense of its Google Print program
  • 43.37: Neville's comment on the implementation of Google Print
• 46.11: Eric Schwartzman - The Spinfluencer interviews Ron Bloom, CEO and co-founder of Podshow.com
• 54.03: Shel about reactive vs. proactive communication
  • Roger D'Aprix: Communicating for Change (Amazon)
  • 65.45: Neville's comments
• 68.50: Apple launches video iPod (press release)
• 71.29: The anonymous Publix employee blogger - discussions on the Marcom Blog
  • Marcom Blog post on Publix Bloggers
  • Publix official website
  • Publix I/S Associate Against Offshoring blog

• 77.53: Neville outros the show; how to give your feedback; show notes.
• 79.56: Neville intros the podsafe music - 22 James by Eastern Exposure

Links

• Neville Hobson
• Josh Hallett
• Constantin Basturea