Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley and in the Podcast Awards 2007; FIR Interview iMeme conference podcast is posted; Rob Cottingham’s cartoons; update on podcasting book availability with Tony Molloy’s story and McGraw-Hill to the rescue; Dan York reports from the road in Florida; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; BBC puts flood reports in context wth interactive Google map; 10 things your IT department won’t tell you; Eric Schwartzman interviews Dave Friedman of Avenue A|Razorfish; listeners’ comment discussion: Sheri Rosen on the iPhone and Karl Susman’s iPhone lament; commentary on social networks and employer access prohibitions; the music; and more.
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Show notes for August 2, 2007
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 58-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
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In This Edition:
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So, until Monday August 6…
(Cross-posted from For Immediate Release, Shel’s and my podcast blog.)