Social Blend 02 - Episode Too: “Close the Door”
Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com), Joe Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.Blogspot.com), and Brian Hill (Bdog2g2 from MixxingBowl.com), the Social Blend examines the latest news and opinions hitting the world of social media. The show’s main focus is on Mixx.com, yet focuses on other sites and contenders in the social media field.
The second episode features special guest Brian Wallace aka Now Sourcing; a fellow Mixx user and the man behind the scenes of NowSourcing.com.
We take a look at how people entered 2008 virtually in Web 2.0 style using services such a Twitter and YouTube, Barack Obama’s victory at the Iowa Caucuses, and the controversial issue of subvert and profit websites and their impact on social media.
Brian Wallace speaks out about his websites, NowSourcing.com and Collective-Thoughts.com; we examine why anyone would want to keep their trash for an entire year, and talk about haunting images of fathers leaving their families to be deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Finally, we take a journey into the lost opening scenes of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, and take a quick look at the standings in the Mixx Lounge.
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Entering the New Year – Social Media Style
New Year’s Eve: Don’t go out – go online
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/portal/2007/12/31/ftonline131.xml
Sydney New Years Eve Fireworks
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chanc/2151510515/
2008 New Year Fireworks – Sydney, Australia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgBAZXpVl-E
Berlin on New Year’s 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RjfZfmrK5A
New Year’s 2008 Fireworks Seattle Space Needle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxQYHQVttvw
New Years fireworks
http://www.mixx.com/photos/48273/new-years-fireworks
Earth Cam New Years 2008
http://newyears.earthcam.com/
The Iowa Caucuses
Obama’s Victory Speech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqoFwZUp5vc
Obama triumphs in Iowa contest as Clinton Falters
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/03/us/politics/03cnd-campaign.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
Iowa Democratic Party Caucus Results
http://www.iowacaucusresults.com/
Subvert and Profit
Mixxing Bowl Discussion: Subvert and Profit
http://mixxingbowl.com/forums/index.php?topic=272.0
Subvert and Profit doomed to failure and a beating
http://valleywag.com/tech/digg/subvert-and-profit-doomed-to-failure-and-a-beating-249075.php
Next Service to try gaming Digg
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/02/subvert-and-profit-next-service-to-try-gaming-digg/
Diggers are getting paid
http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/12/07/diggers-are-getting-paid-but-not-by-kevin-rose/
User Focus
Brian Wallace aka NowSourcing
http://www.mixx.com/users/nowsourcing
The Mixx Lounge
Stories of the Week
Man saves his trash for an entire year
http://madconomist.com/man-saves-his-trash-for-the-entire-year
Daddy going to war
http://greatblogabout.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/moment-2d224-resize.jpg
The Lost Star Wars Opening Scenes
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10818
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Opening sound byte “Honey DON’T CLOSE THE GODDAMN DOOR!” by Reg aka Zaibatsu.
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Downloading the show now, i would love to participate in one of these shows sometime!
I’d be interested in hearing what you guys outline the possible positive aspects of sites like subvert and profit. When I originally found the site I didn’t think there could be anything positive about it, but perhaps I’m missing something.
“Social media is not SEO. SEO is not social media.” AMEN!
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