Social Mediacrity by Honest_Ape Updates every Tuesday and Thursday       Click image for full sized version       Permanent link to this comic strip: http://mixxingbowl.com/2008/07/31/social-mediacrity-will-power/ Image URL: http://www.the-trukstop.com/miscellaneous/socialmediacrity/watchout.jpg   Social Mediacrity - developed and designed by Honest_Ape Check out his site at http://honestape.net/

[display_podcast] Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com), Jay Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.com), Brian Hill (Bdog2g2 from MixxingBowl.com), Reem Abeidoh (Nomadelle from ReemAbeidoh.com), and Joshua Olson (Honest_Ape from HonestApe.net)the Social Blend examines the latest news and opinions hitting the world of social media. The main focus of the show is on Mixx.com, yet focuses on other sites and contenders in the social media field. This episode of Social Blend features an excerpt/sample from a song called Capricorn performed by the band 30 SECONDS TO MARS. You can hear and see the full song here at this location.  Like what you hear?  Buy their music at this location.       This newest edition of Social Blend features special guest Mortal Wind… and quickly turns into a drunken fest of hilarity.  We take a look at the new Mixx blogs and dive into the seedy love quadrangle (and beyond… bonus – features hot man love…) on Mixx.  We also follow up on our War on Spam from the previous week. Social Blend pays tribute to Randy Pausch this week, the spectacular instructor who became famous online for the Last Lecture.  Pausch passed away last week, and he is missed by many.  RIP. We look at a whole bunch of ...

    Social Mediacrity by Honest_Ape Updates every Tuesday and Thursday       Click image for full sized version       Permanent link to this comic strip: http://mixxingbowl.com/2008/07/29/social-mediacrity-the-third-sign-of-the-ape-ocalypse/ Image URL: http://www.the-trukstop.com/miscellaneous/socialmediacrity/myjobsux.png   Social Mediacrity - developed and designed by Honest_Ape Check out his site at http://honestape.net/

[display_podcast] Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com), Jay Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.com), Brian Hill (Bdog2g2 from MixxingBowl.com), Reem Abeidoh (Nomadelle from ReemAbeidoh.com), and Joshua Olson (Honest_Ape from HonestApe.net)the Social Blend examines the latest news and opinions hitting the world of social media. The main focus of the show is on Mixx.com, yet focuses on other sites and contenders in the social media field. The latest edition of Social Blend sees us joined by special Mark Dykeman from Broadcasting-Brain.com – and also welcomes Joshua aka Honest_Ape as one of our regular commentators and co-hosts.  Josh will be joining us on future episodes when he is available, so there’s much to look forward to! We begin the episode with a quick interview with Paul Sanchez aka Soloride as he tells us the progress of Social Monks, where the project is now headed, and what happened to Tim Part. Following the interview, we discuss the issues of “spam” at Mixx – in which Greg declares war on the spammers and calls on Mixxers to help.  Meanwhile, Honest_Ape gives Greg shit about the use of the phrase “DILLIGAF”. The discussion then moves onto a discussion of The Dark Knight – one of the most breathtaking blockbusters to ...

[display_podcast] Andy Sorcini aka Mr. Baby Man from The Drill Down and Greg Davies aka cGt2099 from Social Blend join forces for The Round Up - a short mini podcast focusing on some entertainment news, with a preview of what's coming up in Social Blend and The Drill Down. In the twentieth episode of The Round Up, Andy takes a look at the new teaser trailer for the long-awaited film Watchmen. Greg then plays a track from Joss Whedon's Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog called Brand New Day as performed by the living legend himself: Neil Patrick Harris! Be sure to check out The Drill Down at http://www.thedrilldown.com/ - and you can listen to Social Blend at http://www.mixxingbowl.com/ Show Links: Watchmen Official Trailer Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog SlashFilmCast - featuring Kevin Smith reviewing the Dark Knight (July 21)

[display_podcast] Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com), Jay Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.com), Brian Hill (Bdog2g2 from MixxingBowl.com), and Reem Abeidoh (Nomadelle from ReemAbeidoh.com), the Social Blend examines the latest news and opinions hitting the world of social media. The main focus of the show is on Mixx.com, yet focuses on other sites and contenders in the social media field. The latest edition of Social Blend sees us joined by special guests Chris aka Hot Fuzz, and MikeonTV.  We discuss Mixx’s latest contest in which YOU could win yourself a 3G iPhone (details in the podcast and in the show links below).  Additionally we send a shout out to our good friend Mark Dykeman from Broadcasting Brain for interviewing each of the SB hosts this week!  We hope to have Mark on as a guest in an upcoming episode. We also discuss the troubles experienced by Tim Part from the Social Monks, and highlight how you can help these fantastic guys.  Reem recounts her meeting with the Social Monks, and then we move onto Jay’s two video selections for the week: both movie trailers – Max Payne and Quarantine. Fuzz brings up a cool Linux story he had his eyes on, while Mike ...

    Social Mediacrity by Honest_Ape Updates every Tuesday and Thursday       Click image for full sized version       Permanent link to this comic strip: http://mixxingbowl.com/2008/07/15/social-mediacrity-the-second-sign-of-the-ape-ocalypse/ Image URL: http://www.the-trukstop.com/miscellaneous/socialmediacrity/signs02.png   Social Mediacrity - developed and designed by Honest_Ape Check out his site at http://honestape.net/

[display_podcast] Andy Sorcini aka Mr. Baby Man from The Drill Down and Greg Davies aka cGt2099 from Social Blend join forces for The Round Up - a short mini podcast focusing on some entertainment news, with a preview of what's coming up in Social Blend and The Drill Down. In the 19th episode of The Round Up, Greg takes a look at the next 007 chapter, Quantum of Solace.  Andy then plays a track from upcoming indie musician Midori called Swim in my Ocean. Be sure to check out The Drill Down at http://www.thedrilldown.com/ - and you can listen to Social Blend at http://www.mixxingbowl.com/ Show Links: Official 007 Site Midori Longo Official MySpace Page

    Social Mediacrity by Honest_Ape Updates every Tuesday and Thursday       Click image for full sized version       Permanent link to this comic strip: http://mixxingbowl.com/2008/07/10/social-mediacrity-the-first-sign-of-the-ape-ocalypse/ Image URL: http://www.the-trukstop.com/miscellaneous/socialmediacrity/signs01.png   Social Mediacrity - developed and designed by Honest_Ape Check out his site at http://honestape.net/

[display_podcast] Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com), Jay Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.com), Brian Hill (Bdog2g2 from MixxingBowl.com), and Reem Abeidoh (Nomadelle from ReemAbeidoh.com), the Social Blend examines the latest news and opinions hitting the world of social media. The main focus of the show is on Mixx.com, yet focuses on other sites and contenders in the social media field. The latest edition of Social Blend sees us joined by special guest Danielle Brigida from the National Wildlife Federation, who talks to us about how effective it has been in reaching out to people via social media.  She also tells us about the new NWF Mixx Community – which you should seriously check out. This week also sees Brian aka Bdog rejoining us for an episode, while Reem takes off for the weekend.  We discuss the launch of Mixx Communities, Jay highlights a video submitted by Reem called “The Website is Down”, and Brian talks about how one suicidal man caused 11 deaths and a train derailment.  Danielle’s story choice for this episode was Florida buying the missing link of the Everglades for $1.7 billion; while Greg goes on a rant about how the Photos section at Mixx should be ...