Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com), Joe Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.Blogspot.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. Social Blend becomes legal with the eighteenth episode in which we are joined by special guest Bill Kocik from Mixx, who gives us the rundown of the upcoming API feature for the site. We also send a shout out to everyone at Mixx for adding a link to the Bowl; and we examine the holiness that is mighty Donut Eye Joe. Oh, and LOLmixx is up at The-TrukstoP.com too. For our Stories of the Week, Reem brings up the new chat feature at Facebook and explains how you can add it to your Firefox browser. Greg discusses a photo posted by Yoda entitled The Day We Said Goodbye. Brian highlights an article focusing on an old US plan to nuke Vietnam and Laos, while Jay introduces us to the concept of a Phone Fight. We also discuss ...

Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com), Joe Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.Blogspot.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.  We’re joined this week our very special guest Lee Garnett, aka nComment, the artist behind the new and outstanding comic strip that focuses on Social Media.  We discuss the recent April fool’s Day pranks on the web, the success of Mixx Campaign II, web thieves, and another Greasemonkey hack for Mixx. For our Stories of the Week, Lee discusses a great new social site focusing on images and photography called WeHeartIt.com, while Greg follows up with some pics from Mixx including a fabulous post from Worth1000.com.  Brian discusses the idiocracy of failed scientists criticizing the Large Hadron Collider (in which the Bdog2g2 man almost – almost – loses his cool), and Reem discusses the issues surrounding potential censorship of other social networks at Digg.  Meanwhile, Jay brings our attention to the outstanding feat of a young man who dives shirtless into cactus.  ...

[display_podcast] Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com), Joe Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.Blogspot.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 is on Mixx.com, yet focuses on other sites and contenders in the social media field. We’re joined this week by Joshua aka Honest_Ape, who sits in for Brian. We follow up on the recent Mixx challenge, discuss a little more about the Breaking News feature, and highlight latest Greasemonkey script made by MikeonTV for Mixx and The Mixxing Bowl. We also take a look at Google’s odd TOS, some great photos, and we RickRoll Brian via cell phone while recording. Honest_Ape brings up a sad and tragic news story he had posted, and Jay discusses a recent submission by Syxle that focused on gang members in the US Military. Our User Focus is Yoda this week – and as usual we talk of some Comments of the Week and jump into the Mixx Lounge. Social Blend and Mixx News MikeonTV: Greasemonkey Script for Mixx http://www.mixx.com/stories/176483/greasemonkey_hack_mixx_forums_shortcut Stylish Extension for Firefox - Mixx Blue Style http://mixxingbowl.com/forums/index.php/topic,506.0.html Stories of the Week Google TOS: No One under 18 ...

Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com), Joe Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.Blogspot.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 show’s main focus is on Mixx.com, yet focuses on other sites and contenders in the social media field. We’re proud to announce and welcome our new permanent co-host, Reem Abeidoh aka Nomadelle, to the Social Blend crew.  She will keep us in line!  Also, we’re continuing the latest Mixx Challenge – and our objective is FriendFeed.com.  Hit them up at feedback@friendfeed.com and tell them you want Mixx to be added to their service!  And while you’re there, sign up for what they’ve got running too! Following Chris McGill’s big announcement for Mixx we dove straight into Social Media news: examining specifically how Mixx is currently ahead of the social media game.  We discuss how certain social news sites who once were innovators, now are copying these new features being rolled out by Mixx for Mixxers… We also take a look at a real life Rick Roll (who would have thought?), and discuss the story of the Moroccan Facebook Poser.  Greg takes a dive into ...

Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com), Joe Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.Blogspot.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 show’s main focus is on Mixx.com, yet focuses on other sites and contenders in the social media field. Chris McGill from Mixx joins us on this special episode of Social Blend, where he announces the brand new feature from Mixx.com - Breaking News. The Breaking News feature will help bring more attention to developing news stories, and is yet another unique feature brought out by Mixx.

Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com), Joe Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.Blogspot.com), Brian Hill (Bdog2g2 from MixxingBowl.com), and Tamar Weinberg (Tamar from Techipedia.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. We’re proud to announce a brand new Mixx Challenge – and our objective is FriendFeed.com. Hit them up at feedback@friendfeed.com and tell them you want Mixx to be added to their service! And while you’re there, sign up for what they’ve got running too! This week, it was an absolute honor, to be joined with Super Kerry Parkins from Mixx. She was totally awesome and answered all the questions Mixxers had, and even more – during the podcast she gives us a preview of things to come from Mixx, and there is a lot to be excited about! We also talk about recent Mixx news with her, including SXSW, The New York Times, Mixx Messaging updates, and much more. In the world of social media, we discuss the unveiling of “Kristen” via the Internet, Delicious dropping the dots, and ...

Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com), Joe Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.Blogspot.com), Brian Hill (Bdog2g2 from MixxingBowl.com), and Tamar Weinberg (Tamar from Techipedia.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. This week’s episode is co-hosted by special guest Reem Abeidoh (r_abeidoh from ReemAbeidoh.com). We take a look at the recent risings of Rick Rolls and McRolls on Mixx.com; and the unforeseen outcome of Imposter Jay… We find out what Steven Hawking has to do with Lego, and we also take a look at KrazyKorean’s top 10 geek gifts for Valentine’s Day. Joe enlightens us about the joy of watching Asian Girls beating the hell out of a Yuppie, and then he and Greg totally geek out over the Indiana Jones trailer, and the recent Star Wars movie news. Reem brings up the recent news of Yahoo Buzz, and the reactions from people into social media. Brian’s story of the week is the launch of HeyMonkeyBrain.com. The user focus this week is on Syxle, who recently hit the 10,000 Karma mark – ...

Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com), Joe Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.Blogspot.com), Brian Hill (Bdog2g2 from MixxingBowl.com), and Tamar Weinberg (Tamar from Techipedia.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. This week’s episode brings in two very special guests: Andy Sorcini aka Mr. Baby Man and Reg Saddler aka Zaibatsu from The Drill Down podcast. The guys join us towards the end of the program, where we clear the air on some of the assumptions and criticisms recently made about the 2008 Digg Revolt. But first, we focus on the Mixx and Social Blend news, including the launch of the new Mixx messaging system. We send Honest Ape a shout out for his Smilies, and briefly discuss the Social News Central website. As for stories of the week, Tamar discusses how she lost her taste buds for a few days, and explains how that particular experience lead her into thinking about Google page rank ethics! Greg brings in some macro snake photos and talks about running to the Pope mobile over ...

Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com), Joe Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.Blogspot.com), Brian Hill (Bdog2g2 from MixxingBowl.com), and Tamar Weinberg (Tamar from Techipedia.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. Episode 668 begins with a quick glimpse into the MIXX HELP GROUP located at http://www.mixx.com/groups/mixxhelp, and we announce the debut of Honest Ape’s comic strip Social Mediacrity featured every Tuesday and Thursday at The Mixxing Bowl. Brian kicks of stories of the week with a look at Facebook gathering user data, and Tamar brings up the big news of Microsoft’s $44.6 billion offer to Yahoo. Greg takes a look into the Fog of War, and into something related to McDonald’s and Self-Portraits. Once again, Joe brings us news from Anonymous’ War on Scientology, in the form of some cracked hilarity. Other big news stories touched upon include Australia’s announcement of troop withdrawal from Iraq (which somehow goes into a discussion of the stolen generation; and then into a travel/tourism promotion for the land down under); the damaged undersea cable that destroyed internet ...

This special episode of Social Blend is introduced by Rob Halford (http://www.robhalford.com/) from Judas Priest (http://www.judaspriest.com/) – with thanks to Mark “Rock My Monkey” Carras (http://www.rockmymonkey.com/); and features our special guest: founder and CEO of Mixx.com, Chris McGill. This episode is split into two parts – this second part is “Episode Stripe”. The first part, “Episode Gizmo”, can be heard at http://mixxingbowl.com/2008/01/30/social-blend-051-episode-gizmo/ Presented by Greg Davies (cGt2099 from The-TrukstoP.com), Joe Fowler (SilentJay74 from JuicySnake.Blogspot.com), Brian Hill (Bdog2g2 from MixxingBowl.com), and Tamar Weinberg (Tamar from Techipedia.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. In Episode Stripe, we discuss the recent sad news of the passing of Heath Ledger and the impact the news has had on his fellow Australians. We also get into an argument about the Digg Revolt of 2008. Our user focus this week is on Calinazaret, and Chris McGill answers some more of YOUR questions, while we laugh at the comment of the week. As usual, we drive by The Mixx Lounge and check out what’s going on there. Metal ...