[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. While Greg intends to name this edition of Social Blend in tribute to Leslie Nielsen and The Naked Gun series; SilentJay74 goes nude for the 33 1/3 episode!  We’re joined with special guest, Kerry Parkins from Mixx, who answers YOUR questions about what’s coming up for the site. Our User Focus is DarkNemesis this week – and as usual we talk of some Comments of the Week and jump into the Mixx Lounge. Social Blend and Mixx News A cool end to another hot summer http://www.mixx.com/stories/1866531/a_cool_end_to_another_hot_summer_the_mixx_blog Comments, Kudos, and Community, oh my! http://www.mixx.com/stories/1752728/comments_kudos_and_community_oh_my Community Focus Barack Obama http://obama08.mixx.com/ John McCain http://johnmccain.mixx.com/ User Focus DarkNemesis618 http://www.mixx.com/users/darknemesis618 The Mixx Lounge http://www.mixx.com/lounge The Social Blend Mixx Community Post stories you’d love to see discussed on Social Blend.  Reem chooses a new article with each new episode http://socialblend.mixx.com/ Greg’s Mail Sack Send your hate mail to: socialblend@gmail.com Or cGt2099@sbcglobal.net Music Credits Music by Corey Hodgetts / West of October http://www.myspace.com/coreyhodgetts http://www.myspace.com/westofoctoberband

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 ...