Blogging/Podcasting

Clue Unit Podcast: 3 new episodes!

We’ve released several new episodes of The Clue Unit. Subscribe to the feed here.
Regularly scheduled episode: Clue Unit #12: A Grab Bag of Topics - April 30, 2007
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I also had a chance to interview two groups of LEGO fans I worked with on some co-creation projects. They had some [...]

Clue Unit: Co-creation and Contest

The latest Clue Unit podcast has been posted, this time we focus on co-creation.

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Since we were talking about co-creation, we’d be remiss if we didn’t call out one of our favorite examples of co-creation: JPG Magazine. In the spirit of wonderfulness that [...]

Pitching Bloggers

Ben started a great conversation about how to pitch (or not to pitch) bloggers.
A communications expert is quoted in the paper advising companies to "cultivate popular bloggers in much the same way they traditionally have sought to make contact with reporters for newspapers, TV and other media."No, no. Please do not do that. Reporters [...]

Clue Unit iPod Giveaway

As a thank you to you, dear listener, we’re giving away a brand spanking new 4gb iPod Nano (red), courtesy of our friends at eModeration. 
All you have to do to win this tasty iPod is to answer a few questions. In the age of google, the questions should be easy to answer.
Better hurry, [...]

The Clue Unit Podcast Updates

I’ve been remiss in sharing the posting of new Clue Unit podcast episode updates. To help you out, here’s a link to the the last three episodes:
Clue Unit #10Kathy Sierra and Cyberbullying Followup and "How To Hire A Community Manager" - April 9, 2007
Clue Unit #9Kathy Sierra and Cyberbullying - March 30, 2007
Clue Unit #8Starting [...]

Blogging the Presidential ‘08

My buddy Dave is putting on a fun event on Monday. Check it out if you’re into politics, or blogging.
Who: Blogfusion.com and BrainBand is hosting a nationwide President’s Race ‘08 Blog-a-thon
What:A day-long blog-a-thon to raise interest and awareness in the 2008 presidential election. Political party representatives, writers, bloggers, regular citizens, international onlookers and most [...]

Clue Unit Podcast: Episode 4 is live

Lee, Chris, and I knocked out a quick recap of the Community Next event that took place this last weekend in Stanford. If you’re interested in hearing our thoughts on the event, head over to the Clue Unit web site, or:
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This is by [...]

The Clue Unit - Introducing a new podcast

You know those great ideas that build out of you and a friend to two sitting around a beer and saying "you know, we really should _________"? It’s that idea that continues for months, sometime years, but rarely converts to real action.
Well stand back, folks! After more than a year of talking with Chris Carfi [...]

Recap 2006: Lucy in LA

I dare you to make a case that Lucy isn’t the cutest video pocaster on the net. I dare ya. See, you can’t do it. I told you.
Lucy is podcasting her quest to make it big in LA. She’s been doing the podcast via YouTube and they’re fantastic. Funny, personal, touching. If you’re not following, [...]

Quote of the week

This is a fantastic quote from Arianna Huffington from a recent Playboy interview:
"The mainstream media has ADD, and the blogosphere has OCD"
Perfect description. And see, we all fit together nicely in this nuthouse we call life.
While I’m mentioning the Playboy interview, I’ll also share their list of the Top 10 Political Blogs:

The Daily Dish
Power Line
Captain’s [...]