It’s show No. 23 and we’re sans Dave — at the time of recording he was en route to Texas for SxSW Interactive and the preceding unconference on social media and health care, SXSH. (You can hear more about all both on this week’s Core Conversation podcast, Friday at 11:30 a.m.
In Dave’s absence, we kept [...] [...more]
It’s show number 22, and we’re starting to show our age around here — we spent at least the first few minutes of this episode debating the ins and outs of daylight saving time. We never quite landed on whether we’re currently in daylight saving time or if we’ll be in daylight saving time in [...] [...more]
It’s as busy as ever before at the Social Expedition news desk, particularly in the legal department. Some headlines we talk about:
Google executives convicted in association with YouTube bullying video
Google conviction affects Internet workers
Yelp sued over extortion
In the cracks in between those topics, Matthew and Ansley share examples of how customers who are converted are [...] [...more]
If you’ve ever wondered how to make your passwords more secure, needed the answer for a random question or pondered the sentiments of the Twitterverse on one topic or another, this week’s podcast is for you.
In light of the recent Twitter phishing attack, we talk torrents as well as plug-ins and features of different browsers [...] [...more]
We’re not typically ones for the bandwagon, but when it comes to iPad jokes, we just couldn’t help ourselves. We touch on its utilities, dip our toe in the iPod Touch v. iPad debate and skim through some of its features, sure. But mostly? Like the classic Seinfeld line, we’re left wondering about the marketing [...] [...more]
On this week’s Social Expedition podcast, we cover a surprisingly wide range of topics, from Mashable’s Open Web Awards (we liked their “Most Interesting Twitter User” and were fairly nonplussed by their “Best Breaking News Site“) to why the iPod’s interface pwns Guy Kawasaki’s linking. Also: puppies found by South of Beale, Ardent Music, and [...] [...more]
As we’re approaching Thanksgiving, we’re finding it hard to shake the feeling that the year is disappearing faster than we can come to a consensus about what we’ll be calling next year.
Even November is more than halfway through – the midpoint being marked by BarCamp Memphis. Even mid-November is bookended by tomorrow’s Core Conversation call-in [...] [...more]
For today’s edition of the Social Expedition Podcast, we brought in Ed Cabigao from Memphis gastropub, South of Beale, to talk about his use of social media for the pub. The story of how he used Twitter and Facebook to share about what it’s like to open a restaurant – and how that built anticipation [...] [...more]
In the “Social Expedition Podcast #3,” we interviewed Justin and Jared from the “Shut Up and Listen” podcast about how they got started podcasting, and about their advice for people just getting started.
But, as we said, the interview was heavily edited to meet our desired time limit – roughly 30 minutes. In reality, the conversation [...] [...more]
In this week’s Social Expedition Podcast, we talk about the glut of information issuing forth from the fountain that is Mashable, the brand-new list functionality on Twitter, talk about the basics of Facebook, and praise the Memphis Zoo’s use of Twitter.
We also sit down with the guys from the “Shut Up and Listen” podcast, who [...] [...more]