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You Tube Slave is da also a Media Slave

2006-06-25T09:55:00.000-07:00

Move over Amanda, Brookers is making a scene. This chick's a star. <3

Media Slaves in the Carnival of Mobilists

2006-06-23T02:00:00.000-07:00

Carnival of the Mobilists Volume 1 Issue 33 is up at m-trends.org. Rudy does a very nice presentation of the entries for this week.

Anyway, lots of interesting perspectives on the mobile industry, tech and lifestyle. Dive in and enjoy.

Media Slaves Interview - Martin Sauter

2006-06-22T02:01:00.000-07:00

Martin Sauter, network technologies consultant with Nortel Networks discusses mobile network capacity as it relates to mobile social media.

42 mins.

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Show notes

Meet Martin Sauter
Communication Systems for the Mobile Information Society
Mobile network cellsite capacity
Number of subscribers by network technology
Applications pre-loaded on the device or downloaded that put pressure on networks
A single mobile with high demand usage can require 100 to 200 MBs per day
Growth of flat rate tarrifs (data plans) - where competition exists
Skype is promoted by one operator in Germany
The friction between user's desire for an ISP and mobile operator's desire to broadcast
WiMax will disrupt - in 2 years
Mobile devices which include Wi-Fi also distrupt
What mobile social media is in your pocket?
What will you quit this year? 2006 Year of the Quitter

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Slave News

2006-06-19T05:41:00.000-07:00

What's hot in video, blogosphere, mobile and podcasting news.

6 mins.

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Show notes

Happy Birthday to Podcasting! Terrible 2
Weddings as advertising content
Disney Mobile...magic?
Users to CNET TV....um, no thanks.

Credits

Media Slaves Intro
No intro used on News Bytes

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Media Slaves does MySpace with Eric Rice

2006-06-15T08:17:00.000-07:00

Eric Rice is in da hizzle. It was great to have Eric join us and hope that he will be back in the future. It was a fun change of pace.

Part I of the show is focused on MySpace viewed through the rubrics of media: niche, mass market, corporate and social. And of course, no one gets out alive without looking at the mobile lifestyle.

Part II is about Second Life and Hipcast. It's hip.

Part I: 41 mins.

Part II: 18 mins.

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Show notes

Part I
Who is Fox's MySpace media company competing with?
MySpace is music, books, film, and now even jobs
MySpace and sustainability
Forget the media this demographic follows people not stuff
MySpace v. Linkedin Where's the community?
Does the pursuit of niche media and community threaten communication enabled through shared media and culture?
New media or old media? Both?
Technology artisans will break new ground as artisans always have
Mobile and independent media is better
Mobility and video
Phones and user experience for video
Small peer to peer groups and media sharing
Mobile and buddy lists

Part II
PC envy of the Mac variety
Growth of Second Life and Business relationships
Don't be skimmin'
Merging online and offline personas, and the digital history or reputation
Word of the Seagulls Mouth
Functional Celebrity
Hipcast - check it out.

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Slave Tickles and Cowbells

2006-06-08T20:26:00.000-07:00

Slave Tickles and Cowbells is a new segment from Media Slaves. Occassionally we will publish an out take, snafu or behind-the-scenes clip, but it will only be made available through our feed other than this first one. This is our way of saying thanks to those who subcribe to Media Slaves via their RSS reader, iTunes or VoiceIndigo.

Here's the pre-recording chit chat with Schlomo.

2.5 mins.

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Media Slaves - Vloggercon

2006-06-08T19:07:00.001-07:00

Fortunately, I got a new mic which should provide clearer sound quality than the $15 headset I was using. Unfortunately, I didn't realize how much popping and breath noise I was creating. My bad. It'll be better next time...promise.

Schlomo Rabinowitz one of the organizers of Vloggercon 2006 is our guest, and talks about the conference and his, um....personal life. It's a fun show.

Part I: 26 mins.

Part II: 25 mins.

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Show notes

Part I
Vloggercon and how it all started
Vloggercon Sessions Examples
What about mobility?
Conference theme Content and Collaboration
Media Slaves is the place to get your muffin buttered
Schlomo's version of Save the Children
You can be a star if your son is a vlogger
Why go to Vloggercon? Zadi's going for the after party
Consumer Generated Content, Creative Commons
Schlomo's Mom
Don't let Schlomo die alone

Part II
Schlomo's real motivation for organizing Vloggercon
Cupids of the Vlogs, Ryjay, Jayanne or Dedry? The new Benifer
Node 101 gets funding from Vloggercon
The 411 on Node 101
The Media Slaves hookup advice column
Vlogging Fight Club or Naked Vlogging
Schlomo on getting laid, will he or won't he?
Zadi's mind turns to the naughty, again
Tune in next time for the continuing saga on Schlomo's sex adventures.

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Slave Tool - VoiceIndigo

2006-05-27T09:09:00.000-07:00

Debi a.k.a. Mobile Jones interviews Peter K. Lee, CTO of VoiceIndigo about their service which provides the delivery of audio podcasts to mobile phones. VoiceIndigo also includes Podsense which connects advertisers to podcasts, and implements click-to-call revenue sharing and click-to-call connections to podcast feedback lines.

Nicole has been very busy lately helping to organize Podcastday 2006 in Cologne, Germany. It seems that one of the problems Peter and I discussed on simplifying listener interaction was discussed by a panel at the conference. If you are mobile when you listen, why would the answer be more PC browser tools? If podcasts work because they are time shifted why would real time call participation (Skypecast) be the answer? Think mobile! ...especially when the activity is mobile.

Media Slaves uses Voiceindigo and if our listeners have any feedback or experience to share it would be greatly appreciated.

40 mins.

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Show notes

Meet Peter
How Voiceindigo works for podcast listeners
How Voice indigo works for advertisers
How Voiceindigo works for podcasters

Slave News Bytes

2006-05-23T19:21:00.000-07:00

What's hot in video, blogosphere, mobile and podcasting news.

8 mins.

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Show notes

AOL's video sharing service
Blogging business models continue to grow
Nokia bans the word phone, and predicts that 50% of content consumed by mobile subscribers will be created by individuals
What impact will free Skype calls have?

Social Media Tour - Steve Rubel

2006-05-23T14:06:00.000-07:00

This interview was recorded back in early March on Steve Rubel's Social Media Tour. We discuss social media, mobility, what role companies can play and what's next for social media.

53 mins.

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Show notes

Steve joins PR firm Edelman directing Word of Mouth Marketing
He wanted to be on the field of play instead of just watching from the stands
Companies should team and collaborate with the edge of the network
Content on geeky goodness and life hacking is more popular than marketing content
How does Steve Rubel define Web 2.0
We now join the History Channel
Hype draws companies, and now they are ready to engage
Spelling checkers and more fun
Defining Social Media
Syndication, syndication and feeds
A little word play
Steve flashes his geeky side
Microsoft owes Amy Gahran $$$
Follow the money when Social Media is defined
Servers on the Oprah Winfrey Show
MySpace
Communities and brand monitoring and intergalatic transport
Small publishers and impact
Enabling shooting stars
Technology v. Media
Steve's turns the table
Mobility
Innovation in advertising and word of mouth marketing
What's next?

Credits

Media Slaves Intro
Trumpet solo from Daydream by Robin Stein available on Podsafe Audio
Guitar, drum transition from Bittersweet by Artificial Intelligence available on Podshow Music

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Death of a Vlogger, and Online Trust

2006-05-18T23:34:00.000-07:00

Zadi Diaz leads us through an event that shook the vlogger community. A young man dies on camera at a party and it's posted to the web. The post neglected to mention that the video was a student project in experimentation with video.

23 mins.

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Show notes

Zadi lays out the story
Lack of disclosure can impact your audience deeply at an emotional level
Relationships online versus offline
A hoax or not, well, maybe
The vlogger community got the corrected message out
Online communication and missing context awareness
English as a second language missing context awareness
Missing context = Fox News
Connecting to people's lives in corporate media (ex., Natalie Holloway)
Video manipulation is common in marketing and ads
Warning about recording illegal activities
Human nature comes to new media
Trust in citizens journalism through technology
Sometimes video is media imitating life imitating advertising
Do you trust video online? What builds trust in new media for you?

Credits

Podsafe Audio

Podshow Music

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Slave Tools - Techonrati, You're Hurting Us

2006-05-17T09:04:00.000-07:00

The Gillmor Gang's recent show from the Syndicate conference featured Amanda Congdon of Rocketboom, and Amanda stated that she uses Technorati "search by authority" to identify experts. This was an alarming statement, because the link-based search used by Technorati indicates popularity - not authority. Confusion on this point is something Media Slaves would to like help correct.

NOTE: We requested an audio clip from Steve Gillmor via the comments on his site, but our request was ignored.

Popularity promoted as authority or expertise is a disservice to the reader, as well as, for the publishers who are true experts but not winning the popularity contest.

42 mins.

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Show notes

Correction: Links are popularity - not authority
Technorati doesn't update us all equally
The Magic Middle less served
The link games people play
Technorati myths
Sphere's new but the flaw is old
The State of the Blogosphere isn't
Publishers like the Ego Search
When events are time sensitive not updating hurts readers and publishers
The mystery of the link rank yo-yo
What about video and audio that don't use links?
Yahoo blog search and Google blog search on the rise
Surfing for authority - blogrolls
A weakness of tags versus text index
Technorati busy signal
Technorati promotes people and celebrity more than information
Blog reputation system description
Amazon's rate the rater
We suggest how Google and Yahoo can help
Dogs speak out against Yahoo
How do you search the blogosphere?
Finally a marketing shout out.

Credits

Media Slaves Intro

Trumpet solo from Daydream by Robin Stein available on Podsafe Audio
Guitar, drum transition from Bittersweet by Artificial Intelligence available on Podshow Music

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Expertise in Social Media, Part Deux

2006-05-16T08:07:00.001-07:00

Experts in Social Media, Part Deux completes our discussion on what skills and knowledges are required to qualify for expert status in social media.

34 mins.

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Show notes

User, intermediates and super user from tech, does it apply to social media?
Media expertise isn't so different from expertise in new media
A profound moment: it takes expertise to be an expert
Marianne stuns the slaves
The hard sell: you gotta be a peer
Still struggling with those darn video doer labels
Old media skills don't provide understanding and expertise in the social part of social media or online tool sets
Time v. Knowledge in skill building
Calling Vloggercon - please settle video doer labels? really.
What about that other platform? You know....mobile.
Can you be an expert in social media and not know the mobile environment?
Nicole prefers the title consultant over expert. (and she doesn't use a mobile phone)
We envision The Highlander version of finding "the" expert.
Rocketboom does provide mobile ready video ( http://www.rocketboom.com )
The importance of being literate - that's media literate
The importance of being fast - mobility
Interview recommendations for discovering today's social media expert.

Credits

Media Slaves Intro
Trumpet solo from Daydream by Robin Stein available on Podsafe Audio
Guitar, drum transition from Bittersweet by Artificial Intelligence available on Podshow Music

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News Bits by and for Media Slaves

2006-05-15T04:44:00.000-07:00

A short form of Media Slaves which presents the news of the day from the blogosphere, podcasting, video, mobility and social networks or communities. Would love to hear your thoughts on the topics considered by Media Slaves.

8 mins.

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Show notes

The big big community adds IM.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
A digital rights land grab.
MobileMe

Credits

Media Slaves Intro

No Intro on Media Slaves Shorts or News Bits.

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What's an expert in Social Media, Part I

2006-05-10T07:32:00.000-07:00

Social Media is a young area with early adopter uptake. So what does it mean to be an expert podcaster, an expert in blogging, or any of the other domains of peer production? In Part I, we discuss distinctions between critics and "doers," the importance of participation and people may be dying from eating Oreo cookies. Stay tuned for Part Deux.

26 mins.

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Show notes

Can you be an expert if you're not a doer? Minus the evil, of course.
Do you need to know how to cook to tell if food tastes good?
Wait! Are talking about Siskle and Ebert or Oliver Stone?
If you're gonna be a critic, we'll respect you in the morning if you're also a creator.
Debi masters the obvious. New media is new.
There's more to evaluating a blog than reading one.
What's the skill set for social media? Could you write a job description?
The go to people have hybrid skillsets.
Having a blog is the gateway drug to social media.
Blog bias in social media.
The invisible 45%. Which way did they go?
When social media goes mobile it picks up speed.
Speed kills. It kills control.
Chevy Tahoe experiment.
Expertise has shifted from time-based to knowledge-based.
Who dies from eating Oreo cookies?

Credits

Media Slaves Intro
Trumpet solo from Daydream by Robin Stein available on Podsafe Audio
Guitar, drum transition from Bittersweet by Artificial Intelligence available on Podshow Music

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Slave Tools

2006-05-05T16:17:00.000-07:00

Slave Tools will consist of discussion on the productivity and media creation tools that are used by Media Slaves. We've devised a simple rating system. Tools that we like, use or recommend will be designated as "Is a Slave Tool." Those which don't measure up or we find annoying will be designated "Is not a Slave Tool." Pretty simple.

25 mins.

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Show notes

Paper calendars. What's paper?
Google does calendars
Mobile calendars can save your life
Sync, sync.....did I say sync.
No more terra incognito.
Marianne and Zadi are unwhelmed.
Zadi learns that she's not banned and puts her data in a bunker.
Did I say sync?
Debi wants freedom from the tyranny of a single device.
Did she say synchronization again? I didn't mean sync'ing I meant access.
Marianne shares her computer pain.
Nicole comes out as a paranoid European.
More advantages to online storage.
Google Calendar - What do you think?

Credits

Media Slaves Intro
Trumpet solo from Daydream by Robin Stein available on Podsafe Audio
Guitar, drum transition from Bittersweet by Artificial Intelligence available on Podshow Music

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Slave Spotlight - Zadi Diaz

2006-04-26T21:13:00.000-07:00

Media Slaves presents the Slave Spotlight. These are interviews with one of the Media Slaves giving you a chance to hear more about them in their own words. Today features a chat with Zadi Diaz, mistress of video.

25 mins.

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Show notes

In the beginning.
From the frying pan into the fire or moving from NYC to LA.
But it's hard isn't it?
Tools - we got tools.
Music in videos and the long arm of the law.
Current practice, fair use, MySpace musicians.
Beastie Boys with a new plan.
I've got your back....um I mean your middle $$$
Bye bye media middlemen and hello technology middlemen.
Vloggercon 2006 - your chance to meet Zadi.
The party list.

Credits

Media Slaves Intro
Trumpet solo from Daydream by Robin Stein available on Podsafe Audio
Guitar, drum transition from Bittersweet by Artificial Intelligence available on Podshow Music

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Media Slaves #1 Our Debut - User Generated Content?

2006-04-18T14:11:00.000-07:00

What's in a name? Or label? How do the labels that we use or that are used by others impact mainstreaming of new media and perceptions of what blogs, podcasts, and video blogs/podcasts and other new media are about?

38 mins.

Show notes

The video producers definitely win for the most labels or terms used and created.
Nicole channels Darth Vader through a mystery of Skype.
Marianne asks what about the Mid West?
Zadi raps video labels.
Debi, Nicole and Marianne play who's on first with coining terms.
Marianne takes us back to basics with goal + audience = appropriate label
Is Podshow Social Media?
Let's Play Name that tune or label
Zadi says, "We don't need no stinkin' labels."
And now...a word from our marketing department
What about advertisers and these labels? Podcasters and bloggers for sale.
Nicole builds an empire.

Credits

Media Slaves Intro
Trumpet solo from Daydream by Robin Stein available on Podsafe Audio
Guitar, drum transition from Bittersweet by Artificial Intelligence available on Podshow Music

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Welcome to Media Slaves

2006-04-11T14:51:00.000-07:00

Media Slaves is a roundtable podcast produced by Debi Jones, Zadi Diaz, Marianne Richmond and Nicole Simon.

We are taking on topics that arise when anyone and everyone can be a publisher, producer or media mogul.

The name Media Slaves comes from a mashup of the "slave generated content" label and social media. There are many if not all Web 2.0 companies and some communities that look at "user generated content" as their property. Merely a read of the TOS (Terms of Use) and EULAs (End User License Agreements) from corporate users of user generated content like Yahoo! proves that point. If we are preceived as free labor to companies, then we - as slaves, speaks to their desire to leave us out of the value chain and revenues. We are slaves because of our addiction to producing and consuming the many forms of conversational media.