Episode #13: Lots of DC Events coming, Aaron’s move to Download Squad and Is Scoble really Listening?
April 1, 2008 · Print This Article
Geoff is in Vegas right now at CTIA. He’s planning on launching a personal blog where he can talk about things like his horrific taxi experience in Vegas today.
Then we talked about the D Ring’s coverage of Destroyermen, an awesomely transparent blog from a Navy Destroyer where it shows life on a Destroyer. While it’s unclear if this blog has passed the DoD sniff test, we do applaud the transparency and would like to tell DoD that this exactly what we need to see out of the government and in this case the military. It should be encouraged and not smacked down.
We then talked about my new gig at Download Squad. Grant is heading over to Fast Company and I’ll be taking over. Grant then calls in to congratulate me. Likewise, Grant… congratulations and thanks for the opportunity! And Shel’s show needs some help!
Shashi calls in to offer his review of Social Matchbox and congratulate me on the new gig.
Grant Robertson, the former chief editor at Download Squad, calls in to congratulate me on the new job. Christina Warren will be the first one I fire on Grant’s recommendation.
Aaron drops the requisite curse word.
We talk about events like Tech Cocktail DC, Gnomedex, DC PHP, New Comm Forum in Sonoma in California.
Quick review of Refresh DC from this past week.
Silly Valley was all about Scoble’s post on Twitter and how having more Twitter followers does NOT mean more listening.
Update: The whole moving to Download Squad bit was an April Fools joke - and the jokes on you. ;-)
I can answer your question about the DoD’s thoughts. The DoD public affairs office that handles “the new media” is strongly behind us, as are the Navy public affairs folks in our chain of command. The warfighters, who make up our chain of command are understandably cautions, due to the obvious potential for the inadvertent disclosure of classified information and operational details.
My sense is that I and my fellow bloggers aboard RUSSELL are still establishing our credibility. As time passes and we demonstrate that we can keep the lid on things we shouldn’t be blogging about while engaging the public and producing a positive effect, the chain of command will warm up to the idea.