Episode #5: Super Tuesday and Microhoo

February 5, 2008

Amy Vining, the gossipy nurse on General hospital died. Yes, it’s a slow news day.
It’s Super Tuesday in the District of Corruption
Aaron endorses Ronald Reagan
Mudslinging in the campaign
Sidetracked by talking about Super Bowl ads
Will we see a split election?
Aaron issues a disclaimer: He’s not Rick Klau
Was the Clinton/Obama kiss-fest an indicator of candidates jockeying for a dual ticket?
Geoff hates this city
Caller Rob chimes in on an interesting bellwether: Who would he drink a beer with?
We do have a DC area Super Tuesday tweetup tonight at Mayorga Cafe at the Tivoli Theatre to watch the results come in. 3303 14th St NW
Jeff Pulver, Social Media Breakfast on Thursday 7, 2008 - Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St NW, Near the U Street Cardozo Metro station
Amanda Gravel mentions that there’s a Boston Tweetup as well at Boston Beer Works on Brookline Ave (Fenway), 61 Brookline Ave
Steve Rubel asks me to take back our B-slap from last show. Aaron refuses and explains why
Geoff explains that Bryan Person started the Social Media Breakfast thing and that Jeff Pulver took the name, but has since changed his tune.
Caller Shashi clarifies Social Media Breakfast venue (noted above)
Silly Valley: Microhoo. Who cares? Isn’t Google’s reaction more interesting? There’s not much that Yahoo can bring to Microsoft; and vica versa. Quoting Robert Scoble.
Who uses Opera?

Episode #3: Cloverfield Sucked

January 22, 2008

Banning obnoxious people from the show
Feb 5 1 hour show with Scoble (unconfirmed yet)
Cloverfield
- Aaron: The movie had no plot
- Aaron: J.J. Abrams offered no solution to the “shallow social media-ite” underlying message
- Geoff: The movie was a poor bait and switch vis a vis social media, viral marketing, etc
- Aaron: Social media was taken advantage of
- Aaron: Cloverfield mad $40M the first weekend, I don’t think it will make more than $10M in the second weeekend
BlogPotomac
- Aaron: Seems like most DC social media events (big ones) are angled at communications professionals. Would love to see average user stuff.
- Geoff: Great speakers such as Frank Gruber, Kami Huyse, Maggie Fox, Jeremy Pepper, etc
- Geoff: We’re banning Powerpoint
- Kami (Caller): What does the average person need to know about ethics and social media
- Aaron: Ethics surround “Pay Per Post” type money making schemes, plagiarism, etc
- Friday, June 13, 2008, State Theatre, Falls Church, VA
Silly Valley: Steve Rubel
Aaron: Points out Macworld Keynote leak gaffe as well as the Superbowl “NYG against NE is a better ratings matchup than Favre and Tom Brady” gaffe
Geoff: He said everybody is blogging about the same things as they wrote in 2005. This from a guy who doesn’t read any PR bloggers.
Aaron: Steve has not been the same since the Edelman/Wal Mart scandal
Geoff: You’re only as good as your last post
DC Networking and Community. How mature is it? How effective is it for social media?