It's May Day, and to celebrate (and make up for our almost month-long silence) we're podcasting at 9:00 PM Pacific Time on BlogTalkRadio.
Special guest? Perhaps. Topical conversation? Maybe. Lots of fun? Bet on it!
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As promised, I appeared tonight on Rod Adams' podcast, The Atomic Show. While the tone of the debate stayed sub-critical, among other things we delved into one of the darker sides of tech policymaking: who funds interest groups?
Other subjects included whether or not Nuclear technology is "new," how clean coal is like "kosher bacon," the who and how behind the anti-nuclear movement of years past, and what could have been done differently to set us on a better path than we took with our energy policy over the past 50 years.
Mr. Adams also shared some interesting insights he gained as a veteran of our Silent Service, serving aboard several nuclear subs as an engineer.
Unlike our podcasts, Rod has some awesome theme music.
Thanks for having me, Rod. Let's talk again soon.
Thanks to Rod Adams I will be a guest on his podcast around 6pm EDT.
We will be discussing the history of Nuclear technology, luddism, and their relationship to public policy and entrepreneurship.
Listen in at Atomic Radio Podcast
Tonight we'll recap Day 2 of the Tech Policy Summit over at Blog Talk Radio.
So head on over to www.blogtalkradio.com/Capitol-Valley at 9pm Pacific/ 12am Eastern and listen live.
Even better idea? Call us at 347-945-5989 and let us know what's up.
So head on over to www.blogtalkradio.com/Capitol-Valley at 9pm Pacific/ 12am Eastern and listen live.
Even better idea? Call us at 347-945-5989 and let us know what's up.
We just wrapped up our BlogTalkRadio podcast. We went over a little of the goings on at the Tech Policy Summit. This podcast was special because we were joined by Mark Hopkins of Mashable.com. For those of you who aren't down with Mashable, it's a blog with a focus on all things Web 2.0.
As is the norm with our podcasts we had a wonderful road map of where we were going to take it and then went wildly off course. The most notable and, I think, interesting topic that we talked about was the ability of blogs to target niche audiences as opposed to old media outlets like newspapers and magazines who need to appeal to a lowest common denominator. I mean, when's the last time you picked up a magazine or newspaper and read every article? While most blogs won't attain the sheer number of visitors that a major media outlet site might they tend to generate a higher quality of visitor. They type of visitor who visits the site multiple times per day. The type of visitor who has to has to has to take in all of your content. That also got us talking about how good content is the key.
Another topic we talked about was focus. How, for instance, ads on web sites aren't really as targeted as they'd have you believe. Sure, an ad on Facebook will shove products that you should like because your friends bought them, but if you were really interested in that product you'd seek it out on your own. How often have you seen an ad on a website and actually bought a product that, until seeing that ad, you weren't really aware of. Another focus issue is the direction your site or company takes. Look at Twitter vs Facebook - Twitter does one thing and does it really, really well. Facebook seems to have something new going on every 10 minutes, most of which have an update or a fix coming out the next day.
Tonight's podcast is here.
For all of the Capitol Valley podcasts check out blogtalkradio.com/Capitol-Valley.
As is the norm with our podcasts we had a wonderful road map of where we were going to take it and then went wildly off course. The most notable and, I think, interesting topic that we talked about was the ability of blogs to target niche audiences as opposed to old media outlets like newspapers and magazines who need to appeal to a lowest common denominator. I mean, when's the last time you picked up a magazine or newspaper and read every article? While most blogs won't attain the sheer number of visitors that a major media outlet site might they tend to generate a higher quality of visitor. They type of visitor who visits the site multiple times per day. The type of visitor who has to has to has to take in all of your content. That also got us talking about how good content is the key.
Another topic we talked about was focus. How, for instance, ads on web sites aren't really as targeted as they'd have you believe. Sure, an ad on Facebook will shove products that you should like because your friends bought them, but if you were really interested in that product you'd seek it out on your own. How often have you seen an ad on a website and actually bought a product that, until seeing that ad, you weren't really aware of. Another focus issue is the direction your site or company takes. Look at Twitter vs Facebook - Twitter does one thing and does it really, really well. Facebook seems to have something new going on every 10 minutes, most of which have an update or a fix coming out the next day.
Tonight's podcast is here.
For all of the Capitol Valley podcasts check out blogtalkradio.com/Capitol-Valley.
Alex and I are in the same time zone! You can listen here and even call in at (347) 945-5989!
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Tomorrow! Live! Via Blog Talk Radio!
Oh, yes. Alex and I will be talking about all kinds of things: the 700mhz auction, open access, net neutrality, the upcoming Tech Policy Summit, Larry Lessig's "Change Congress," the NCAA tournament, how cool the Badgers are, and Michigan Athletics scandal that I've been writing about. We'd also like to talk to you!
Feel free to call in, (347) 945-5989 at 11pm EST, 8pm PST this Monday, March 24th.
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Remember when I wrote about WashingtonVC and Grassroots.org? I talked to one of their people today, Angela Siefer. She answered some questions, and I'm slightly less skeptical.
Alex and I will be live, for one hour, tonight at 10:30 PM EST / 7:30 PM PST. We'll talk about SXSWi, how awesome we are, and how cool anyone who listens to us is. Also other stuff.
