The Social Nerdia Show! Episode #18 is now available for streaming below, on blogtalkradio, or as a podcast on iTunes.

In this episode, @socialnerdia and @somerlea talk about the latest..

Tech News: Canada makes Facebook rethink privacy, IBM’s patent for a blogging/tweeting TV remote, Microsoft’s CAPTCHA advertising patent, and YouTube’s new viral video revenue sharing.

Not-So Tech News: Searching for Jessica Biel is like searching for malware, Jason Biggs gets attacked by a Gibraltar ape (for real).

Upcoming Movie Releases: Taking Woodstock, The Final Destination, Big Fan

Randomized Topic of the Day: Bob Dylan is working with GPS companies to get his voice on your car. Bob Dylan telling you to turn right or left sounds like the beginning of GPS awesomness.

Don’t forget!
- Vote for SXSW Panel ”Here Come All the Latino Bloggers” http://bit.ly/votesxsw

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The Social Nerdia Show! Episode #16 is now available for streaming below, on blogtalkradio, or as a podcast on iTunes.

 

In this episode, @jestebanc and @somerlea talk about..

Tech News: 3D coming to a TV near you, MySpace acquires iLike, and Dell gets into the phone market.. in China.

Not-So Tech News: Reality TV contestant Ryan A. Jenkins accused of murder, Celine Dion magically prego at 41, Terminator Producers file for Bankruptcy.

Upcoming Movie Releases: Inglourious Basterds (Brad Pitt, Quentin Tarantino), Post Grad (the girl from Gilmore Girls).

Randomized Topic of the Day: Still loving the Palm Pre. The Pre ads might be creepy but some people (including ad agency Modernista) think they’re working. We’d like to see some ads showing off the phone’s awesomeness instead of a pale girl saying “Bing.”

Some announcements:
- Vote for SXSW Panel ”Here Come All the Latino Bloggers” http://bit.ly/votesxsw

- Join us at next week’s Frisco Internet Entrepreneurs Meetup http://bit.ly/howtopodcast

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Want to contact us and be part of the show? Send us your comments/questions to socialnerdia@gmail.com or leave us a short but insightful and/or funny voice message by calling 720-6NE-RDIA.

The Social Nerdia Show! Episode #14 is now available for streaming below, on blogtalkradio, or as a podcast on iTunes.

In this episode, @jestebanc, @somerlea and @jonsterp talk about..

Tech News: Facebook acquires FriendFeed (for $47.5 Million), the 230 MPG Chevy Volt, and Radiohead abandoning the “creative hoo-ha” of albums.

Not-So Tech News: A Dutch survey reveals people preferring the toilet over friends, sex, and other things.

Upcoming Movie Releases: The Time Traveler’s Wife.

Randomized Topic of the Day: Jet Blue’s all-you-can-fly plan for $599.

We finally pulled it off in 30 minutes. Plus, we added some sound clips in between segments and improved the sound quality a bit. Thanks for listening!

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The Social Nerdia Show! Episode #13 is now available for streaming below, on blogtalkradio, or as a podcast on iTunes.

In this episode, @jestebanc and @somerlea talk about..

Tech News:  Netflix rumored to be on iPhone & Wii, eReader Wars intensify with Sony’s newest and the potential of color eInk, plus TiVo strives to stay alive while adding video podcasts (featured shows and via RSS feeds).

Not-So Tech / Pop Culture News: Miley Cyrus gets stalked by a crazy old guy who has been barred from following her on Twitter. Also, Paula Abdul is finally officially out of American Idol (the pending question on everybody’s mind is whether her seat on the show can be sold on eBay).

Random Stuff: The earthiness and trendiness of “going green”, ebook-highlighting apps, and Gilligan’s Island actual location.

Upcoming Movie Releases (Aug 7th): The indie-ish movie/documentary “Paper Heart” and the scary-ish “Perfect Getaway.”

Randomized Topic of the Day: A listener left us a voice message about the recent Twitter DDOS attack and the new NFL & ESPN rules around Twitter and the social web. The call was so awesomely thorough that there wasn’t much more to be said, except the fact that Twitter probably loves the extra free press and… that we would love to see Donald Trump in-billion-dollar-merger tweets and/or NFL player in-game-while-punting tweets :)

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Cali Lewis is the producer, writer and host of GeekBrief.TV, a video podcast about tech, consumer electronics, and web 2.0. An influential person in the tech community, Cali is also quite down to earth and recently did an awesome job as an organizer of WordCamp Dallas 2009, where I was able to ask her some questions.

In the two videos below, you’ll learn about Cali’s real (but not very googleable) name, her geeky roots, and her transition from self-storage manager to full-time video podcaster.

Cali also told me about having friends not “fans” (with one exception), the exciting future of AR and 4G networks, and the threat that bloggers pose to journalists. Cali is aware that “the internet is not going to wipe out TV, just like TV didn’t wipe out the radio, and the radio didn’t wipe out the newspaper“, but it’s clear that online productions of high quality like GeekBrief.TV are  transforming the way we watch and think of content on the web.

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Craig Newmark founded Craigslist as a hobby in 1995. The site is one of the most popular destinations on the Internet and Craig’s way of seeing things is still much part of how the web company operates.

Craig was very kind to answer our questions about his current role at Craigslist, lessons learned from past work experiences, controversies, customer service, design, and more.

Please check out his very interesting blog and follow him on Twitter.

1. Every month, Craigslist gets 20 billion page views, 40 million new classified ads, and 50 million people looking to buy stuff, meet others, and get a job. What would you have done differently from 1995 to 1999, if you had known what your hobby was going to become?

I wouldn’t have done anything differently overall, but would have listened more to the lawyers and my own instincts.

2. In what ways (positive and negative) did your previous professional experiences help shape the culture of Craigslist?

I learned how important customer service is, and how largeness in organizations leads to dysfunction. For example, in a hierarchy, you get ahead by telling your boss what he or she wants to hear; then he or she tells his or her boss what they want to hear.

3. Craigslist is largely based on trust. Do you often wake up and wonder how your site continues to deliver what it offers despite the controversies and criticisms?

Not a problem, unfair controversies and criticisms just strengthen us, and increase community support and traffic.
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Alex Bogusky is the co-chairman of Crispin Porter & Bogusky, one of the most awarded and creatively relevant ad agencies in the world.

CP+B has quite an impressive list of clients (Burger King, Guitar Hero, Hulu, Volkswagen, Coke Zero, Microsoft, etc.) and it will soon also provide the services of its interns to the highest bidder in an eBay auction (Update: Sold for $17,655!).

Alex, who has won hundreds of top industry awards and was recently inducted into the Art Director’s Club Hall of Fame, was very cool to answer our questions during Memorial weekend and we’re confident you’ll enjoy reading his wise and down-to-earth words.

Please make sure to learn more about CP+B, follow Alex on Twitter, and allow yourself to think like a 12-year-old more often after reading this.

1. Crispin Porter + Bogusky has been named “Agency of the Year” by AdAge, Creativity, Clio Awards, and others. What is it like to be part of an agency that creates so much buzz for clients that it gets some buzz of its own?

It certainly doesn’t suck. But the accolades come and go and the buzz about the agency can sometimes get distracting. And I think a lot of the buzz is because we were the first agency to really rise to fame during the digital age. It’s been pretty wild because we haven’t had anybody to model ourselves after when things get bumpy. But it’s all good. The real fun is in helping build businesses by using the tools we have both with media and creativity to make our clients famous. As a rule we get off more on the culture jamming aspect of what we do for clients than the actual advertising aspects. For example we get more excited to see all the twittering on Hulu than we do about the creative awards. And for me the best part is you get to spend the day with a ton of your favorite people.

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