The Drill Down

• Published:September 24th, 2007
• Comments:3 Comments
• Category:Show Notes, The Drill Down

Andy Mu and Reg are joined this week by tech blogger Tamar Weinberg for a high-spirited discussion and debate (but, uh, mostly debate) of the new design and functional changes at social news site Digg.com.

Please feel free to let us know if you have any comments, suggestions or ideas for upcoming topics. We’d love to hear from you.
comments@thedrilldown.com

Show Links

Digg
DIGG: New Digg Profiles Launch
Digg Goes Deeper with Social Networking
Top Digg User Answers Your Social Media Questions
Why the New Digg Sucks
23 Community Reactions to the New Digg: Outlook Not Good
The New Digg Just May Work
Digg Launches Features that Netsape had in Spring 2007 (who is the clone?)

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The Drill Down website
The Drill Down Facebook Group

Andrew Sorcini on Digg.com:
http://digg.com/users/MrBabyMan/news/submitted
mr.babyman@google.com

Reg ‘Zaibatsu’ on Digg.com:
http://digg.com/users/zaibatsu/news/submitted
maas.neotek@google.com

Muhammad Saleem:
http://digg.com/users/msaleem/news/submitted
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Muhammad+Saleem%22

Tamar Weinberg:
http://www.techipedia.com/
http://www.seroundtable.com/
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Music (Courtesy Podsafe Music Network):

Intro: Pl@stic Soul - “005-1 Electric Guitar”
http://www.mf247.jp/index.php?gr2_id=00000000000000000000000000315600

Outro: Freightrain Jones - “Pervs and Pornos”
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=467690

• Published:September 22nd, 2007
• Comments:No Comment
• Category:Announcements, The Drill Down

Hi folks. We’re going to take a week’s break to refresh and recharge for the exciting shows coming ahead. You’ll get one last (very enlightening) episode coming up soon, then you won’t hear from us for about a couple of weeks. Andy will be at the Podcast & New Media Expo in Ontario, California on Saturday Sept. 29th,  if anyone would like to meet up.

• Published:September 20th, 2007
• Comments:1 Comment
• Category:Drill Bits, Show Notes

Reg laments fighting the Digg algo, MediaDefender f**ks up, Mu’s never seen ‘Star Wars’, we plan for our Q&A show, gaming Digg, PocketTweets, SEO white & black hats, Religion 2.0, and more Digg discussion, all in this weeks episode.

• Published:September 18th, 2007
• Comments:5 Comments
• Category:Announcements, The Drill Down

Muhammad Saleem, Andrew Sorcini & Reg “Zaibatsu’ represent three of the top submitters on the social news networks of Digg, Netscape, Reddit, and StumbleUpon. On an upcoming episode of ‘The Drill Down’ We’ll answer your questions about Social News networks, submitting techniques, and generally anything you’d like to know about social bookmarking.

Submit your questions either in the comment thread below or at comments@thedrilldown.com. We look forward to hearing from you!

• Published:September 18th, 2007
• Comments:1 Comment
• Category:Show Notes, The Drill Down

Do social news headlines accurately reflect real news? Will blocking web ads be illegal? Why should you wait before rushing out to buy the iTouch? & WTF is Prince thinking?! Andy, Reg & Mu attempt to answer these questions and more this week. Plus, submit your questions for our upcoming Social News submitters’ episode. What would you ask Social News’ top submitters?

Please feel free to let us know if you have any comments, suggestions or ideas for upcoming topics. We’d love to hear from you.
comments@thedrilldown.com

Show Links
The Latest News Headlines—Your Vote Counts
Web ad blocking may not be (entirely) legal
Tested: iPhone Screen Better Than the iPod Touch Screen
An iPod touch ships without OS X
A lifelong Apple enthusiast finally purchases his first Apple product

Prince lashes out at YouTube, eBay and The Pirate Bay
prince and the art of career suicide
Porn industry hard up for solutions to piracy problem
How Much Bandwidth Do You Consume Per Month?
Yahoo Invites Us Into Mash, Its New Social Network
Anti-Piracy Ad from The IT Crowd

Social Bookmarker’s Conference 2008

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The Drill Down website
The Drill Down Facebook Group

Andrew Sorcini on Digg.com:
http://digg.com/users/MrBabyMan/news/submitted
mr.babyman@google.com

Reg ‘Zaibatsu’ on Digg.com:
http://digg.com/users/zaibatsu/news/submitted
maas.neotek@google.com

Muhammad Saleem:
http://digg.com/users/msaleem/news/submitted
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Muhammad+Saleem%22

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Music (Courtesy Podsafe Music Network):

Intro: Pl@stic Soul - “005-1 Electric Guitar”
http://www.mf247.jp/index.php?gr2_id=00000000000000000000000000315600

Outro: Freightrain Jones - “Pervs and Pornos”
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=467690