Meet C.C. Chapman, shown here in a personal photo with his beautiful daughter. Get a glimpse into C.C.’s life, his passion and his plans for the future. He’s a new media maven, podcaster, blogger and social media specialist yet even more he’s a gifted photographer, cook and father. Listen to his interview this week on DishyMix.

And as promised on the show, here’s a podsafe Holiday Music list for you to create your own mix tape from C.C.

Matthew Ebel - Walk a Thousand Miles
Allison Crowe - Silent Night
PodSafe For Peace - If Every Day Was Christmas
The Candy Butchers - Give Me a Second Chance for Christmas
[munk] - Nothing but Stockings On
Heth and Jed - Christmas (sweeter than wine)
This music comes from PodShow.

And if you are looking for a great MP3 to listen to, C.C. did this show a couple of years ago on his music podcast, Accident Hash.

And one final deliverable, the Chapman Smashed Potato recipe:

- Pot of chopped up Red Potatoes with skins on
- Boil until tender and drain
- Put back in pot with two sticks of butter, 1/2 cup of shredded parmigiana cheese and the squishy cloves of a roasted garlic bulb (To prepare: cut off top of clove and drizzle olive oil over the top. Wrap in tin foil and bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees in advance.)
- Once butter has melted MASH (do not whip) with a potato masher
- Add in Heavy Whipping Cream and mix till to a consistency you like
- Add black pepper to taste
I hope you’ll tune in!

In my last post, I asked for a graph which would allow me to see my contacts in a graphical manner. I found a widget on Facebook that is a start at what I want. It’s called FriendsGraph.

SocialAds

I thought I was excited just to attend ad:tech New York in 2 weeks, but now I’m looking forward to hearing more about what Facebook’s SocialAds are all about. I can’t wait to see how this company will mine their data for targeting and/or offer consumers’ a way to be involved in advertising.

I asked Matt Cohler for an invitation to the event, but it’s only for their paying ad partners. That’s fair. And the speed of Internet communications will give us blow by blow details anyway.

Social Graphs - the other social concept that Facebook is promoting — the idea being that all the people you know create a “footprint” that can be visualized and managed.  I would like to combine three key attributes of various social networks to create my perfect “social graph:

1)  An interactive 3 dimensional visualization (see above) of all my contacts a la Spoke Software. I like to SEE who I’m in contact with most/least and Spoke pioneered that by slurping up not just your contacts, but your email, where they apply a frequency and recency algorithm to show not only with whom you communicate often, but over time, which relationships remain strong.  I LOVE this feature. LinkedIn needs this.

2) The ability to upload your Apple address book and Outlook contacts so you don’t have to personally invite friends to connect. LinkedIn does this for Outlook as well as web mail programs. Facebook only does webmail.

3) The personalized nature of the Facebook updates system is brilliant. It allows your persona to come to life for your contacts.

4) Bonus wish - the ability to export updated information back into your Apple address book and Outlook contacts so you  can sync between them and then have that sync to your iPhone.

I want one place that has all my 10,000+ contacts, completely up to date, with 3D visualization of my friends and associates that can sync to my iPhone and has “personality” attributes I can control.  All the technology is available, in various places.  How can I have this perfect combo and does that sound good to you?

Please comment.

Scott is in the news as the latest acquisition darling of Yahoo!. But he’s been in the media space making things happen since the beginning of the Internet.

Get to know Scott in this DishyMix podcast interview where we talk, sing, rant and laugh together about everything from dogs to concerts to the digital media masters of the Internet.

Thanks, iTunes, for including my weekly podcast in the In-Depth Interviews section of iTunes.

I’m in there with Meet the Press, Fresh Air and Slate. What a fabulous crowd!

Upcoming guests include Marc Cantor, the inventor of multimedia; David Clark, the GM of Joost and Joseph Carrabis, a brain scientist hired by the top brands in the world!

Ten things to know about John Durham:

He snowboards
He’s one hell of a cook, Italian and Southern
He’s a big fan of Nine Inch Nails
He’s seen Annie Lenox over 25 times…can you say “groupie?”
He’s a French history fan: 1789-1840
A collecter of African tribal art
Also a Greek and roman history avid reader/fan
He has helped rebuild 2 houses in New Orleans since Katrina
His personalized license plate is: ADMAN5

And that’s JUST the beginning. Click below to listen to Susan tease out a ton of great detail from this avowed “cork dork” and “market capitalist.”

Can you recommend a person to host a show we produce called “Book Digest: Summarizing Business Books for Busy People?”

Seeking New Host for Weekly Book Summary Podcast

Requirements include:
•    The ability to reduce business best sellers to their essential messages for busy executives
•    Articulate reviews and a pleasant speaking voice
•    Having your own professional quality microphone and recording equipment (Mac or PC with audio interface is fine)
•    Commitment to delivering 52 shows a year
•    Commitment to blogging each show once a week and preferably two incremental blog posts per week about your show
•    Computer literacy – confidence around blogging, email, attachments, uploading files in addition to recording each show

Benefits include:
•    Editing, sweetening, RSS feeds, hosting, bandwidth and SEO (Search Engine Optimization) are managed by us for you
•    Outsource monetizing your podcast to PLM and get a revenue share for all advertising sold into your show
•    Receive public relations and marketing support as part of a network
•    Enjoy the benefits of being part of a network of shows instead of an independent title — get support and camaraderie from the company and the other hosts on the team

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Too busy to read the latest books? Are you interested in hearing great lessons and takeaways in a shortened format from the best and latest books available? Like for some “book clips” to talk up around the water cooler? Get the “Cliff Notes™ version of the hottest best sellers and independently published hits.

This weekly show and blog features reviews, key insights, special author interviews, NY Times and Wall St. Journal bestsellers and the best independently published books.

We’re not here to push books, we’re here to reveal key insights to empower you in your personal and work lives. Join us for a compelling and insightful look at the most inspiring books to “bookmark” along your life journey.

The greatest challenge facing the Jewish educational world is the inculcation of a desire to live Jewishly– to actively participate in Judaism and its practices, and to experience the beauty and joy of Shabbat, holidays and the festivals.  This challenge looms even larger in view of the fact that most young people today experience Jewish living and Jewish practice at a level that is marginal. Oftentimes, Jewish children and adults are exposed to passive educational settings where they learn about Shabbat and the holidays and festivals; they are rarely engaged in hands-on learning activities that provide opportunities for gaining a personal and meaningful appreciation for Jewish tradition.

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THE LIVING LEGACY addresses this concern. Through a variety of stimulating, hands-on workshops, it provides a unique and creative educational tool that links Jewish teaching and learning to Jewish practice and living. From wheat-grinding, challah braiding and candle making (for Shabbat), to creating a shofar (for Rosh Hashana) and pressing/refining oil (for use in the Chanukah menorah) — THE LIVING LEGACY provides an effective hands-on Jewish educational experience that leads to internalization and promotes actual practice.

On this week’s show, meet Pinny Gniwish (gen eh wish) a longtime player in the online marketing space who has a deep and soulful side. In addition to touching on the best practices for online retail marketing today, Susan and Pinny cover heartwarming topics including “universal truths,” Jewish law, creating living legacies, empowering women and how he bought ICE.com back from investors for $1.00 in the dot bomb.

Hear about the “typical $1 million dollar client pitch” and Norm’s prescience around agency consolidation.

I did this interview when I was with Webmasterradio.fm. It’s a classic from the archives. Listen here. 
“Suz’s ability to relax guests and to get them to reveal themselves is legendary.” – Norm LeHoullier, former Grey