Interviews with Digital Media Thought Leaders

Why Blu-ray Beat HD-DVD

Podcast Audio | Posted by Phil Leigh on March 4, 2008

 
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Summary: If you are curious to know why Blu-Ray won the standards battle against HD-DVD for High Definition DVDs, this interview is for you. 
 
Subject: Our guest today is Steve Lang who operates the MadMaxMedia.com blog. Steve believes that the decision by Sony to include a Blu-Ray player in the Play Station 3 gave Blu-Ray the edge. While Microsoft’s X-Box could double as an HD-DVD movie player, the consumer was required to purchase an added external drive. 

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Microsoft on Podcasting

Podcast Audio | Posted by Phil Leigh on December 11, 2007

 
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If you would like to hear Rob Greenlee who is the Zune Podcast Programming Lead at Microsoft, this interview is for you.  Click  here to listen right now.
 
Our guest today is Rob Greenlee who is the Zune Podcast Programming Lead at Microsoft.  Zune is the Microsoft unit that competes with the iPod. Prior to joining Microsoft, Rob was a pioneer in podcasting and webcasting. He started offering MP3 downloads of his radio program, then named Web Talk Guys, eight years ago.

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Promoting Your Product on Virtual Communities

Podcast Audio | Posted by Phil Leigh on November 3, 2007

 
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If you would like to learn how to develop intergral scenarios that will successfully promote your product on virutal communties like Second Life, this interview is for you.

Our guest today is Chris Lassonde who is the President of Millions-of-Us.  His company is an ad agency specializing in virtual worlds. Essentially, it helps clients develop scenarios on virtual communities to promote their products.  One example is a Second Life community devoted to the new hit TV program “Gossip Girl”. Representative clients include Intel, Microsoft, Warner Brothers, and Pontiac. Read more…

Why Did Microsoft Invest in FaceBook?

Podcast Audio | Posted by Phil Leigh on October 30, 2007

 
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If you would like to learn why Microsoft made a $240 million investment in FaceBook that values the four-year-old company at $15 billion, this interview is for you.

Our guest today is Matt Rosoff who is an Analyst with Directions-on-Microsoft. His company specializes in analyzing where Microsoft will be going in the future. Read more…

Part 2 of 2 - Microsoft SharePoint Collaboration Software

Podcast Video | Posted by Phil Leigh on May 4, 2007

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If you would like to learn why Microsoft SharePoint collaboration software might be coming of age, this interview is for you. (Part 2 of 2). Read more…

Part 1 of 2 - Microsoft SharePoint Collaboration Software.

Podcast Video | Posted by Phil Leigh on May 2, 2007

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If you would like to learn why Microsoft SharePoint collaboration software might be coming of age, this interview is for you. (Part 1 of 2). Read more…