Completely Conspicuous 84: Communication Breakdown

In this episode of the podcast, Rick Johnson and I discuss social media and its ever-growing presence in everyday life. Click here to listen to the episode in streaming audio or download it directly here (right click and "save as").


The show notes...

- Social media as a business tool

- Reconnecting through Mario Kart

- The trend toward oversharing

- Tales of all-employee e-mail abuse

- Ill-advised blogging about work

- Facebook's evolution

- LinkedIn is all about the networking

- Twitter is everywhere

- The future is mobile

- The dark side: Sexting, corporate espionage, cats and dogs living together

- Lame corporate attempts at social networks

- Social networking is like weed?

- Pinhead of the Week

Music:

- Yo La Tengo - Periodically Double or Triple

- Patterson Hood - Pollyanna

- Polvo - Beggars Bowl

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The Yo La Tengo song is on the band's new album Popular Songs on Matador Records, where you can download the track.

The Patterson Hood song is on the album Murdering Oscar (and Other Love Songs) on Ruth St. Records. Find out more and download the song at PattersonHood.com.

The Polvo song is on the album In Prism on Merge Records, where you can download the song.

Jay Breitling produced the opening and closing themes of this show. You can find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell.

Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production.