Jospeph Jaffe interviews Neville Hobson
Neville Hobson and Joseph Jaffe talk podcasting. See more photos.

A great time was had by all last night at the For Immediate Release and Across the Sound Geek Dinner at Isabella’s in New York City.

I made the trek from Boston for the occasion, and it was well worth it. I met three trailblazers of business podcasting — Neville Hobson, Shel Holtz, and Joseph Jaffe — and some fellow passionate listeners.

Among the the discussion topics, which only got better as the wine continued to flow(!):

  • The authenticity and potential of Second Life
  • Seth Godin and blog commenting
  • The “web 2.0″ controversy
  • Taking social media to the masses
  • Ownership of blogs and podcasts
  • Writing business books
  • Starting a podcast
  • Conference presentations — do participants want to be involved or just spoken to?
  • How we read blogs and listen to podcasts
  • New-marketing and advertising opportunities
  • Creative business cards

Thanks to Neville, Shel, and Joseph, as well as Patti Birbiglia, Mike Bellina, Christopher Carfi, Brian Spelman, and our gracious waitress Kate for an educational and entertaining evening.

And of course, no “geek dinner” would be complete without making the requisite audio recordings to capture our most intelligent utterances. Look for some of those in this space beginning next week.

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