In Latte Veritas

This will be irrelevant to many listeners — to whom I apologise for this shameless self-promotion that has nothing to do with The Rules.

Some of you know Steven (from hereon “I” ) entered a partnership at the beginning of the year with friends who had a well-established marketing business. Together we formed ZEST Digital, a social media consultancy demystifying social media for Australian companies and executing campaigns that include podcasts, blogs, wikis and other emerging media.

I’m delighted to say we were busy from the moment I set foot in the office in North Sydney, which is why it’s taken us a while to get our website up. It is up now and that’s where I’ll be blogging — I’ve taken all of the posts from this blog over there with me, so you’ll be quite at home.

The new blog is here and the feed is here.

And there’s a new podcast series, too (feed here). When I’m talking to clients about social media, I want to be able to point them to case studies and there aren’t enough good ones out there. That’s why we’ve launched a series on great examples of companies using social media (whether they’re our clients or not). Please check out the ZEST Digital Social Media Case Studies Podcast and let me know what you think.

Thank you to everyone who has commented or sent kind emails about the end of ILV. We are all very moved.

I encourage all of you who listen to podcasts from those who do it for love not money to email your favourite podcaster now. It will make his or her day.

Fans of John V. can check out his new website about buying antiques in Sydney.

We are primarily a swimming group, meeting at 7 a.m. on weekdays at North Steyne in Manly (a Sydney suburb). Recently we went to the south of NSW, where the waters are particularly exciting. Terry and Evan decided on a swim that Shane and Steven didn’t fancy. While Shane played air traffic controller, Steven filmed on his mobile phone.

UPDATE: A 3m shark half-swallowed a man from the head down just a little south of where we were… (more)

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On Saturday 23 December 2006 we’ll be recording episode 100 of In Latte Veritas. All the regulars will be there, along with some favourites who have been part of the podcast.

We will be recording a special double-length episode and we’re asking you for good topics. If you have a topic that will keep us debating for 10 minutes, please leave a comment on the website with your suggestion. The winner will get a special In Latte Veritas T-shirt that Shane is designing to coincide with the recording.

It’s just possible that John has mentioned on the show that he’s an antique dealer. Yesterday he got hold of a goblet he’s very pleased with and this morning he brought it to breakfast. We felt it deserved a special tribute: so would you if you’d heard the story that goes with it.