Kenneth Martin is fundraising for Yorkhill Children's Foundation

The fatBuzz team will be supporting Kenneth Martin of Block Architects, as he under goes his kidney donation to his father.

On the 25th August 2010, Kenneth will donate a kidney to a man (his dad) which all going well will afford him the luxury of participating in the lives of his 3 young grand daughters. It will also afford my 2 daughters Olivia and Ava, and his young niece Elissa with the luxury of knowing that their grandfather can now do simple things with them like take them to the swimming baths.

In order to afford this luxury to others, his family have decided to raise funds both pre and post operation to assist Yorkhill Children's Charity. The proceeds will assist other families and children with renal difficulties and offer them some hope with their troubles.

Kenneth will be in hopsital for approximately 1 week and has been told to 'take it easy' for a few weeks afterwards. If anyone has any daring activities that they would like to see him participate in post operation then please contact Kenneth on his facebook page.

You can also contact Kenneth at his blog or his website


http://www.justgiving.com/Kenneth-Martin

Social Media Podcast No.23 now published

We caught up we Valerie Surgenor of MacRoberts Solicitors to talk about the Digital Economy Act following the release of Ofcom's Consultation Paper on the Act. Valerie explains the contents of the consultation paper and outlines how the act will be enforced and the impact it will have on ISP's.

We also briefly discuss the New Media Breakfast "Social Media and the bottom line" with Gordon McIntyre-Kemp and we get a tour of "Capella", their fabulous new Glasgow offices.

You can download or subscribe to the podcast on here on iTunes

Social Media Podcast No.22 now available...and a solution for Steve Jobs

The Social Media Podcast team are back to discuss a variety of social media topics including: the iPhone 4 problems and our revolutionary solution - The iGlove.  Here we see Shona Lyttel modelling our solution to the current iPhone 4 problems.  This is a prototype with full iGlove branding in the fatBuzz pink — a truly wonderful solution for Steve Jobs.

We also discuss the successful launch of Connected FM's new networking site, Connect with FM and Iain Murray brings us his usual offerings from the world of gadgets, Apps and, software including: Poyzo, dlvr.it, the Wired iPad App, and various others.

The Buzz network from fatBuzz also launched last week and we discuss how that network will be used in a slightly different way from the Connect with FM network; a good example of how Niche Networks can be used in a variety of ways. 

It's often light hearted and always informative, this episode is well worth a listen.

You can subscribe and download the here

Lack of Business Podcasts

There's a very interesting article on Neville Hobson's blog today about the lack of good business podcasts in the UK,  I've thought the same thing for a long time now, perhaps one of our own clients in the professional sector might consider addressing this issue.  Better still, we have a broad range of professional, financial and creative expertise working in B2B among our client base, why not collaborate in a regular business podcast?

Neville is extremely well respected in PR, social media and podcasting and is co-presenter of For Immediate Release, a podcast about the convergence of PR and social media.

If you have any interest in exploring this please drop me an email at gordon@fatbuzz.com or add your comments below. 

Social Media Podcast No.21 in Top 10

Our first podcast as fatBuzz is currently at No.10 in the Top Audio Podcast podcasting category in iTunes.

You can download the podcast on iTunes at this link.

Win a fatBuzz notepad and pen every day in our Open Sweep

WIN A fatBuzz NOTEPAD AND PEN EACH DAY OF THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

To win in our Open Championship Sweep each day all you have to do is pick your overnight leader. E.g. Pick who you think will be overnight leader on Thursday from the list below then do one of two things:

1.  You can send a Twitter message with the name of your golfer and @fatBuzz
2.  Type your golfer's name in the status bar at top of the fatBuzz Facebook Page.

We will enter your name against that golfer (first come first serve) and if he is the Thursday overnight leader you winn the fatBuzz Notebook and Pen. If the name is already taken we will message you for an alternative.

We will then repeat the process for Friday, Saturday and the winner of the Open on Sunday.
Please only submit one golfer's name each day.

You can see the entries here:

Social Media Podcast No.21 now available

We have just uploaded the Social Media Podcast Edition No.21; the first podcast produced since we launched fatBuzz.

In this edition some members of the Attacat team (Tim Barlow, Ben Rogers and Joel Lumsden) talk about their recent presentations on search optimisation, pay-per-click advertising, Google Analytics and Facebook advertising. We enjoyed our chat with the Attacat team members and reviewing some of the points raised during the presentations.

We also discussed Kyle's new iPhone 4 and the teething troubles he endured during the registration process, we chat about Google Cafe and the rumours about Google Me and, we take a look at the forthcoming New Media Breakfast presentations in Glasgow and Edinburgh with Gordon McIntyre-Kemp.

You can subscribe to or, download the latest podcast here