February 26, 2008
The time has come to share some of the code goodness that I cooked up on my own last week to test Cinch. What have I got for you? One homebrew kit with a handful of PHP5 files in it.
These PHP5 files are presented to jump start a developers access to using Cinch as an API.
Included scripts: cinch-api.zip
* cinch-api.php - Parse the original RSS feed from Cinch for a given phone number and display the information. This script is meant to demonstrate how the variables work.
* cinch-api-rss-now.php - In real-time this file removes a users phone number from the Cinch RSS feed and generate a new feed. Some variables need to be defined by you.
* cinch-rss.sql - MySQL table to cache the Cinch RSS feed. Once in the table it is open season on how to work with it.
* cinch-api-config.php - This file is used to fill in user data for a RSS feed that is generated from the cached data.
* cinch-api-insert.php - Reads the Cinch RSS feed and inserts the item data into the MySQL table. In this file you can modify every aspect of how the original Cinch data is rewritten to remove phone number, etc.
* cinch-api-rss.php - Pulls the cached data and generates a new RSS 2.0 feed.
If you simply want to remove your phone number from your Cinch feed check out the cinch-api-rss-now.php script. All you need to do is plug your phone number into it and upload it to your web server.
Before I close this out, I’d like to say that if anyone else has some RoR, .Net or Java chops and feels the need to create some Cinch starter scripts you should forward them on.
And last but not least, we are working on the login system here at BTR. Our engineers are sweating in a hot server filled room making it happen. But they won’t stop at logins. You’ll have to check back with us to see.
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Posted by Kris Smith
February 26, 2008
Witless Protection’s model-turned- actress and Larry the Cable Guy’s co-star Ivana Milicevic will join Movie Addict Headquarters for an exclusive in-depth interview. She’ll be live and taking calls!
Milicevic began her acting career as a stand-up comedian. Her upcoming films include the thriller Columbus Day with Val Kilmer and the drama Your Name Here with Bill Pullman.
In Witless Protection Milicevic plays a beautiful, high-class woman being held against her will by four mysterious, black-suited men. Recognizing the opportunity to save the day, Larry the Cable Guy “kidnaps” her, only to learn that she’s a key witness in an important case and her captors are FBI agents assigned to protect her.
Today at 4pm ET on Movie Addict Headquarters!
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Actors, BlogTalkRadio, Celebrities, Celebrity, Comedy, Entertainment | Tagged: Bill Pullman, Columbus Day, Ivana Milicevic, Larry the Cable Guy, Movie Addict Headquarters, Val Kilmer, Witless Protection, Your Name Here | 
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Posted by Luke Armour
February 26, 2008
The only boxer ever to become world heavyweight champion four times, Evander Holyfield joins Dr. Blogstein for a live interview tonight.
Cruiserweight and heavyweight champion and Olympic medalist releases his new book today, Becoming Holyfield.
And he’ll celebrate by being LIVE tonight at 9pm ET with Dr. Blogstein.
Blogstein will grill the champion with the one-two combination questions like: What made him who he is? Is he retired or will he fight again? Does the world really need another grill designed by a boxer?
Also on the program tonight actor Scott Michael Foster of the new NBC drama “Quarterlife;”
Actor Randy Tobin of “The American Poop Movie.”
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BlogTalkRadio, Books, Boxing, Celebrities, Celebrity, Sports | Tagged: Becoming Holyfield, Dr. Blogstein, Evander Holyfield, Quarterlife, Randy Tobin, Scott Michael Foster, The American Poop Movie | 
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Posted by Luke Armour
February 26, 2008
BlogTalkRadio continues to make headlines as a dominant player in the citizen broadcasting space. Conde Nast’s Portfolio.com posted an article entitled All Talk? by David Levine today.
It takes a broad look at the citizen broadcasting trend and features BlogTalkRadio prominently in the piece as a dominant player.
It also features some notable opinions by industry leaders:
“‘I think that [BlogTalk] represents something that’s far greater than itself,’ says Michael Harrison, publisher of Talkers magazine, a leading talk-radio-industry trade publication. ‘There’s a whole bunch of new Web-based entities that I predict will be the media stations of the future.’”
And Levine offers some excellent points about the space:
“But internet talk radio is also rapidly getting attention from prominent hosts, guests, and broadcasting companies—especially in the wake of the blog phenomenon, which mainstream media outlets were slow to accept.”
“The online amateur-radio niche is still sparsely populated, and as yet, largely undefined. BlogTalk is one of the few companies that currently offers a medium explicitly designed to emulate traditional radio, and this may be part of the key to the company’s relative success.”
BlogTalkRadio continues to strive to be the best platform for citizen broadcasters to have a voice and for everyone to join the conversation.
Read the entire Portfolio.com article here > >
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Posted by Luke Armour
February 26, 2008
The NAA Marketing Conference is one of the bigger gatherings of Newspaper execs that happen through out the year. And we’ve got your inside coverage.
Mel Taylor of the Local Media in a Web 2.0 World is hosting a series of interviews on www.BlogTalkRadio.com, live from the conference. The conversations are with some of the leaders in the Newspaper and Online space. All of these interviews are archived at www.BlogTalkRadio.com/naa.
It’s no secret that Newspaper, as well as other traditional media, is going through some pretty amazing changes. That’s why this year’s show promises to be one of the most important ones in a long time.
Here’s a sample of who Mel will be speaking with:
- Howard Owens; Director of Digital Publishing at Gatehouse Media
- Jay Small; General Manager, Scripps Newspapers Interactive Group
- Allison Sholly; Vice President & General Manager, Tribune Interactive
- Chris Tolles; CEO of Topix
- Bob Benz; Maroon Ventures (former VP Interactive of Scripps)
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Posted by Luke Armour
February 25, 2008
BlogTalkRadio is a finalist for the Webware 100 Awards, which honors the greatest social media tools on the net – like BlogTalkRadio. Since you use BlogTalkRadio, we certainly hope you think we’re one of them.
We really want to win this competition, but we need your help.
Spread the word and get as many people to vote as possible, including you and your listeners. If you like BlogTalkRadio and what we provide for you, please support us by sharing the site and voting. Click here to vote!
You can also help by spreading the word in one of two ways:
- Get your listeners to vote! Announce this contest on your show. To make it easy for you, we’ve created some audio promotions that you can upload and play on your show. Click here to get those promos.
- Grab this Code and post it to your blog:
<a href=”http://www.webware.com/html/ww/100/2008/vote_audio.html?compid=103274“><img id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171350778183437426″ style=”DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 185px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 154px; TEXT-ALIGN: center” height=”124″ alt=”" src=”http://bp0.blogger.com/_Yawiu9y1v5M/R8RUIj6QTHI/AAAAAAAABwg/eVeVK9xM3ME/s320/btrwebvotelogo.bmp” width=”240″ border=”0″ /></a>
Voting ends March 31 and winners will be announced April 21. Thanks for supporting BlogTalkRadio!
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Posted by Luke Armour
February 25, 2008
If you want to know whether to buy that pair of skinny jeans, by all means, ask your girlfriends. But when it comes to men – ask Finesse.
Tonight at 6pm ET, the Hill Girls bring you Finesse Mitchell author of “Your Girlfriends Only Know So Much.” Finesse is a former Saturday Night Live cast member, but long before that, he made quite an impact in the world of stand-up comedy. His witty sense of humor, Southern charm and stage presence makes him one of the brightest young stars on the comedy horizon.
Finesse gives women even more of his witty, “Un-Phil” like advice on love/dating and figuring out BLACK MEN.
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Posted by Luke Armour
February 25, 2008
Discuss the best and worst-dressed, as well as predictions from the red carpet of the 80th annual Academy Awards with the Movie Geeks.
BlogTalkRadio’s number one show for film lovers brings their usual wit and insight to their Oscars coverage. Tune in and hear what pictures and people should take home the golden statues tonight.
Spoiler alert: the Geeks’ opinions are usually spot-on, so if you haven’t heard the winners yet, listen with caution!
Update: Oscar-winners Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman of Peter and the Wolf to join Wednesday’s show at 10pm ET. Don’t miss it!
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Posted by Hilary Leewong
