BlogJet is a very good offline editing application for your blog. I’ve been using it for some months (I reviewed it in comparison with ecto for Windows, which I also use, in September). Yesterday, version 1.5 was released (download link). I’ve just downloaded and installed it, and I’m writing and will publish this post with […]
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New Skype for Windows released
Skype has launched version 1.1 of its internet phone application for Windows: Skype launches v1.1 for Windows and introduces the new Chat feature, allowing Skype users to hold multi-person or forum-style conversations with groups of people. Chat expands the existing one-to-one chatting and other instant message features in previous versions of Skype, and allows groups […]
The inadequacies of current copyright laws
So bloggers are firmly among the guilty in the area of ignoring copyright: […] Bloggers, in general, have little respect for copyright laws and tend to snatch and grab anything out there as “theirs.” One blogger who was involved in this had possession of 12 videos that he was making available on his site. He […]
The agony for Sweden continues
While pledges for financial aid continue to mount in the aftermath of the Asian earthquake and tsunami two weeks ago, the nightmare continues for millions of people in South Asia whose lives have been destroyed by this tragedy. The same is true in a wholly different way for the families of the thousands of foreign […]
Fishing for podcasts
I’ve been listening to quite a few podcasts during the past week, especially since Shel Holtz and I started our weekly podcast a week ago. You do know what podcasts are, right? If not, check this definition at Wikipedia. Much of my listening has been to gain some further knowledge in how different people do […]
The evolution of cats
I just couldn’t resist it:
Watch out for tsunami relief email scams
The millions of dollars donated by individuals to relief efforts in Southeast Asia have brought criminals and scammers out of the woodwork, US government agencies and private anti-fraud groups warned last week, Internetworld.com reported. Internetworld quotes Jim Lanford, the co-editor of ScamBusters.org in an online alert, saying, “Within hours of the earthquake and tsunami, scams […]
Understanding copyright law is the hard part
In the past two weeks I’ve posted two commentaries about copyright – copyright myths and the inadequacies of copyright laws. In each, I argue that current copyright laws are inadequate protection of anyone’s intellectual property rights in the online world because it’s so easy to just grab someone else’s work. Equally, bloggers and website owners […]
A worthy checklist for presentation planning
Seth Levine, a Principal at Mobius Venture Capital in the US, posted a handy guide on putting together an effective presentation when you’re calling on VCs to pitch your wares. Reading the guide, all of it struck me as wholly valid in almost any situation where you have to explain something to someone in order […]
Car in Amsterdam canal drama
So I’m taking a ten-minute break this lunchtime, catching up with the newspapers (some dead-trees reading for a change) when I hear this loud ‘bang’ from outside along with people yelling. "What on earth was that?" I said to my wife. I jump to the window – and there’s a car in the canal. And […]
The new face of advertising
A 20-year-old US man is selling advertising space on his forehead to the highest bidder on eBay, BBC News reports. Andrew Fisher, from Omaha, Nebraska, said he would have a non-permanent logo or brand name tattooed on his head for 30 days. “The way I see it I’m selling something I already own; after 30 […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #2: January 10, 2005
Show notes for January 10, 2005. Welcome to our second weekly podcast, a 49:54-minute conversation recorded live via Skype from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Download the file here (MP3, 22.9MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For this, you’ll need ipodder, software that lets […]
Blogosphere News starts with useful information
There’s a new news and conversation resource in town – Blogosphere News, started last month by Brad Jasper who also owns and runs the Blog Catalog blog directory. From a quick scan of the site, it looks good. Some good writers and some good topics being posted. I’ll add this one to my Feed Demon […]
New Yahoo desktop search, but I’ll pass on this one
Another entrant into the crowded desktop search market debuts today – Yahoo Desktop Search, available in beta for download now. I’m going to give it a miss. I’ve tried out just about all desktop search tools in the past few months – Google Desktop Search, Blinkx, X1 Desktop Search, Copernic Desktop Search, MSN Toolbar Suite. […]
Two star offerings from ChangeThis
A new selection of manifestos from ChangeThis is available on free download from today. Among the six new ones, I immediately downloaded two in particular which really are good and worth time in reading: The Hughtrain by Hugh McLeod. Liberally sprinkled with Hugh’s wicked gapingvoid cartoons: “You’ve read The Cluetrain, now Hugh McLeod brings you […]
Talk about total commitment
Komo News: Are you ready for Star Wars: Episode Three? Don’t get excited just yet, the new movie doesn’t open until May. But for one Seattle fan, it’s never too early, or too cold, to start the wait. Jeff Twieden [sic] doesn’t care that it’s freezing outside. He’s camping out in front of the Cinerama […]
Growing European resentment at Sarbanes-Oxley
A rising tide of resentment is building at the increasing pressure European companies are feeling to comply with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, with some European companies threatening to de-list from US stock exchanges. Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) is legislation passed in the US in 2002 in response to a number of major corporate and accounting […]
Using blogs for informal relationship-building with shareholders
There’s a an extremely good report on IR Web Report, published yesterday, on why corporate boards should blog to improve their communication with shareholders. Every corporate communicator, investor relations practitioner, and CFO should read this (as well as the companion article with ten excuses not to blog). Written from the boardroom perspective, IR Web’s key […]
iPod Shuffle: The new Official Cool
This could be a no-brainer decision for anyone (like me, for instance) contemplating getting a digital music player – get an iPod Shuffle. Launched this week at Macworld in San Francisco, the iPod Shuffle is a USB flashdrive-based player that costs just $99 for the one with 512 megs capacity and $149 for the one-gig […]
Skype saves you money, period
I know I evangelize the Skype internet phone service a great deal as a highly cost-effective communication tool, and I make no excuses for that! I just concluded a call with a business friend where we both use Skype. I’m here in The Netherlands, he’s there in the UK. We chatted for 45 minutes, totally […]