ZDNet UK reports today that an online petition has been set up to put pressure on Apple to bring European prices for the new Mac mini in line with their US equivalents. The petition – created by and written by Timo Schöler and simply called Reasonable price for the Mac mini in the EU – […]
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Long wait for iPod Shuffle
Reuters via eWeek: Just one week after launching the tiny iPod Shuffle, a lightweight and much cheaper model of [Apple’s] market-leading digital music player, customers face a wait of two to four weeks before their order is shipped, according to the company’s website on Tuesday. […] There is a two- to three-week wait for the […]
Always present with passion
In taking a quiet break from working on the PowerPoint presentation I’ll be using in my workshop at the New Communications Forum 2005 next week, I was reading the Financial Times online when I came to an article by FT columnist Jonathan Guthrie yesterday entitled Don’t be seduced by PowerPoint (paid subscription-only access). Guthrie says: […]
Google tag to help prevent comment spam
Lots of comment in the blogosphere overnight about the new anti-spam comment tag that Google announced yesterday. Here’s what Google say: If you’re a blogger (or a blog reader), you’re painfully familiar with people who try to raise their own websites’ search engine rankings by submitting linked blog comments like “Visit my discount pharmaceuticals site.” […]
The Red Couch gains traction
Things are beginning to move with The Red Couch, the collaborative work on producing what could be the definitive business book on why companies should blog, by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel. This is no ordinary business book project: Most of this project is being executed in the public eye, via The Red Couch blogsite. […]
Ethics and professional responsibility
US press critic and writer Jay Rosen takes a hefty swipe at PR bloggers, with a blanket accusation that they have ignored a pay-for-promotion case in the US that has significant ethical implications for the public relations profession: Bloggers are supposed to be a little more curious than most. They are supposed to apply a […]
Boeing starts an executive blog
Following the General Motors executive blog earlier this month, another Fortune 100 company takes a step into the blogosphere – aircraft maker Boeing has started a public blog. Written by Randolp S. Baseler, Vice President Marketing, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, his first post on 17 January in Randy’s Journal sets the scene for what he expects […]
Podcasting described simply
When explaining podcasting to people who don’t know what it is, how do you describe it? I’ve tended to rely on the relatively complex Wikipedia definition or this one on Webopedia: Podcasting is similar in nature to RSS, which allows subscribers to subscribe to a set of feeds to view syndicated website content. With podcasting […]
Taking a stand on ethics
This morning, I left a lengthy comment on Jay Rosen’s blog in his Bloggers Are Missing in Action… post on ethics in PR that generated lots of blog posts and comments on posts yesterday (go to Rosen’s post to see the many comments there, and see my post yesterday for a recap on what this […]
Hidden dangers with public Wi-Fi
It’s becoming a common thing to see people sitting in public places – train stations, airports, the local Starbucks – with their laptops, doing their email or writing their blogs, or any manner of things that they’d do when in the office or at home. How do you know that the wi-fi network you’ve connected […]
Microsoft gags tech news bloggers
Reported on Neowin this afternoon: After an exclusive story here at Neowin.net regarding future Windows Mobile Technologies, Microsoft Bloggers across the world syndicated the news and each received legal threats to take down the material. Bloggers who follow Microsoft technologies are calling on Robert Scoble as a way of contacting Microsoft and are questioning Microsoft’s […]
Linux: A very different business model
For its 31 January edition, Business Week has an intriguing story online about Linus Torvalds, the Finnish creator of the Linux Unix-like operating system. The story has insight commentary on how the Linux open-source developer community works in conjunction with big-name ‘establishment’ companies, and the real threat Linux presents to Microsoft and its Windows family. […]
Top 100 RSS feeds
Blogging service Radio Userland has a very useful list of the top 100 most subscribed-to RSS feeds. A handy one-stop place to sign up for all the good ones instead of having to seek out all the invidual sites. Radio Community Server | Top 100 Most-Subscribed-To RSS Feeds If you’re a business blogger, especially if […]
PeopleSoft job seekers try eBay
After a team of in-house creatives was displaced following Oracle’s acquisition of PeopleSoft, the group turned to eBay to try and find work, a report by Fast Company says. Not as individual job seekers, however, but as a complete team. According to a post on AdFreak, AdWeek’s blog, the team wanted to continue working together, […]
Blogs make perfect aids to learning
BBC News: Blogs are increasingly being used by academics and students. Until a few months ago, the attention paid to web logs, or blogs, focused mainly on politics and the media business. […] Now, the technology that has been an alternative source of news to many academics is being incorporated more fully into university life. […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #4: January 24, 2005
Show notes for January 24, 2005. Welcome to our weekly podcast, a 57:25-minute conversation recorded live via Skype from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Download the file here (MP3, 24.9MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For this, you’ll need ipodder, software that lets you […]
The bespoke tailor who blogs
Last night, I was reading the posts on English Cut, the website of Thomas Mahon, bespoke Savile Row tailor, London (says the blog’s tag line). He’s in the tailoring industry (if I dare describe it thus). I discovered Mr Mahon’s blog from a post on Hugh McLeod’s gapingvoid. What a delightful blog! In a post […]
Blogging from Napa
My input to this blog will be a bit different (and probably a bit erratic) during the rest of this week as I will be at the New Communications Forum 2005 event in Napa, California, from later today. This is going to be a terrific time to gather with a group of like-minded communication folk […]
Preparing for Forum kick-off
The New Communications Forum 2005 kicks off today in Napa, California. It’s being held at the Silverado Ranch resort and spa, "set in 1,200 acres of lush vineyards and emerald hills in Napa Valley" (its says in the brochure). Can’t see much lushness right now as the weather’s actually reminiscent of what we have in […]
First session blogged
I just finished leading the discussion session on "Introduction to Corporate Blogging" which provides an overview introduction using blogs from a company’s perspective, looking at examples of what some companies and other organizations are currently doing. Anita Campbell of Small Business Trends, who participated in the session, has blogged it. Nice commentary, too 😉 Edit: […]