As a long-time subscriber to the Financial Times online edition, I’ve wished they would offer RSS feeds instead of email alerts and newsletters. I’ve unsubscribed from every email newsletter from every website that offers them wherever there’s an RSS alternative. I had some email correspondence with the FT last October about RSS; they told me […]
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Blogs: The explosion of free speech
Pithy commentary in Business Week on the fall from grace of CNN news head Eason Jordan over his remarks that US troops target journalists in Iraq: [Jordan] resigned on Feb. 13 after conservative bloggers feasted on a controversial statement he made in late January at the annual World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, about the […]
50 more Gmail invites
Google’s generosity with Gmail invitations continues – my Gmail invitation count is back up to 50 again. If you’d like an invitation to open a Gmail account, leave your comment request here.
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #8: February 17, 2005
Show notes for February 17, 2005. Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 37-minute conversation recorded live via Skype from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Download the file here (MP3, 18.7MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For automatic synchronization with […]
The shift in the balance of power
It was quite an eye opener to read this comment by Steve O’Keefe to Elizabeth Albrycht’s post on Monday that kicked-off this week-long IAOC blog fest: Most blogs that are truly open don’t work, because most people don’t want to participate in a discussion – they want to push an agenda or advertise. Most blogs […]
Total engagement with your readers
Earlier this week, I wrote about what some French newspapers are doing with blogs, commenting on Le Monde, Libération and Le Figaro. In the case of Le Monde, they have reader blogs where readers of the paper can blog about news stories they’d like to see covered. Libération has three journalists’ blogs providing readers with […]
Transparency leads to genuine debate
A thoughtful view on what the role of a blog sponsored and supported by the World Economic Forum should be and how the blog should develop comes from Lance Knoble writing in his Davos Newbies blog, in specific regard to the effects of the controversial Eason Jordan affair First, a quick recap for anyone outside […]
Northern Voice posts on PR wiki
Constantin Basturea has put together an excellent resources page on The New PR Wiki listing posts about the Northern Voice Canadian blogging conference that took place in Vancouver at the weekend. The resources page includes links to attendees’ posts on the many presenters’ sessions and panel discussions. Some excellent material here and well worth checking […]
Outed by the bloggers
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central is a great example of stand-up comedy on the web at its very best. The Daily Show last Thursday was just hilarious, a satirical take on mainstream media and the blogosphere, the fake White House reporter and his naughty secrets and the recent Eason Jordan scalping […]
Microsoft press releases via RSS
For the past couple of years, I’ve subscribed to the Microsoft PressPass email newsletter which lets me know on a regular basis the top stories published in the press area of Microsoft’s website. I’ve unsubscribed now – one less email in the overall inbox clutter! – because PressPass now offers an RSS feed for those […]
Start up with unrealistic expectations
Insights into the world of start-ups from Michael Moritz, a partner at Sequioa Capital, one of the most successful venture capital firms in the world. The Financial Times interviewed Moritz and reports his views on some of the biggest successes (and not-so-successes) of the internet era, as well as the pursuit of the next big […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #9: February 21, 2005
Show notes for February 21, 2005. Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 47:14-minute conversation recorded live via Skype from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Download the file here (MP3, 19.4MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For automatic synchronization with […]
An open conversation with General Motors
A few hours ago, Shel and I had the pleasure of an 18-minute conversation with Michael Wiley, Director New Media, GM Communications, at General Motors. We interviewed Michael for the 21 February edition of our bi-weekly podcast show For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report. In our conversation, we discussed the GM FastLane Blog, […]
Hobson & Holtz on the Daily Source Code
Last week, Shel and I recorded a little 30-second MP3 promo that we sent to Adam Curry to raise a little awareness with his Daily Source Code mega-audience of For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, our bi-weekly podcast show on business communication and technology. Adam played it on yesterday’s DSC! If you’ve not […]
Switching to a Mac isn’t for everyone
Ever think about dumping your Windows-based PC and buying a Mac? Perhaps one of those gorgeous-looking G4 PowerBooks? I know I have, usually at times when some inexplicable problem happens with some app on my primary Windows PC, a customized Toshiba Satellite laptop. While that machine’s getting a bit long in the tooth now, it […]
UK newspaper launches blog
The Observer newspaper in the UK will launch a blog this coming Sunday. Journalist, writer and cigar aficionado Ben Hammersley reports: Sparklines! Folksonomies! Tagging! XHTML Compliant! Accessible! Contemporania! It’s not officially live until next Sunday, and is slightly broken and unfinished in places, but seeing as it’s you, you can have a look at my […]
Blogs and wikis change the dynamics of business
Tom Foremski, publisher of Silicon Valley Watcher and ex-FT correspondent, writes a terrific piece in today’s Financial Times on a new phase of the internet that’s emerging, fuelled by a new class of technologies coming out of Silicon Valley that don’t even have a name yet, but have the potential to be disruptive in their […]
eWeek: Blogger blogs can spread spyware
Can this really be true – blogs hosted by Blogger can spread spyware? Yes, according to a report in eWeek: Dozens of blogs hosted by Google Inc.’s Blogger service can install programs that are widely considered to be spyware and adware onto visitors’ computers, warn users and spyware researchers. In many cases, users are discovering […]
A mobile device wish list
Reuters via eWeek: Sony Corp. said on Wednesday it would stop making personal digital assistants for Japan in July, completing its withdrawal from a market hit by multi-functional cellphones and casting a shadow over the tools’ growth potential. The move was widely expected after the electronics and entertainment conglomerate said last year it would stop […]
Business blogging award winners announced
The winners of the 2005 Business Blogging Awards – a new contest organized by Jeremy Wright and Darren Barefoot – were announced yesterday. Congratulations to everyone who won in the 20 different categories. Special congratulations to Mike Manuel of Media Guerrilla – awarded the accolade of Best PR Blog – and Paul Woodhouse of The […]