The Financial Times has an excellent report on why wikis (definition) are an effective collaborative tool for the workplace, quoting examples from three prominent companies: "It helps to think of [a wiki] as a sort of online whiteboard," says Gary Boone, research manager at Accenture‘s technology laboratories. "We set up a blog and wiki system […]
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The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #28: April 28, 2005
Content summary: Listeners’ comments (on featuring FIR, snarkiness by Business Week, having a guest host for the show, archiving and broadcasting audio input, blogs that float in outer space, audio blog summaries, syndicating RSS feeds, yet more on character blogs, doing promos like Adam Curry, searching podcasts by keywords); a broad review of Les Blogs; […]
Will Paris’ podcast have character?
I’ve heard this already described as a ‘character blog’: Podcasting is hot. But it just got hotter. Paris Hilton invites you to join her on "The Paris Hilton Podcast — Countdown to House of Wax," beginning on April 29. Join Paris and friends as she shops, parties, poses and publicizes in the days leading up […]
Who said what at Les Blogs
Constantin Basturea has put together an excellent listing of posts, podcasts and video clips that bloggers have posted about Les Blogs. The lengthy listing includes lots of posts on each of the presentation sessions – very useful seeing all this together. Far easier to find things than via the Technorati tag. That’s excellent, but it […]
Podcasting is disruptive for radio advertising
Fast Company: Podcasting is the newest disruptive technology threatening traditional radio — and making the satellite guys nervous, too. Intro to a well-written short piece in Fast Company on the threat podcasting presents to radio, which also says: Podcasting has the makings of an audio version of the blog phenomenon, allowing any bum with a […]
Amsterdam’s giant street party
On 30 April each year, The Netherlands celebrates Queen’s Day, or Koninginnedag to give it its formal Dutch label. Queen’s Day is ostensibly about celebrating the birthday of Queen Beatrix. Indeed, the monarch spends the day visiting towns throughout the country as part of the celebrations. This year, 2005, is a special one as it […]
Quite a number
vnunet.com: Over 180 million computer users have downloaded Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), and Microsoft said […] that it is working to make life more secure for those using non-XP systems. Microsoft released SP2 in August last year. Quite a number of people (and businesses) didn’t upgrade automatically via Windows Update amid concerns primarily […]
More shake up in the enterprise market
Hundreds of developers at Microsoft and SAP will work together on a new product designed to link together their business software in the most significant leap forward in their 15-year partnership, according to a report by eWeek. The new product, code-named "Mendocino," will link SAP process functionality such as time management, budget monitoring, organizational management, […]
Tips and tricks for corporate blogging
The cover story about blogs in last week’s Business Week (magazine cover date today, 2 May) has been widely commented on in blogs around the world. For instance, a Technorati search of blogs that link to the cover story shows over 170 blog posts so far. Even more interesting, though, is seeing the conversation thread […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #29: May 2, 2005
Content summary: Listeners’ comments (on communication strategy, measurement, champagne and tea "from our Australian correspondent"; on communication impact of blogs; podcasting at Les Blogs; identifing a blog author; equipment for mobile podcasting); Doc Searls at Les Blogs; Business Week’s cover story on blogs; lots of developments with podcasting; upcoming interviews in May; suggestions for co-hosts […]
Integrating blogs with PR and marketing
First there was Business Week featuring Steve Rubel in their cover story on blogs last week, complete with full-page photo. That feature evangelizes blogs, exploring the business perspective in quite a different way to other recent mainstream media reporting, and in a far more relevant way for the business reader. Today, the Wall Street Journal […]
Clued and clueless
Jeremy Pepper has posted a great interview with US tech journalist Dan Gillmor, probably best known for his seminal work We The Media. Two comments Dan makes in the interview leapt out at me: I can reiterate my plea that PR folks focus hard – on the behalf of their clients – on putting anything […]
On the road
Light posting ahead until the weekend as I’ll be in the UK for the next few days. A client meeting, catching up with some friends for dinner and something quite special. Next month, I’m co-leading a session about new media channels such as blogs at the Communication Directors Forum. This stellar event takes place on […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #30: May 5, 2005
Content summary: Listeners’ comments (on the Paris Hilton podcast, Adam Curry’s and Ron Bloom’s strategy cast, how podcasts can keep you from getting a traffic ticket, saving shows on a dedicated hard disk, the Business Week blogging cover story – from Business Week – and corporate vs. blogs vs. trade media); downloading sound clips from […]
The price of evangelism
During my trip to the UK last week, I had the pleasure of meeting up with some friends for dinner on one evening and, on another, a dinner with fellow speakers for a conference at which I’ll be speaking next month. Two excellent and enjoyable business/social events yet with some great contrasts in mindsets and […]
Upcoming geek dinner in London
Note for your diary – Tuesday 7 June in London. Geek dinner hosted by Hugh McLeod and Robert Scoble “for anyone interested in meeting up and talking about cool stuff.” Sounds like my kind of event, and already some interesting people going, so I’ll be there! Lloyd Davis has started a wiki so you can […]
A nice little earner
Nick Denton, the expat Brit and creator of the Gawker Media blog network, is interviewed today in the New York Times. Already lots of blog posts about the interview, many focusing on Denton’s views about the development of blogging. Sample: […] As for the blog revolution, Mr. Denton put it this way: “Give me a […]
Web Pro News posts with links to comments
Since last December, many of the posts I publish in this blog have been re-published by Web Pro News through an informal agreement we have. Both of us benefit from this symbiosis – they get articles and I get visitors. Overall, I’ve been very pleased with our relationship and how it’s developed during the past […]
High expectations for final Star Wars episode
Just over a week to go until Star Wars Episode III Revenge of The Sith opens! Lots of pre-reviews are appearing around the net, nearly all highly positive commentaries about this final episode in the Star Wars saga. This comment from a review by the Daily Telegraph on Saturday sums it all up well: The […]
Add your voice to new Edelman survey
Edelman PR is conducting research for their second annual "New Frontiers in Communications" survey. Like the first one published last August, the 2005 survey attempts to learn more about the variety of information channels that companies use to communicate with their employees and, to a certain extent, with external audiences, as well as to discover […]