If you’ve been following developments on The Red Couch, the place where Shel Israel and Robert Scoble are developing the content for their book on blogging, you’ll have seen some great interviews posted there in recent weeks. Those interviews form part of the content of the book’s first four chapters (there was a full table […]
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The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #31: May 9, 2005
Content summary: Listeners’ comments (on being talked about at the New York geek dinner, sound clip joke, URL misdirecting to Microsoft home page, making PR accessible, podcasts and Podscope); what Paris Hilton could have done with her podcast; the occasional conflict between corporate communications and marketing; political podcast interviews at the UK general election; retrofitting […]
IABC features new communication technologies
If you’re an IABC member, the May edition of CW Bulletin is a must-read for getting some excellent insight into all the primary new communication technologies – blogs, wikis, RSS and podcasts – and their relevance to organizational communicators. CW Bulletin is an online supplement to Communication World magazine. Published monthly, it features timely articles […]
Social software: Out of the lab and into mass culture
As someone who’s more into the ‘fusion cuisine’ side of new communication tools and channels rather than the theoretical/cerebral analysis side, I tend not to spend an extraordinary amount of time in digesting long essays and white papers about new media or social networks. Give me the executive summary every time. That changed this morning. […]
Poke holes in the membrane
Why does corporate blogging work? To get a clue, you could read the Cluetrain Manifesto. Or, listen to Hugh McLeod who explains it all. I agree with the afterthoughts in Hugh’s post – this concept works internally, within the organization, as well as externally. Actually, reading Cluetrain is worth your time as well. At least […]
Rocketboom yeah!
I have to agree with Shel – Rocketboom is very cool! Listeners to yesterday’s edition of the Hobson & Holtz Report will have heard Shel waxing lyrical (or, at least, enthusing wildly) about Rocketboom. What is Rocketboom? It’s TV news, but not as we know it, Jim. Presented by Amanda Congdon (shown in the screenshot), […]
Constantin’s delicious links
I missed seeing this when it started last week (been away and still getting fully back up to speed) – Constantin Basturea‘s excellent del.icio.us digest. Here’s Constantin’s deal: 1. the selection of headlines and the comments are, well, mine (I don’t claim objectivity)2. you’ll (also) get links to postings from outside the PR BlogLand, but […]
Inflight wi-fi expands
PC World: Japan Airlines (JAL) will start offering Boeing’s in-flight Internet service on flights between Tokyo and New York this week, the first time the service will be available for transpacific travel, the airline says. […] The service supports e-mail, Web browsing, and corporate network access via a VPN (virtual private network), among other features, […]
Cops and blackberries
Why should a BlackBerry only be used in business? Tech journalist Mike Wendland writes in the Detroit Free Press about how BlackBerries help the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office catch the crooks: […] Instead of checking e-mail and stock prices, the deputies are using Blackberries to call up mug shots and warrants from the field. Already, […]
GM blog continues to push the envelope
There’s a new blogger on the GM FastLane Blog, with a new approach – talking to women. A post yesterday by Cynthia Price, GM Center of Expertise, Women’s Market Initiative: I’ve been noticing that guys make most of the comments in this blog. But I’d like to address the women out there. It seems there […]
Interview: Mark Elbertse and Hans Mestrum, Tulip Computers – May 11, 2005
In this latest in our series of For Immediate Release podcast interviews – complimentary to our regular "Hobson & Holtz Report" bi-weekly shows – Shel and Neville enjoyed a 24-minute conversation with Mark Elbertse, Chief Executive Officer, and Hans Mestrum, Trendwatcher, of Tulip Computers NV headquartered in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. Our conversation centered on Hans […]
Podcasting: Adding the human and informal touch
Some say it’s a revolution that will change radio broadcasting and people’s listening habits for ever. Others say it’s a fad that’s of limited appeal and use beyond geeks and enthusiasts. Whatever anyone says, you’d have to admit that something that, in just eight months, has rocketed out of nowhere and today got big companies […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #32: May 12, 2005
Content summary: Listeners’ comments (on US radio stations switching formats; applying to be a host on FIR; driving a communications revolution; good idea to interview Tudor and Angela; how to get politicians on your podcast; on not being able to bookmark a podcast); podcasting much in the news this week; helping hands for PR agencies […]
Got the T-shirt!
A few weeks ago, I ordered one of Hugh McLeod’s bespoke Gapingvoid cartoon T-shirts. It arrived in the post yesterday. Hugh’s right – high quality, well made and very nice indeed. I chose the “Was it good for you?” cartoon: Heh! I bet we see a human T-shirt catalogue on parade at the London geek […]
French blogger arrested then sued
I’ve said before (twice) that it’s all happening in France. What I meant was the way in which so many people and businesses have embraced new media tools like blogs. What I certainly didn’t mean was attempts to silence a blogger because he posts comment and opinion that are critical of the mayor of the […]
IBM creating an army of evangelists
Silicon Valley Watcher: Early next week IBM will introduce the largest ever corporate blogging initiative in a bid to encourage any of its 130,000 staff to become online evangelists for the company. Tom Foremski’s report today in Silicon Valley Watcher makes for very interesting reading. He says IBM’s plan comes hot on the heels of […]
Impersonal bloggers coming
This cartoon, included in an eWeek article, might raise a chuckle or two: (Speech balloon says: “And this is our crack team of impartial bloggers who are just wild about our products.”) Don’t chuckle too loudly, though – this is a portent of things to come. If you think impersonal call centers are bad, wait […]
Getting more from your RSS feed
Ever since I started this blog in July 2004, I’ve used the free FeedBurner service as a means of enabling you to easily subscribe to the blog’s RSS feed. FeedBurner is probably the RSS subscription service of choice for most people as I see its little icon on more blogs than any other service’s little […]
An artful approach to blogging
Do you need special attributes to blog? Can you just do it? Are you cut out for it? All questions resulting from a nice experience piece in yesterday’s New York Times by David Greenberg, a journalism and media studies professor at Rutgers University in the US, who spent a week as a guest blogger on […]
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