Europe’s first conference on podcasting takes place in London tomorrow, and it looks clear that it will be a terrific event. So far, 128 people have signed up and paid their ₤30 to participate in PodcastCon UK. The sign-up wiki shows a further 35 people who still might be there once they’ve paid the small […]
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PodcastCon UK well underway
The afternoon session at PodcastCon UK has just got underway, with a live recording of the Richard Vobes Radio Show. An opportunity to get online (for the first time since leaving Amsterdam yesterday morning) on the conference hotel’s wifi connection to pick up email and RSS and do this quick post. PodcastCon UK is a […]
A bright future for UK podcasting
A tremendous success – that’s my judgment of PodcastCon UK which took place in London on Saturday. Europe’s first conference on podcasting saw 120 or so people gathered together to present, talk, mix and get to know each other in an atmosphere of keen excitement. A massive tip of the hat to the four organizers […]
The broadband siren call
We all want fast always-on internet, right? Not a measly 8-megs-fast (that’s what I get here in The Netherlands), something blisteringly fast: Give me speed that terrifies the old and exhilarates the young. Let me download life with wild abandon. Make it ludicrously affordable, that I may infuriate my friends (but make it easy for […]
Global PR Blog Week 2.0 starts today
The second annual PR blogging summit, Global PR Blog Week 2.0, starts today and runs until the end of this week. Global PR Blog Week 2.0 is an online event that will engage public relations, marketing and business professionals from around the globe in a discussion about how new communication technologies such as weblogs, podcasting, […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #69: September 19, 2005
Content summary: Listeners’ comments discussion (sound improvements; Dmoz.org; podcasting in higher education, and in business schools with RSS and Blackberries; lighting the blogging flame; podcasts at different bit rates); Global PR Blog Week 2.0; review of PodcastCon UK; Sun warns employee bloggers about confidentiality; Phil Gomes starts a podcast; Business Week’s podcasting efforts; viral marketing […]
Biz-Tech-News: Headlines 20-Sept-05
A new blog about PowerPoint AOL offers new VOIP service b5 is waking up Black day for IBM traditionalists Dell Unveils Music Player Economist falls for Skype-hype: wrongly predicts end to mobile voice calls Google Prepares to Launch WiFi Service Identity Theft inFlightHQ Launches Internet industry unease at EU rules revision Novell PR Team Opens […]
Reuters is podcasting the news
First it was RSS feeds, now it’s podcasting – Reuters joins the mainstream media podcasting fray: Get the latest on world news, politics, business, entertainment and more. Click Listen to hear the stories now or select Podcast to transfer them to your MP3 player. Each podcast contains the ten most recent news stories in that […]
A wealth of knowledge to share
If you’re in the communication business and haven’t visited Global PR Blog Week 2.0 yet, I urge you to rush over there right now and dive in to an outstanding professional development event. We’re half-way through the week-long online conference and already there are some tremendous articles and papers for you to read and comment […]
Blogging the Frankfurt Motor Show
The Frankfurt Motor Show takes place this week, and a group of bloggers is there courtesy of German car maker BMW. PR blogger Björn Ognibeni writes: I am traveling to Frankfurt [on 16 September] visiting the 61st International Motor Show (IAA). BMW was so kind to invite a bunch of bloggers, including me, to the […]
iTunes 5.0.1 released but woes continue
Apple released iTunes 5.0 earlier this month, which generated quite a number of complaints from users such as this one by Michael Hyatt. I installed version 5 for Windows and have not experienced any problems with it nor with syncing music and podcasts to my iPod Mini. Nevertheless, clearly there were issues with version 5, […]
Celebrity self destruction
BBC News: Fashion store H&M has done a U-turn and says it will drop Kate Moss as the face of a campaign after drug allegations. Tabloid newspaper claims that Moss had snorted cocaine initially led H&M to condemn the British model but vow it would continue using her. Many of H&M’s customers are teenage girls […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #70: September 22, 2005
Content summary: Listeners’ comments discussion (more on five-assed monkeys; training employees on blogging; teaser samples for podcast subscriptions; bad e-book websites; podcasting in education; software that blocks Skype; a communication challenge update); Dan York’s report; Global PR Blog Week 2.0 update; b5media blog network; is the CEO’s finger really on the pulse at Microsoft?; copyright […]
GM’s Bob Lutz: The disruptive communicator
He was the first General Motors executive blogger when the GM Fastlane Blog launched last January. Now he’s the first GM executive podcaster on FastLane Radio, GM’s podcast series launched in February. GM vice chairman Bob Lutz stars in a Q&A discussion with Bill O’Neill, GM’s executive director of communications. During much of the 20-minute […]
BMW podcasts from Frankfurt Motor Show
On Wednesday, I wrote about BMW inviting some bloggers to the Frankfurt Motor Show. Today news that BMW is podcasting from the show in English and German. The introductory podcast says BMW will be presenting a series of podcasts during the show which runs until 25 September. So far, I’ve received nearly a dozen separate […]
Telling the EU what we want
What do online Europeans want from an e-enabled government? asks William Heath: Public sector computerisation will cost Europe €88bn in 2005. But did we ever say what we wanted? Are e-government projects designed for citizens? Do we use them? Will they make life easier and meet our needs? Should we trust them? Unless we ask, […]
Care charity offers self-help podcasts
This looks like a first – the St John Ambulance first aid, transport and care charity in the UK has produced iFIRSTAID, a series of first aid audio files that offer tips and advice on the steps you should take if you come across an accident scene and need to provide first aid to anyone. […]
FIR Interview: Charles Pizzo, Katrina evacuee – September 25, 2005
In this edition of For Immediate Release podcast interviews, Shel and Neville spoke with Charles Pizzo, a 20-year veteran of communications, a top-ranked speaker and writer and a former Chairman of the Board of IABC and its Research Foundation. A native of New Orleans, Charles evacuated from that city following Hurricane Katrina and the total […]
Survey: How bloggers and PR intersect
Technorati and Edelman have teamed up to conduct a survey into bloggers’ opinions about their interactions with PR agencies and companies: […] Is receiving a press release from a PR agency just more spam? What about product discounts or free goods? Are there better ways for traditional marketers and bloggers to interact? What is the […]
The prize for Skype
Writing in the Financial Times last week, Stuart Henshall has an interesting analysis of Skype’s call forwarding functionality and what that could mean for eBay and Skype users following eBay’s acquisition of Skype a few weeks ago: […] With call transfer, by contrast, the call can be answered and redirected to either another Skype account […]