Content summary: Edelman/Technorati survey results, AOL’s instant messenger hits the blogosphere, a threat to Microsoft Office, Apple’s upcoming announcement, a new communications podcast, the Conference Board podcasts, a report from Dan York, a cautionary tale of comment spam and fake blogs, listener comments, and way, way more. Show notes for October 6, 2005 Welcome to […]
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Why Europe fails to leverage innovation
A guy has a great idea for a product or service that companies would very likely buy, certainly enough that the idea has money-making potential. He’s trying to get some financial backers. So he’s sitting in his local Starbucks on the wifi sending some emails and his business plan. Someone asks if the next seat […]
Yahoo launches podcast directory
Yahoo has launched a podcasting site, a place that’s not only a directory of podcasts but also a great resource of rich information on podcasting generally, and a one-stop-shop for your podcasts and music purchasing. Yahoo Podcasts includes detailed information that explains what podcasts are and an excellent how-to guide on creating your own podcast, […]
Help victims of Pakistan earthquake
The devastating earthquake in Pakistan on Saturday that so far has claimed around 20,000 lives in that country as well as in parts of India and Afghanistan is headline news worldwide, as you’d expect. Some media reports say that the death toll is closer to 40,000. Blogs and other social media undoubtedly will come into […]
New online resource for internal communicators
Melcrum Publishing, the global communication publisher, today launched The Hub, a new online knowledge resource for internal communicators with hundreds of resources to help communicators do their jobs more effectively. The first of its kind in the UK according to Melcrum, The Hub provides members with resources that include networking, news and analysis, learning guides […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #75: October 10, 2005
Content summary: Listeners’ comments discussion (employee engagement; bad PR gimmick with a fake blog; how to stimulate blog comments); Cillit Bang PR debacle update; helping victims of the Pakistan earthquake; US court ruling on not identifying an anonymous blogger; Yahoo! Podcasts launches; Google’s RSS reader; CBC employee lockout follow-up; Lee Hopkins’ report; the new FIR […]
Biz-Tech-News: Headlines 11-Oct-05
Blogging slips down the priority list How to speak at a tech conference I Want the Blooker Prize IBM and the Future of Our Past Lockergnome Releases Gada.Be Metasearch Service Meeting Steve Ballmer in Munich… Phil Gomes – A Rough Early PR Blog Timeline PR Week Debuts Column by Dan Gillmor Selling the BlogoSphere Part […]
Lessons from Interpublic’s global financial chaos
The Financial Times reports the sobering story of marketing and ad agency group Interpublic who, after over 400 acquisitions and global expansion, found itself having to restate its accounts for the past ten years and be the subject of an SEC investigation into its accounting practices: […] The company discovered “instances of deliberate falsification of […]
Speaking at E-Day Amsterdam
Heading off to the Emerce E-Day conference taking place today in Amsterdam. I’m participating in a panel discussion broadly titled Public Relations in The Blogosphere. My fellow panelists are Scott Rafer, Frank Janssen, Paul Molenaar and Hans Mestrum. We hope to have a stimulating and dynamic multi-lingual discussion (Dutch and English) on issues and strategies […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #76: October 12, 2005
Content summary: Listeners’ comments, Emerce Eday in Amsterdam, RSS use study, Microsoft’s proposed RSS logos, Skype cordless handset, Microsoft and Yahoo link IM clients, Google Library project update, The Spinfluencer interviews Ron Bloom, reactive vs. proactive communication, Apple launches video iPod, the anonymous Publix employee blogger, and more. Show notes for October 12, 2005 Welcome […]
Apple launches video iPod
On the road until the weekend, posting will resume then. Meanwhile, one item for you, briefly discussed in FIR #76 (recorded yesterday, a day earlier than usual). The speculation was correct – yesterday Apple launched a video iPod. My recommendation – forget the iPod nano; this is the one to get. Just look at the […]
eWeek podcasting
Another mainstream medium starts podcasting – eWeek: eWEEK, the Enterprise Newsweekly, brings you a weekly roundup of the top stories from its latest issue. Hosted by Executive Editor Stan Gibson, the eWEEK Podcast also includes reports from eWEEK editors, a product review from eWEEK Labs, commentary from columnists including Technology Editor Peter Coffee, and the […]
Open source film making
If you can post the content of a book to a blog as you develop the book, why not a film? That’s precisely what Scottish film director David MacKenzie is doing with the script for Hallam Foe, a film based on the novel by Peter Jinks. Hugh MacLeod writes: […] So here’s what we decided. […]
Cool features in FeedDemon 1.6
Release candidate 1 of the next version 1.6 of the FeedDemon RSS aggregator for Windows is now available for testing by registered users, and it’s very good indeed. I’ve been using the betas of this upcoming version for the past couple of months. With RC1, some of the cool new features that will be in […]
Compelling Memeorandum
For the past few weeks, I’ve been reading tech news from a new (to me) website – Memeorandum. I’m not wholly sure what it is about Memeorandum – whether it’s the content or the buzz, or both – but I find it a totally compelling resource. It’s the place (RSS feed) I now check first […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #77: October 17, 2005
Content summary: Listeners’ comments discussion (more on, and from, the anonymous Publix blogger; loving the new FIR logo; transcribing show notes; proactive vs. reactive again); IABC’s new website; software to help eliminate jargon from writing; Technorati’s latest state of the blogosphere; Lee Hopkins’ report; The Conference Board Europe’s communications meeting; no podosphere PR yet; PR […]
Improving weblog usability
Website usability guru Jakob Nielsen published his top 10 weblog design mistakes yesterday, and the list plus his commentary are interesting reading. Weblogs are often too internally focused and ignore key usability issues, Nielsen says, making it hard for new readers to understand the site and trust the author. You can read Nielsen’s detailed commentary, […]
Kick starting new copyright laws
A subject I’ve posted about before is that of the inadequacies of copyright laws in this age of instant copy-and-paste and relying on decades (if not centuries) old geographical-based laws to help you protect your intellectual property rights. So it was with keen interest I read Copyright for the digital age on the BBC News […]
Can you blog when serving on a jury?
Josh Hallett in Florida might be conducting an interesting experiment – blogging on jury duty. In a series of short posts on Monday, Josh gives a point-by-point commentary of his thoughts and impressions about his jury selection process. Laptops weren’t allowed, Josh says – so he blogged via his Blackberry. And in his final quick […]
Working out a fair deal for iPod TV
BBC News: Unions representing Hollywood actors, writers and directors have called for talks over the use of TV shows on Apple’s new video iPod. The unions want to ensure their members get a cut of the revenue generated by the sale of TV shows on Apple software. A new (and clearly disruptive) technological advance enables […]