Arrived in Paris late last night, ready to participate in the IABC Eurocomm conference which formally kicks off today and runs through tomorrow. I’m moderating the opening session discussion panel on the giant global focus group. No prizes for guessing what this is about at a conference full of communicators! So, my fellow conversationalists – […]
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The conversation is rapidly evolving
As I relax on my train journey back to Amsterdam aboard the high-speed Thalys TGV, I sit in reflective mode regarding this morning’s terrific panel discussion on the giant global focus group at the IABC Europe conference in Paris. Not long after the panel was over, Niall Cook posted a commentary to The Plenary Panel […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #90: December 1, 2005
Content summary: Listeners’ comments discussion (changing intro music for FIR book review podcasts; working on new H&H Report intro music for show #100; World AIDS Day; Blog Marketing book for review; tapping into FIR; Sony BMG going down the drain; two sides of crisis communication; new media tools not so effective in parts of Asia; […]
Audacity releases upgrade of audio editing software
Audacity, the open-source cross-platform sound editor beloved of podcasters, has released an upgrade to its current version and a beta of a new version: Audacity 1.2.4 is a new stable version of Audacity, the free audio editor. It includes a couple of bug fixes and minor improvements and is recommended for all users. Audacity 1.3.0 […]
Growth of the global internet
It won’t surprise anyone to learn that the top language of internet users is English, according to stats from Internet World Stats: English represents the language of nearly one-third of all internet users, according to these stats. What’s especially interesting, though, is to see the growth rates of languages other than English during the past […]
The growing FIR community
I’m listening to show #90 of The Hobson & Holtz Report podcast as I complete the full show notes for this edition, recorded yesterday. This is a bumper show and, at 98 minutes, the longest one we’ve done yet. You’ll hear more from our listeners in this edition than from Shel and I. This really […]
At the bleeding edge with Skype 2.0 beta
I installed the new Skype 2.0 beta for Windows the other day – and uninstalled it yesterday. Lots to like about it, especially the video calling capability which worked faultlessly when I tried it with a Philips Toucam webcam. Overall, this new Skype version has a rather bright program interface for my taste plus pathetic […]
Les Blogs 2.0 kicks off today
The Les Blogs 2.0 conference in Paris formally starts today and runs until Tuesday evening. The event is completely sold out. Lots already been going on over the weekend, judging from the rapidly-growing Technorati tag list. What’s the event about? Absorb this, from Loic’s opening remarks: […] We believe there is a revolution going-on. We […]
Social search the ‘defining characteristic’ of next-gen web search
Good article in the Financial Times last week about Yahoo and what the company is doing in the face of the growing and stiff competition in the search business by the likes of Google and Microsoft. Thought-making sound bites from the FT article in discussing the role of Bradley Horowitz, Yahoo’s technology director search and […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #91: December 5, 2005
Content summary: A special edition: Neville and Shel discuss the future of public relations and the skills communicators will need to succeed in a forever-altered communication environment. The discussion includes listener feedback. Show notes for December 5, 2005 Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 75-minute conversation recorded live from Concord, […]
Reflecting on Les Blogs 2.0
Worthwhile being there is how I’d sum up my experience of Les Blogs 2.0 in Paris on Monday and Tuesday. I didn’t get there for day 1, arriving only in the evening (and so made it to the blogger bash), but I did spend day 2 listening, learning and conversing. Meeting new people, and re-meeting […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #92: December 8, 2005
Content summary: Listeners’ audio and email comments (a proto-vlog in Australia; the future of newspapers; IBM’s podcasting guidelines; what’s the best tool for starting an electronic conversation?; PR and propaganda; offending employees with guidelines for personal presentation; how HR can use blogs; more on the future of PR to add to show #91); Wikipedia dust-ups; […]
BBC getting into blogging
The BBC’s political editor, Nick Robinson, started a blog last week, called Nick Robinson’s Newslog. His first post includes this text: […] The BBC is about to start a trial series of blogs, each of which will be built using the kind of software employed by millions of weblogs around the world. This is the […]
First Lifeblog post
Sat 10/12/2005 14:46 10122005041 From my Nokia N70, out and about in Amsterdam this afternoon.
Biz-Tech-News: Headlines 11-Dec-05
2005 – The IT year in quotes A Little Sleuthing Unmasks Writer of Wikipedia Prank Baffled by the beauty adverts? So is a Nobel prizewinner Big Pharma Seeks an Image Cure Boards seek to keep tabs on activists Campaigning for Blog Awards – Is This Ethical? Can This Man Reprogram Microsoft? CitySlickrs Podcast show no. […]
Cool Nokia N70 is the business
Yesterday was a rare day, a day during which I enjoyed playing around with a gadget purely for the sake of it. Getting to know it a bit, trying things out on it to see how it works. Generally, just having a great deal of fun with it. The gadget is the Nokia N70 smartphone […]
This podcasting dope is addictive
News of what two big companies in entirely different industries are doing with audio as part of their communication is a great example of imaginative ways to use this communication medium. First up is health care products manufacturer Johnson & Johnson who is using podcasts as part of a campaign to promote its Acuvue contact […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #93: December 12, 2005
Content summary: Yahoo! acquires del.icio.us and teams up with Six Apart to offer Movable Type; IABC adds new media categories to Gold Quill Awards; Irish government uses RSS to deliver budget information; the Wikipedia class action lawsuit website; Nokia’s blog relations campaign for the N90 smartphone; listeners’ audio and email comments (from Geneva to Zurich; […]
Oil blaze communications challenge for Total Oil
I’m following the still-breaking news about the massive oil terminal blaze in Hemel Hempstead in the UK that started on Sunday – what some reports are saying is the biggest fire of its type in Europe since 1945 – and thinking about PR. In an event that’s making news headlines worldwide, this has all the […]
New software hits and misses
Three of my favourite software apps launched new or upgraded versions recently. Only one definite hit in this group, unfortunately. WindowBlinds 5.0. The latest version of the add-on for Windows XP that lets you completely change the look-and-feel of your Windows is just great. The major improvements I can see in this version over the […]