During the New Communications Forum 2005 conference in California last week, Shel Holtz and I interviewed Jeremy Wright in a special podcast of For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report. In that 30-minute conversation, Jeremy talks about his planned book on blogging, comments on his being dooced for blogging, and discusses his own blog […]
Category: Podcasting
How to use iPodder
This is very neat – a simple audio-visual guide on how to use iPodder, a program that enables you to manage your podcasts and, optionally, synchronize them with your iPod or other digital player if you have one. Lisa Williams has put together an entertaining 4-minute video that explains how. I followed the video and […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #6: February 7, 2005
Show notes for February 7, 2005. Welcome to our weekly podcast, a 46:41-minute conversation recorded live via Skype from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Download the file here (MP3, 21.4MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For automatic synchronization with your iPod or other digital […]
New version of Feed Demon available
Via Chris Pirillo, news that version 1.5 of the Feed Demon RSS reader for Windows is now available. I’ve been testing pre-release betas for the past few months and can say it’s a terrific program. If you want a program that manages all your RSS feeds and, with this version, includes some superb tools for […]
GM experiments with podcasting
Not only is General Motors still at the leading edge with executive blogging by a Fortune 100 company, with their GM Fastlane Blog, but they’re also out in front in trying out other new communication channels. In a post yesterday GM offers two podcasts about the launch of two new car models at the Chicago […]
Business podcasting is taking off
It’s been interesting reading some of the reactions by business bloggers to General Motors’ first experiment with podcasting last week. This Technorati list has lots of blog commentaries, mostly positive, although most don’t discuss the podcasts from the specific communication point of view. Quick recap: GM produced two MP3 files that they mentioned in a […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #7: February 14, 2005
Show notes for February 14, 2005. Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 46:43-minute conversation recorded live via Skype from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Download the file here (MP3, 18.7MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For automatic synchronization with […]
Yet more signs for podcasting growth
BBC News: One in 10 adult Americans – equivalent to 22 million people – owns an MP3 player, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project. […] MP3 players are still the gadget of choice for younger adults. Almost one in five US citizens aged under 30 have one. […] People are beginning to […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #8: February 17, 2005
Show notes for February 17, 2005. Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 37-minute conversation recorded live via Skype from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Download the file here (MP3, 18.7MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For automatic synchronization with […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #9: February 21, 2005
Show notes for February 21, 2005. Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 47:14-minute conversation recorded live via Skype from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Download the file here (MP3, 19.4MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For automatic synchronization with […]
An open conversation with General Motors
A few hours ago, Shel and I had the pleasure of an 18-minute conversation with Michael Wiley, Director New Media, GM Communications, at General Motors. We interviewed Michael for the 21 February edition of our bi-weekly podcast show For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report. In our conversation, we discussed the GM FastLane Blog, […]
Hobson & Holtz on the Daily Source Code
Last week, Shel and I recorded a little 30-second MP3 promo that we sent to Adam Curry to raise a little awareness with his Daily Source Code mega-audience of For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, our bi-weekly podcast show on business communication and technology. Adam played it on yesterday’s DSC! If you’ve not […]
Communicators give top marks to GM
On Monday, Shel and I interviewed Michael Wiley of General Motors in our bi-weekly podcast show on business communication and technology. During our conversation with Michael, we discussed a wide range of topics – the GM FastLane Blog, GM’s experiments with podcasting and GM’s plans for further developments with communication channels like blogs, podcasting and […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #10: February 24, 2005
Show notes for February 24, 2005. Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 54:14-minute conversation recorded live via Skype from Chicago, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Download the file here (MP3, 22MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For automatic synchronization with your […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #11: February 28, 2005
Show notes for February 28, 2005. Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 62-minute conversation recorded live via Skype from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Download the file here (MP3, 25MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For automatic synchronization with […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #12: March 3, 2005
Show notes for March 3, 2005 Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 33-minute conversation recorded live from a hotel room in Chicago, IL with recorded input from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Download the file here (MP3, 13.3MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #13: March 7, 2005
Content summary: A discussion about IBM’s 2,800 internal blogs – how do they enable collaboration in the workplace?; and a 38-minute conversation with Robert Scoble, Microsoft’s "geek blogger" – on evangelism, anti-marketing, blogging, RSS and reading feeds, email mailing lists, relationships with colleagues, internal blogs at Microsoft, The Red Couch book project, a blogging ombudsman, […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #14: March 10, 2005
Content summary: Listeners’ comments about the interview with Robert Scoble; how to get podcasts automatically with podcatcher software; discussion about the Robert Scoble interview; a new PR blog and a resurrected one make their debuts; communication consultancies focused on new-media channels; IABC; a little rant about Blogrolling. Show notes for March 10, 2005 Welcome to […]
New business podcast show launched
A new business-focused podcast launched yesterday – The BizBlog Show, presented by Jeremy Wright and Tyme White. It’s a promising new entrant into the burgeoning business podcasting space. As the name implies, this show’s primary focus is on business blogging. The first show, a bit under 30 minutes, has great sound quality and a good […]
Why SkypeOut calls sound different
Now this is useful to know – a simple explanation as to why a phone call via SkypeOut doesn’t always have good audio quality. I’m thinking in particular of the interview with Michael Wiley of GM that Shel and I did last month for our bi-weekly podcast show. Shel and I were on Skype and […]