If TV broadcast networks hope to have a future, they must decentralize and "democratize" their most jealously-guarded public service – placing news production literally in the hands of consumers. So says Pat Loughrey, BBC Director of Nations and Regions, quoted by InternetWeek in speaking on Wednesday at the DVB World 2005 conference in Dublin: [This] […]
Category: Weblogs
There is no template for executive blogs
A story in the Financial Times earlier this week (title: “Why executives should steer clear of the blogosphere” – paid sub needed to read it) took a critical look at a few blogs by senior company executives, and mentioned a senior HP exec with a blog that I hadn’t seen before. The FT commented (some […]
IBM has 2,800 internal blogs
Like many companies, especially in the tech industry, IBM is no stranger to public blogs with more than 20 employees listed at the developer blogs’ portal. What I doubt is known at all is how deeply IBM has embraced blogging within the organization. According to Philippe Borremans, PR Manager at IBM Belgium & Luxembourg, writing […]
New domain address for NevOn
From today, this blog has a new address: http://www.nevon.net/ This reflects domain mapping I’ve implemented at TypePad. The underlying TypePad address is still there and will continue to work. Links to existing posts, the RSS feed, etc, all will continue to work. So you need do nothing if you prefer not to. One consequence of […]
BBC News editor starts some conversations, but it isn’t blogging
Peter Clifton, editor of the BBC News website, has started writing commentaries that “looks back at the week in the newsroom – and tackles some of your questions.” I’ve seen a couple of blog posts about this, which talk about it as blogging. Well, by any stretch of the imagination, blogging it certainly isn’t. This […]
Yak shaving and other blogosphere tales
Today’s one of those Sundays when yak shaving seems to be the order of the day. A day of catching up with much-neglected email and prep for the week ahead. Trouble is, I’m a piler not a filer when it comes to email. So first I need to engage in some yak shaving. What is […]
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, […]
An open conversation with Robert Scoble, Microsoft geek blogger
Yesterday, Shel and I interviewed Robert Scoble, the Scobleizer, in our bi-weekly podcast show, For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report. In a 38-minute conversation, we discussed a wide range of topics, including evangelism, anti-marketing, blogging, RSS and reading feeds, email mailing lists, relationships with colleagues, internal blogs at Microsoft, The Red Couch book […]
CNET’s guide to blogging misses the mark
CNET News has published a guide to blogging in the workplace in frequently-asked questions (FAQ) style. Unfortunately, this is not one of CNET’s better efforts to address a topical issue (see this guide to RSS for an example of a really good CNET guide). The FAQ include some comments that are just plain wrong. For […]
IABC Chair blog can succeed
Fellow IABC member and blogger Allan Jenkins posted a scathing commentary about IABC and Chairman David Kistle yesterday (and has attracted a bit of flack in the comments to his post as a result). What especially caught my attention in Allan’s post was his comments regarding the IABC Chair blog. Allan writes: […] While an […]
Two surveys about RSS
RSS services company Nooked is sponsoring two surveys about RSS. The first, for analysts, journalists and bloggers, aims to learn more about how these groups of influencers use RSS. The second, for public relations and marketing communicators, aims to determine the rate of adoption of RSS in the PR/marketing arena. As an added incentive to […]
Cisco breaks new ground with government affairs blog
Networking company Cisco Systems launched their first public blog last month. It’s a very interesting blog as it’s not the type of blog that would immediately spring to mind. Called the High Tech Policy Blog, it’s owned by Cisco’s Worldwide Government Affairs department and clearly forms a key element of the company’s overall lobbying and […]
Starting a conversation with smart women
Today I have the honour of being featured on Lip-Sticking in the first interview about Smart Bloggers. Yvonne DiVita recently interviewed me by email and posted that interview this morning. I had the great pleasure of meeting Yvonne at the New Communications Forum 2005 conference in California last January. Thanks, Yvonne. I think we’ve started […]
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 […]
Roddick activism site lacks the human touch
I came across an unusual website today, that of Anita Roddick, the founder of The Body Shop. Roddick is probably best known these days for her strong views and stand on environmental and other social issues. That stand and those strong views permeate the website. From the site description: […] Think of this website as […]
Figuring out the Technorati searchlet
I’m still having real headaches with the Technorati searchlet. Earlier this month, I wrote that it’s never worked on this blog since I started using it in January. Earlier this month, Technorati support said the searchlet was broken. Technorati CEO Dave Sifrey says it’s now fixed. Well, it still doesn’t work on my blog. Is […]
European spotlight on learning about new media
Three great learning, professional development and personal/business networking events coming up in continental Europe in April: 1. New Communications Forum 2005: 5-6 April, Eurodisney Resort, Paris. An interactive, international forum – comprising an extended, meaningful conversation and the sharing of ideas and theories about the future of communications – this event is the European follow-up […]
The age of media personalization
If the 19th century was the age of the newspaper and the 20th century the age of radio and television, this century will be defined as the age of media personalization, says Reuters CEO Tom Glocer. In a feature in the Financial Times last week, Glocer writes about a simple concept – forget the old […]
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #15: March 14, 2005
Content summary: A new phone-in comment service now available; listeners’ comments: on sound quality, a suggestion for interview transcriptions; customer service and the Technorati example, government lobbying and Cisco’s new blog; the revolutionary fervour of blogging and the evolutionary development of mainstream media; ethics in PR; IABC: leadership and transparency in discussion. Show notes for […]
The pending spam crisis for hosted blogs
In announcing new data on the growth of blogs as tracked by Technorati – over 7.8 million at the end of February, double the number tracked just last October – Technorati CEO Dave Sifry highlights a disturbing fact: Part of the growth of new weblogs created each day is due to an increase in spam […]