RSS feed hijack!

A very peculiar thing with the RSS feeds for some of the blogs that I read has happened since yesterday. I use FeedDemon version 1.5 (the latest version). If you’re familiar with FeedDemon, you’ll know that you have channel groups that contain individual channels (the RSS feeds) of blogs you select to receive the feeds. […]

The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #28: April 28, 2005

Content summary: Listeners’ comments (on featuring FIR, snarkiness by Business Week, having a guest host for the show, archiving and broadcasting audio input, blogs that float in outer space, audio blog summaries, syndicating RSS feeds, yet more on character blogs, doing promos like Adam Curry, searching podcasts by keywords); a broad review of Les Blogs; […]

The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #29: May 2, 2005

Content summary: Listeners’ comments (on communication strategy, measurement, champagne and tea "from our Australian correspondent"; on communication impact of blogs; podcasting at Les Blogs; identifing a blog author; equipment for mobile podcasting); Doc Searls at Les Blogs; Business Week’s cover story on blogs; lots of developments with podcasting; upcoming interviews in May; suggestions for co-hosts […]

Clued and clueless

Jeremy Pepper has posted a great interview with US tech journalist Dan Gillmor, probably best known for his seminal work We The Media. Two comments Dan makes in the interview leapt out at me: I can reiterate my plea that PR folks focus hard – on the behalf of their clients – on putting anything […]

On the road

Light posting ahead until the weekend as I’ll be in the UK for the next few days. A client meeting, catching up with some friends for dinner and something quite special. Next month, I’m co-leading a session about new media channels such as blogs at the Communication Directors Forum. This stellar event takes place on […]

The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #30: May 5, 2005

Content summary: Listeners’ comments (on the Paris Hilton podcast, Adam Curry’s and Ron Bloom’s strategy cast, how podcasts can keep you from getting a traffic ticket, saving shows on a dedicated hard disk, the Business Week blogging cover story – from Business Week – and corporate vs. blogs vs. trade media); downloading sound clips from […]

The price of evangelism

During my trip to the UK last week, I had the pleasure of meeting up with some friends for dinner on one evening and, on another, a dinner with fellow speakers for a conference at which I’ll be speaking next month. Two excellent and enjoyable business/social events yet with some great contrasts in mindsets and […]

A nice little earner

Nick Denton, the expat Brit and creator of the Gawker Media blog network, is interviewed today in the New York Times. Already lots of blog posts about the interview, many focusing on Denton’s views about the development of blogging. Sample: […] As for the blog revolution, Mr. Denton put it this way: “Give me a […]

On The Red Couch

If you’ve been following developments on The Red Couch, the place where Shel Israel and Robert Scoble are developing the content for their book on blogging, you’ll have seen some great interviews posted there in recent weeks. Those interviews form part of the content of the book’s first four chapters (there was a full table […]

The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #31: May 9, 2005

Content summary: Listeners’ comments (on being talked about at the New York geek dinner, sound clip joke, URL misdirecting to Microsoft home page, making PR accessible, podcasts and Podscope); what Paris Hilton could have done with her podcast; the occasional conflict between corporate communications and marketing; political podcast interviews at the UK general election; retrofitting […]

Poke holes in the membrane

Why does corporate blogging work? To get a clue, you could read the Cluetrain Manifesto. Or, listen to Hugh McLeod who explains it all. I agree with the afterthoughts in Hugh’s post – this concept works internally, within the organization, as well as externally. Actually, reading Cluetrain is worth your time as well. At least […]

Constantin’s delicious links

I missed seeing this when it started last week (been away and still getting fully back up to speed) – Constantin Basturea‘s excellent del.icio.us digest. Here’s Constantin’s deal: 1. the selection of headlines and the comments are, well, mine (I don’t claim objectivity)2. you’ll (also) get links to postings from outside the PR BlogLand, but […]