Month: May 2006

  • FIR Interview – Tom Foremski, Silicon Valley Watcher: May 9, 2006

    In this edition of For Immediate Release podcast interviews, Neville and Shel enjoyed a 28-minute conversation with Tom Foremski, editor of Silicon Valley Watcher, about online journalism, public relations, the relationships between the two, the future of the press release, and the…

  • No compassion for plagiarists

    Nothing is sacred on the internet, not the words you write and publish in your blog nor the pictures you take and upload to Flickr. I’m talking about plagiarism: Plagiarism is the passing off of another person’s work as one’s…

  • Democracy in action

    Yesterday, a new president of Costa Rica was sworn in during a televised ceremony that was a model of the democratic process that you take for granted in western countries but not at all in most of Latin America. There are…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #135: May 8, 2006

    Content summary: FIR Dine-Around at the IABC Vancouver conference; WIPO copyright update; UK plans to license/regulate podcasters; USC/Annenberg GAP IV study; promote your podcast at PodcastDay 2006; ‘Delivering The New PR’ conference on May 12; ‘Beyond Blogging’ on May 19;…

  • OPML sharing needs to be easier

    Steve Rubel is right: Like RSS and tagging, over the next several years OPML is going to become a core underlying technology for marketers in the conversation economy. […] I see it becoming a big social network for feeds. As…