Month: July 2006

  • Upgrade to WordPress 2.0.4

    Version 2.0.4 of the WordPress blog platform was released yesterday. I’m planning to upgrade this blog to this latest version during the weekend. Apologies in advance if, for a short time during your visit, you see odd things or some…

  • Thanks for the memory, Dell

    I wrote the other day about my great experience with Dell. I mentioned how impressed I was with their service re my recent order for a memory upgrade. As I mentioned in that post, delivery of the order was delayed…

  • Cyworld’s global expansion

    Back in May, I watched a fascinating report on BBC TV about Cyworld, the virtual social network on the net in which 17 million South Koreans spend a lot of their time. That’s 35 percent of the country’s population of…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #158: July 27, 2006

    Content summary: Vote for FIR in Podcast Awards 2006; NewAssignment.net: experiment in open source journalism; PR Week client satisfaction rankings; ToolURL; Shift’s PR 2.0 guide; OPML podcast directory; Marriott Hotels reaches out to blogger; Podshow’s ads in RSS feeds; Shel’s…

  • Speaking at some great events

    We’re well into the summer now, halfway through the really quiet period when most of Europe goes on holiday. At least the weather’s fantastic, in all senses of that word. So it’s a good time to start preparing for participating…