Month: August 2006

  • Gender has nothing to do with it

    If you read any of the posts that people wrote from or about the BlogHer conference in the US last week, you’ll probably arrive at the same conclusion I did – a terrific event filled with people who have interesting…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #160: August 3, 2006

    Content summary: Regular monthly pimp for votes on Podcast Alley and for the Podcast Awards 2006; about the out-takes in show #159; Pew Internet study on newspapers and other news sources vs. blogs; Newspaper Association of America report on how…

  • New blog about web startups

    If you have an interest in US web startups, the Startup Review blog looks pretty interesting: Startup Review will be a blog that profiles successful Internet start-ups in a case study format. The case studies will be fairly detailed, analyzing…

  • Gutter trash

    Whatever anyone says about Strumpette, aka Amanda/they/it/whatever, it does have a place in your RSS reader as it is in mine. I find some of Amanda’s stuff is worth reading although the experience is usually numbed by the vindictiveness of…

  • Second Life: Reality not escapism

    Some interesting commentary about PR and Second Life from Steve Rubel in a brief Beet.tv interview I’ve just watched. On one point he makes, though, I just don’t agree. Steve says Second Life is all about escapism: […] any metaverse…