Year: 2006

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #183: October 23, 2006

    Content summary: The big news about our new venture – crayon; dramatic increase in global broadband penetration; the trouble with the word ‘expert’; improving customer service with support tag beacons; World Bank to back content companies; Lee Hopkins reports; Edelman’s…

  • Is IE7 really ready for prime time?

    Like many people, I’ve upgraded my copy of Internet Explorer to the latest version 7 for Windows XP released last week. My update happened automatically via Microsoft Update. I’ve been using the various betas for a while so I didn’t expect…

  • It’s time to unveil crayon

    The teasing is done and it’s time to get specific about the new company I’m now part of alongside founder Joseph Jaffe, veteran communicator Shel Holtz and podcasting pioneer CC Chapman. The new company is called crayon and will be…

  • Conversations in the pub

    Last week during the Melcrum communications conference in London, Debbie Weil and I organized a get-together with some bloggers which took place in a pub on Wednesday evening. Those who came and became part of a great evening were Matt…

  • Edelman’s fall from blogosphere grace

    Oh dear. No sooner than it seemed that the blogosphere kerfuffle about Edelman PR and the fake Wal-Mart blog was settling down comes another revelation that the PR firm is behind two more fake blogs it has created for its…