Year: 2006

  • Questionable judgment by Edelman in fake blog fiasco

    Being largely offline for much of this week (and last) has been a mixed blessing. On the one hand, I’ve been able to devote most of my attention to family-related things to do with my move to the UK last…

  • Hurrah! Broadband up!

    Whew, up and running again in the permanently-online way I’ve become addicted accustomed to! Yesterday, the NTL guys arrived at 1pm to install cable broadband and, by 2pm, all was done and ready to rock. Except it didn’t. Service active…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #180: October 12, 2006

    Content summary: Dan York reports; One-Minute News: a new presentation sharing service copies the YouTube interface, Edelman blows it big-time with a fake pro-WalMart blog; a very special announcement (with more to come); a report from Neville (Edelman/Technorati London presentation;…

  • Blogger get-together in London next week

    As I make my final prep for the half-day social media workshop I’m running at Melcrum’s Strategic Communication Management Summit 2006 conference in London next week, I see that the workshop is completely sold out. Encouraging! One fellow conference presenter…

  • Sharing with Edelman and Technorati

    It’s been over 20 years since I was last inside Claridge’s Hotel in London, so a visit there yesterday morning provoked a little bit of nostalgia. Claridge’s was the venue for a gathering of “influential members of the UK ‘blogerati’…