Year: 2006

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #156: July 20, 2006

    Content summary: Initial reactions to the speeded-up version of the show; Podshow Pro launch; a Steve Rubel fan blogs about Steve Rubel; BrainJams; Strumpette in the Washington Post; Dan York reports; Petite Anglaise dooced in France; Wal-Mart’s attempt at social…

  • Terms of use and commitments

    I’ve resisted doing this ever since since I started blogging in 2002, but today I posted a terms of use document to this site. One thing that’s prompted me to do this is the issue I had recently regarding unauthorized…

  • Two degrees of separation

    Whew! What a scorcher! The heat wave here in Amsterdam and across much of western Europe that we’ve had for the past week continues unabated. Here’s the temperature at about 4.30pm today – 32.2 degrees Celsius or 90 degrees Fahrenheit.…

  • Latest blog trends from Pew Internet

    It’s stats time again regarding blogging. Reuters is reporting new findings released today by the Pew Internet and American Life Project on Americans’ activities with blogs that indicate a number of interesting things. For starters, Reuters says, many people see…

  • Mainstream media junctions

    Mixed signs of the changing times. In the US, The New York Times: The New York Times is to shrink both page size and workforce, in an attempt to deal with tough trading conditions. Following the lead of many other…