Year: 2006

  • Spam dunk

    While there might be no easy way to combat blog spam in terms of the sheer volume of stuff that comes your way, now and again a spammer/bot does something blindingly obvious: This was in my comment moderation queue this…

  • IABC launches conference podcast and blog

    For the IABC 2006 international conference in Vancouver, Canada, in June, Shel and I are co-hosting and producing ConferenceCast, the official podcasts of the conference, as we announced in February. The first podcast is now available for download, audio stream,…

  • FIR Interview – Andy Abramson on bloggers breaking news ahead of the media – April 6, 2006

    In this edition of For Immediate Release podcast interviews, Shel enjoyed a 28-minute conversation with Andy Abramson, CEO of Comunicano, who used his VOIP-focused blog to break the story of RICO charges filed against Skye well ahead of the mainstream…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #126: April 6, 2006

    Content summary: Survey update; a deal for listeners; a new FIR interview; Neville rants about travel; IABC’s ConferenceCast; Forrester’s podcast report; David Phillips on blogs and relationships; the death of email mailing lists; Neville on Rellatio and other blog-related issues;…

  • News on the go

    Travelling to the UK today, ahead of co-presenting the second one-day workshop for Melcrum in London tomorrow on Enhancing your Intranet with New Technology: How to Make the Most of Social Media. The first one in this series was in…