Year: 2006

  • First FIR listener survey opens

    We get a great kick out of producing For Immediate Release. Twice a week talking about some of the things we’re passionate about in communication, technology and business – how better can it get? Many of you who listen to…

  • Business blogging: Hills to climb in Europe

    Over half of the business executives in The Netherlands and Germany find blogging a mystery; and, although French executives are ‘au fait,’ few of them are bloggers. These are among the findings from the latest UPS Europe Business Monitor survey…

  • A personal DNA map

    A friend emailed me a link yesterday to Personal DNA: PersonalDNA is quite possibly the most accurate personality test available. Developed by a team of PhD psychologists from New York University, PersonalDNA differs from other personality tests in its use…

  • WordPress acquires TextPattern?

    After publishing my previous post about blog spam, I spotted this news item in my WP Admin Dashboard: On behalf of the WordPress community, I’m proud to announce a merger we’ve had on our minds since the first time we…

  • No easy way to combat blog spam

    I’ve been thinking about blog spam today. Not your typical weekend thrill subject but it was on my mind as I cleared out 218 spam comments and 1,696 spam trackbacks from my experimental Movable Type blog, all sitting in the…