Month: May 2007

  • Twitter overload?

    Is Twitter creaking under the strain? I’ve not been able to tweet anything all morning (shock! horror!). Can usually log in ok, although it’s terribly slow, but not add anything. Is it just me? Looking at Twitter just now, I…

  • Dancing the virtual night away

    What a blast! A great party last night at the Coca-Cola Virtual Thirst pavilion in Second Life. Organized by my crayon colleague CC Chapman (aka Cleon Goff), the event featured MoShang Zhao live from Taiwan playing his unique Chinese Chill…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #240: May 14, 2007

    Content summary: Sallie’s FIR guest slot appreciated; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Helvetica celebrates 50; the employee role in brand innovation; low employee understanding of benefits; employers identify wellness and employee education initiatives; a manifesto for the 21st century…

  • Social media growth driven from Asia, apparently

    Social media and blogging is soaring with Asia a key growth market, according to research conducted by Universal McCann as reported by Brand Republic on May 11. While I have some concerns about this story (see below), some of the…

  • The search for Madeleine even reaches Second Life

    Wherever you are in the world, you’d have to have been completely disconnected from everything during this past week if you have not heard about Madeleine McCann, the little British girl abducted in Portugal. It continues to be the lead…