Month: August 2007

  • Cuts from FIR #264

    Overflows from today’s FIR #264: Efforts to form a blogger union Report released of an international study on the priorities for PR research If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as they’re published, subscribe to the RSS feed. (What…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #264: August 6, 2007

    Content summary: Shel’s birthday!; Sallie Goetsch on Eric Schwartzman’s Stowe Boyd interview; Rob Cottingham on company Facebook policies; Lee Hopkins reports on Melcrum’s social media conference in Australia; advertisers cancel ads on Facebook and other social networks: naive or smart?;…

  • Crisis communication for Merial

    News that’s been dominating TV and radio in the UK all weekend concerns the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease at a farm near Guildford in Surrey. Media reports say that the outbreak came from a government research facility nearby. That facility…

  • First impressions: Sony Vaio SZ4XWN-C

    In my search for a new portable computer, it wasn’t too hard to succumb to the allure of a Sony Vaio SZ series notebook. I’ve bought the SZ4XWN/C model. Ordered it online from PC World Business late last Tuesday night;…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #263: August 2, 2007

    Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley and in the Podcast Awards 2007; FIR Interview iMeme conference podcast is posted; Rob Cottingham’s cartoons; update on podcasting book availability with Tony Molloy’s story and McGraw-Hill to the rescue; Dan York…