Month: August 2007

  • Don’t just ban Facebook, provide guidance

    More businesses are restricting employees’ access to Facebook due to concerns about productivity and security. CNET News quotes research by security company Sophos which says that 43 percent of workers polled said their employer blocks Facebook access completely. There’s been…

  • Retro Mac theme for WordPress

    I’m not a Mac user although I did use an Apple Macintosh II from time to time in the late 80s. Seeing this retro Mac WordPress theme brought back some memories: I wonder if there’s one modelled on the Windows version…

  • Facebook critique stretches credulity

     First it was Second Life that came under a microscope of criticism from the mainstream media questioning its business value. Now it’s the turn of social networking site Facebook. If a report from Australia is to be believed, Facebook costs…

  • Cut from FIR #268

    Overflow from today’s FIR #268: Psychology Behind Social Networks by correspondent David Phillips If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as they’re published, subscribe to the RSS feed. (What are FIR Cuts?)

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #268: August 20, 2007

    Content summary: Tom Keefe’s FIR photos; a special message to Radio TalentZoo listeners; Les Potter’s out of hospital; Alice Marshall’s comment explained; discussion on The Question of The Week from FIR #265: how to address employees profiting from their blogging;…