Year: 2007

  • FIR Book Review – Second Life: The Official Guide

    In this edition of For Immediate Release book reviews, Neville and Shel review Second Life: The Official Guide. This book is a collaborative work by six writers with expert knowledge of Second Life, the three-dimensional virtual world that today has…

  • Celebrity Big Brother fall out gets the eyeballs

    A very public kerfuffle has erupted in the UK during this week over the Celebrity Big Brother reality TV show that’s extended right up the political chain to Prime Minister Tony Blair. Charges of racism and bigotry have been leveled…

  • WordPress choices

    If you run WordPress as your blog platform, you have some interesting choices at the moment. Version 2.0.6 was released two weeks ago, and then some bugs were found and a workaround provided. Version 2.0.7 was released a few days…

  • The flocking crowd at crayonville Island

    Around 40 people showed up yesterday for the first of our coffee with crayon sessions at crayonville Island in Second Life. This is the weekly get-together where everyone can discuss literally anything related to new marketing. With no formal agenda,…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #207: January 18, 2007

    Content summary: Coffee with crayon in Second Life; discussions prompted by listeners – a journalist who doesn’t care about reader feedback, engaging all employees within an organization, dealing with podcast catch up, the goal of the Microsoft/Edelman Vista blogger campaign; Terry…