Month: March 2008

  • Satisfying the inner geek

    Does the idea of being marooned on a desert island appeal to you? Metaphorically, it appeals to me and so I happily accepted an invitation from Neil Dixon a few weeks ago to be a guest on Desert Island Geek.…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #326: March 10, 2008

    Content summary: Discussion: should ‘off the record’ be respected by journalists?; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Lee Hopkins reports from a social media event in Sydney; be careful with your email password online; Southwest Airlines goes on a PR…

  • History of social networking in the UK

    I enjoy a writing challenge, and I’m about to embark on a pretty interesting one. Working with Drew Benvie at Hotwire PR, I’m researching information to write 1,000 words for a chapter in a publication that will chronicle the history…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #325: March 6, 2008

    Content summary: Neville’s traveling while Shel assembles the show from the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, site of the Ragan Social Media for Communicators conference; Ragan conference included an unconference featuring Crystal Interactive technology; Media Monitoring Minute; Neville reports on…

  • Disrupting mobile data costs

    I twittered the other day about my most recent Vodafone bill for mobile phone service that included a charge of £80 for data use. ‘Ouch’ was the polite epithet I used. Although the costs for using a mobile phone to…