Month: May 2008

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #348: May 26, 2008

    Content summary: The May 24 FIR Live call-in fiasco; next FIR Live on June 11; new FIR room on FriendFeed; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore about the Ogilvy Verge conference, The Open Room, and Social Media Breakfast; the Media Monitoring…

  • Suspend your disbelief and enjoy the adventure

    When my wife and I came out of the cinema yesterday afternoon, after seeing Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, I started thinking about how to summarize what I thought of the film. What would I say…

  • Join the FIR room in FriendFeed

    One thing we like doing and talking about on FIR is experimenting with different and new ways of communicating. And if you have a point of view you want to share with the FIR community, you have multiple ways of…

  • Gremlins strike FIR Live

    Things didn’t go to plan yesterday for the fourth episode of FIR Live on BlogTalk Radio. Shel’s posted a note on the FIR blog about our cancellation of the call-in show half way through, the reasons for which included poor…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #347: May 22, 2008

    Content summary: Disney closes a user community; Neville’s tech minute; how social media affects reporters and media coverage; the value of an apology; Ricardo on Spanglish; listener comments; reports from Dan York, David Phillips, and Ricardo from Costa Rica; music…