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Month: June 2008

  • The ultimate role of the iPhone

    Watching the video of Apple CEO Steve Jobs giving his keynote address at Apple’s developer conference last Monday, I was struck by two things. First, Jobs is a compelling presenter, a true showman and storyteller. Not a showman in the…

  • Getting rid of unwelcome attention in FriendFeed

    One of the reasons why FriendFeed has captured so many imaginations, certainly in the tech community, is the way in which it has rapidly developed as a place where conversations happen. Originally started in October 2007 as an aggregator for…

  • Government to ban product placement on TV

    One of the great things about digital TV and a personal video recorder (PVR) is the ease with which you as a viewer can wholly control what you watch. With the exception of the news, I rarely watch TV as…

  • Meetup in Chicago June 27

    I’ll be in Chicago from June 25-28 for the New Media Academic Summit 2008 hosted by Edelman and PR Week, speaking on one of the panels. A post soon about the event but meanwhile, a note for your diary –…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #353: June 12, 2008

    Content summary: Debating blogging and art at Microsoft’s DesignIT 2008; next FIR Live on BlogTalk Radio on June 14; discussion: FIR Live call-in show on PR spam on June 11; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Dan York’s rant on…