Month: September 2008

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #383: September 25, 2008

    Content summary: Enter the FIR listener contest and win free conference tickets; Dan York reports on tech tools Dropbox, IBM Bluehouse, and more; fancy a social media job at Ford’s world headquarters?; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; help Max…

  • When the web doesn’t work, use the phone

    A tweet from 3mobilebuzz this morning alerted me to some really sweet deals from mobile operator 3 regarding mobile broadband. Half-price offers! The one that interests me is the 18-month contract for 3’s USB E160G modem dongle with 5 gigs…

  • Gordon Brown’s first step

    I watched a good 40 minutes of Prime Minster Gordon Brown’s speech yesterday at the Labour Party conference in Manchester, broadcast live on BBC News. If you read the speech, I think you’ll agree that it’s pretty good as far…

  • Have your say in the US election

    A neat idea from The Economist concerning the forthcoming US presidential election: The Economist has redrawn the electoral map to give all 195 of the world’s countries (including the United States) a say in the election’s outcome. As in America,…

  • Win conference tickets in FIR listener contest

    We’re excited to announce an FIR Listener Contest where two listeners to the premier PR podcast can win a free ticket to go to one of two terrific events: Web 2.0 Expo Europe in Berlin, Germany, on October 21-23, 2008…