Month: November 2008

  • Getting to know the iPhone 3G

    Regular readers of this blog know that I love gadgets especially mobile devices. Over the past few years, I’ve had great enjoyment from a wide range of devices – ones I’ve either purchased myself or which have been given or…

  • Contemporary suits Ferrero

    One of the people I encountered in Barcelona during this past week, where I chaired the New Media in Marketing and Communications Strategy conference (about which a post soon), was Guillaume du Gardier, pictured in a photo I took on…

  • Has a tipping point arrived for Twitter?

    A lot of people have being doing a lot of writing about Twitter during the past week. I’m not referring specifically to the awful events in Mumbai, India, where Twitter played a significant role in rapidly connecting online people with…

  • A politician’s arrogance or ignorance

    Here’s an extraordinary tale from Robin Wauters of a prominent politician’s cavalier attitude to public funds and contempt for people’s opinions. As described by Robin, the story is about Belgian Minister of Defence Pieter De Crem, pictured above, whose recent…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #401: November 27, 2008

    Content summary: An extra-hefty holiday episode; Happy Thanksgiving to our listeners in the US; Neville is at the “New Media in Marketing and Communications Strategy” conference in Barcelona (which he is chairing) while Shel is with family in Las Vegas…