Year: 2008

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #395: November 6, 2008

    Content summary: Panel discussion in FIR Live on November 7; Neville reports from Ireland; Media Monitoring Minute; Dan York reports on the prospects that President-Elect Obama will maintain his use of social media in the White House; News That Fits…

  • The Obama landslide

    At least, a landslide is what happened in The Economist’s Global Electoral College which closed last week: Barack Obama has won at least one election by a landslide. Voters in The Economist’s Global Electoral College favoured the Democratic candidate over…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #394: November 3, 2008

    Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; thanks Jeremiah Owyang and welcome new listeners!; panel discussion in FIR Live on November 7; new FIR Interview with Paul Pendergrass aka Jack Flack; Michael Netzley reports from the Singapore Geek Dinner…

  • All you need is 140 characters

    Earlier today, I posted on my tech blog links to two video reviews I made of my experiences and impressions about the new Googlephone aka the T-Mobile G1 from using it during 48 hours last week. But if I were…

  • An easy guide to destroying reputations

    The kerfuffle surrounding Russell Brand, Jonathan Ross and the BBC came to a conclusion of sorts a few days ago with Brand quitting, Ross suspended and the BBC’s head of Radio 2 resigning. This story has many of the ingredients…