Year: 2008

  • What are you doing on Blog Action Day?

    I decided to support this global initiative, which aims to unite bloggers, podcasters and videocasters around the world to post about the same issue on the same day. That day is Wednesday October 15 and the issue is global poverty.…

  • SMC: People come for the people

    Friday morning’s Social Media Cafe get-together in London was another excellent event but with a difference – the venue. After spending all of this year at the Coach and Horses pub in Soho, SMC has moved its regular Friday mornings…

  • FIR Interview: Dave Armon with Jim Fong on PR Newswire Study

    PR Newswire recently released the results of a study conducted by Diagnostics Plus that determined that the wire service’s press releases are used by journalists as a source for an article more than its competitors. The release of the results…

  • Freshening up

    I’ve introduced a slightly new look to this site with a new theme, one I’ve been experimenting with for the past few months on my tech blog as well as on a copy of this blog I run on my…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #387: October 9, 2008

    Content summary: FIR Listener Contest results in next Monday’s show; two FIR Interviews posted; Dan York reports on the use of video and other communication tools in the US presidential campaigns; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits…