Year: 2008

  • Focus on the conversation not the medium with Skype 4 beta

    Skype, the internet phone service, has opened a public beta test of Skype 4, the next version of the software you use to make phone and video calls and do text messaging. If you’re a Skype user, you’ll notice an…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #355: June 19, 2008

    Content summary: Upcoming FIR Interview; free ticket on offer to KMP’s London conference; Dan York reports on ScreenFlow, seesmic and Skype 4 beta; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; discussion: AP’s rocky relationship with the blogosphere; US workers online study;…

  • All rights reserved at AP

    Reading a Reuters story on their website, I noticed something that highlights to me what’s at the heart of the problem with the Associated Press. These two international news agencies seem to be poles apart in their philosophy about content…

  • Yes, blogging can be art

    The old saying “I don’t know much about art but I know what I like” is one I apply to myself much of the time. About the only art works I have at home where I know (and can remember)…

  • AP snippets and a big red flag

    It’s hard to see what’s driving the thinking at the Associated Press in light of the storm of anger they have whipped up as they implement what looks to be a “pay-as-you-quote” system that you should comply with if you…