Year: 2008

  • The failure of BA’s T5 promise

    Watching the unfolding PR disaster for British Airways over the catastrophe surrounding the new Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport during the past 48 hours, one word springs to mind. Expectations. For the past day and a half, the newspapers and…

  • Cuts from FIR #331

    Overflow from FIR #331 on March 27: 1-Minute News Forrester opens technographic data The real roadblocks to data portability on social networks Download FIR Cuts MP3s – Technographic (2:54) | Portability (4:58). If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #331: March 27, 2008

    Content summary: New FIR Book Review and FIR Interview podcasts coming in April; next FIR Live on BlogTalk Radio in planning; discussion: pros and cons of social media for small/medium business; Dan York reports on FriendFeed, the dark side of…

  • Upcoming events: April

    I was just updating the list of events I’m either speaking at or participating in as an attendee. There is an awful lot going on in the next three months with events focused on social media. Highlighting those I’m involved…

  • Rebranding the French presidency

    French president Nicolas Sarkozy is in the UK on a state visit, the first by a French leader in over a decade. Watching the BBC News 24 live coverage this morning of his arrival at Windsor Castle for all the…