Month: March 2009

  • Instant podcasting with Cinch

    I’m trying out a free tool that lets me record my voice over the phone and then makes that recording instantly available via RSS. The tool is Cinch from Blogtalk Radio. Blogtalk Radio is a service I know well as…

  • The first social media cafe in the Thames Valley

    The inaugural Thames Valley Social Media Cafe happened on Friday morning when about a dozen people got together at a coffee house in west Reading. The Workhouse Coffee Company, in fact, home to the best-tasting coffee I’ve drunk anywhere in…

  • No hoverboards in San Francisco?

    I love a journalist who genuinely has a way with words. Who’s actually a good writer. Who might have an agenda and doesn’t pretend he or she doesn’t. Who touches on things that make you nod in recognition as well…

  • GM and the facts about Opel and Vauxhall

    If you want to find out what’s going on with Opel and Vauxhall – two of the most well-known brand names in the car industry, owned by General Motors – take a look at GM in Europe Facts and Fiction,…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #430: March 12, 2009

    Content summary: Next FIR Live on Blogtalk Radio on March 18; Shel’s at the Ragan conference in Las Vegas; Dan York reports; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; discussion: what’s the best way to distribute a social media news release?;…