Month: May 2009

  • 2009 WordCamp UK in July

    The second annual WordCamp UK takes place in Cardiff over the weekend of July 18-19, 2009. It looks a terrific event, great speakers and attendees. As it largely follows an unconference format, there’s no fixed agenda but a running order…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #445: May 4, 2009

    Content summary: Shel’s NewComm Forum presentation on crisis communication posted as an FIR Speakers & Speeches episode; please vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; win a free ticket to Somesso London 09 in the FIR Listener Contest; highlights from the…

  • Wikio Top 30 UK tech blogs for May 2009

    The latest monthly ranking information for UK blogs is about to be published by Wikio, the information portal and news search engine. As with recent months, my friends there have let me see some of that data – the ranking…

  • Twitter’s value in the workplace

    FT columnist Lucy Kellaway had an amusing-to-read story recently about business executives using Twitter and asks whether those Twittering executives reveal too much. […] I think [Twitter] is potentially the best communication tool there is; the trouble is that most…

  • Live blog with Twitter plugin for WordPress

    A couple of weeks ago, I took part in an interesting experiment with Twitter – contribute to a book one tweet at a time. The book project – Social Media Marketing GPS – is the brainchild of Toby Bloomberg and…