Month: August 2009

  • The consequences of texting while driving

    In the UK, using a mobile phone while driving is illegal. That applies to any use of a mobile device, whether to make/receive a phone call or a text message. A text message? Surely you wouldn’t type texts when you’re…

  • Call to action to stop blocking

    Two years ago, my podcasting partner Shel Holtz started a campaign called Stop Blocking as a means of drawing attention to a practice by some organizations to prevent access by employees to wide swathes of content on websites, blogs and…

  • FIR Interview: Chris Brogan, "Trust Agents" co-author and president, New Marketing Labs

    Chris Brogan is a well-known name in the social media world through his prolific blogging and speaking, his involvement with organizations like Izea and now with the book he has co-authored, Trust Agents. On the eve of the launch of…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #478: August 27, 2009

    Content summary: FIR Interview with Jeremiah Owyang posted; FIR Interview with Chris Brogan coming; the idea of doing an FIR Conference certainly has captured some imaginations; Dan York reports on SXSW panels, Twitter outages and more; the Media Monitoring Minute…

  • FIR Interview: Jeremiah Owyang, Partner, Altimeter Group

    Jeremiah Owyang stunned the social media world recently when he announced he would be leaving his job as a senior analyst at Forrester Research. For Immediate Release is pleased to offer this interview with Jeremiah in which he announces his…