Year: 2009

  • Finding the enterprise RSS trigger

    Marshall Kirkpatrick writes a very interesting post at ReadWriteWeb entitled “RIP Enterprise RSS.” The essence of his argument is that demand for RSS simply never arose and that the market is over. I’m in the UK and largely agree with…

  • First report of Costa Rica quake on Twitter

    Last Thursday January 8, an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck Costa Rica in Central America. My wife Laura and I have a strong interest in Costa Rica as we have family there and, indeed, lived there during…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #413: January 12, 2009

    Content summary: How to subscribe to FIR; upcoming FIR Interview with Jack O’Dwyer; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: the reputation and ethics of Lloyds TSB bank under a spotlight, Ogilvy PR…

  • The battle for command and control of the Labour Party

    Coming next month to an internet-connected device near you is LabourList.org, a new online presence for the Labour Party with social media at its heart. LabourList’s strapline says “Where Labour minded people come together,” a good indicator of what to…

  • Subscribe to this blog with your Amazon Kindle

    Do you use an Amazon Kindle, the wireless reading device launched in the US by Amazon in November 2007? If you do, I’m pleased to let you know that this blog, NevilleHobson.com, is now available in the Kindle store where…