Year: 2009

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #496: October 29, 2009

    Content summary: Dan York suggests FIR Friends of Google Wave and goes retro with an email newsletter, has lots to say about Google and Facebook, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Edelman takes heat for…

  • I like the look and feel of Rackspace Cloud

    I’m still thinking about what to do concerning a hosting service for my blogs. This thinking period follows the appalling experience I suffered with DreamHost earlier this month in getting no responses from customer support when sites went down. Days…

  • The world in 2015 according to Google

    What will the future look like in five years’ time? That’s in 2015, the year of the next-but-one Rugby World Cup (a fact) and the end of the fourth estate (a prediction). It’s also the year of some predicted cool…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #495: October 26, 2009

    Content summary: Shel’s in Nashville; assembling today’s show; Neville’s conference experiences last week: different events but similar issues; Michael Netzley reports on Edelman’s country-by-country Digital Brand Index in Asia; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Twitter is…

  • Different events, similar issues

    I took part in two excellent conferences last week focused on social media and communication: one in Burnley, Lancashire, the other in London. The Don’t Panic Guide to Social Media in Tourism took place in the splendid Towneley Hall outside…