Year: 2009

  • Time is up for DreamHost

    If you’ve visited this blog on any day this week, or you’re a subscriber to the RSS feed, or you otherwise tried to have any interaction with anything at this domain, you would likely have had a zero experience. Zero…

  • A clear call to action for social media guidelines and training

    A couple of days ago, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published new guidance and use of testimonials and endorsements in advertising. It’s prompted quite a bit of critical commentary and opinion by many business influencers in the US. While…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #489: October 5, 2009

    Content summary: Steve Rubel interview coming this week; FIR 500 on November 12; Shel’s on the way to Phoenix; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on the APEC conference; the Media Monitoring Minute from CustomScoop; News That Fits: Twittertypes, 70% of…

  • The big role of the social web in election campaigning

    The final week of the party political conference season is upon us: this week, it’s the Conservative Party in Manchester with all the media attention on the party and its leader David Cameron, who could be our next Prime Minister…

  • Would you buy a used car from these guys?

    I was going through some of my photos this Sunday morning as part of some digital housekeeping when I came across this one, of my podcasting partner Shel Holtz and I taken by Shel’s wife Michele in Concord, California, last…