Year: 2009

  • Gearing up for a Michael Jackson bonanza

    At various times during the weekend when I was out and about, I was checking the latest news on my iPhone, usually with the excellent Sky News app. It did amaze me at one point on Saturday to note that…

  • Mashable’s one-stop guide to Twitter

    Pete Cashmore of internet news site Mashable asks: Where’s the user manual for Twitter? Where do new Twitter users go to learn about Tweeting, retweets, hashtags and customizing your Twitter profile? Where do you go if you want to know…

  • Impressions of TweetCamp

    An extremely enjoyable day is how I’d sum up my overall thoughts about TweetCamp London 09 which took place yesterday, June 27, in Richmond. I reckon there were well over 100 people at this event, superbly organized by Farhan Rehman,…

  • Crescenzo and Aase on FIR next week

    Both episodes next week of For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report, the twice-weekly podcast that I co-present with Shel Holtz, will have a different sound to them. As Shel notes in a post on the FIR blog, Monday’s…

  • FIR Live #15 with Gary Vaynerchuk

    Content Summary: In today’s FIR Live on Blogtalk Radio, a panel discusses effective influencer outreach. The topic was kicked off by John Cass’s commentary on an email pitch sent out on behalf of online entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk, and the ensuing…