Year: 2009

  • The new pecking order in Washington

    In the days following his inauguration as US President, much has been talked about concerning Barack Obama and his Blackberry. If, as US President, he were to continue using a mobile device to connect with people, as he did during…

  • A grim outlook on email

    Over the weekend, I reorganized my email system. Looks like that wasn’t a good idea. At least, not the way I did it. I use Outlook 2007 to manage all my email. I bring in email from 3 different domain…

  • How do you use Twitter?

    If you use Twitter (of course you do!), do you have specific thoughts on how you use it? What do you do with your followers – follow them back automatically? Or are you choosy? And what about why you use…

  • FIR Cut: Michael Netzley’s Asia Report from Episode #417

    Overflow from FIR #418 on January 29, 2009. Michael Netzley’s Asia Report is a regular segment on Monday episodes of FIR, but a technical glitch kept it from arriving on time for the January 26 episode. We’re including it here…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #418: January 29, 2009

    Content summary: Topic decided for FIR Live on Blogtalk Radio on Feb 7; FIR Interview with Lee Aase, Mayo Clinic, next week; Dan York reports on the blurring of our lives, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News…