Month: May 2010

  • Updating the Wikipedia experience

    A website I probably visit at least three or four times a day is Wikipedia. To millions of people around the world, the free encyclopaedia that anyone can edit is a trusted source of easy-to-find information on almost anything, eminently…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #546: May 10, 2010

    Content summary: FIR Interview with Rhonda Bennetto posted; please vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; our best wishes to Shel Israel as he confronts open heart surgery; Hill & Knowlton reorganizes in the UK, how mobile carriers differentiate their iPad…

  • Sign up for the second Dell B2B Social Media Huddle

    Following the success of the Dell B2B Social Media Huddle last December, plans are fixed for a second edition on May 25, this time in central London. The aim of the huddle is to bring together senior in-house communications and…

  • Finally a way to understand what ‘the semantic web’ means

    If you’ve tried to understand what the semantic web means – sometimes referred to as Web 3.0 – and haven’t got very far, this video will help. The documentary-style video – surely as good as anything you might see on…

  • Why social media matters

    On May 12, I’m taking part in a breakfast-time panel discussion in the City that’s entitled Social media for corporates: essential lifeblood or unnecessary distraction. It’s a private event, hence no link to any information (although a report on the…