Month: August 2010

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #562: August 30, 2010

    Content summary: Follow-up on survey samples; correction on Disney blog aggregation story from last show; listener comments discussion; 5 minutes on… the Oxford English Dictionary may become an online-only publication, ghost-blogging firms, new thriller sells more e-books than hardcovers, how…

  • Meet the Chief Listening Officer

    One of the things I hear a great deal of when in conversation with businesses about communication is how important it is to listen to what people are saying. I couldn’t agree more – you need to listen before you…

  • Connect your community with a Twitter daily newspaper

    About a month ago, I discovered Paper.li, a service that aggregates content linked to by people in a Twitter community into an online newspaper. It’s one of the most useful ways I’ve found for surfacing news and information I might…

  • A simple answer to texting while driving

    With a lot of cars on the UK roads this Bank Holiday weekend, it’s a fair bet that quite a few drivers will be using their mobile phones while driving their vehicles. While holding a mobile device in your hand…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #561: August 23, 2010

    Content summary: Listeners’ comments and discussion; 5 minutes on… Have you heard of Facebook Stories (and Twitter Tales)?, books disruption: Seth Godin will no longer publish the old way and ads are coming, Disney invites bloggers to get aggregated, Skype…