Year: 2010

  • Finally, a mobile phone to upgrade to

    I love the iPhone. Everyone I know who has one loves theirs, too. I differ from most people I know, though, in that I rarely use it as a phone: for me, it’s an app platform exclusively, not a phone…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #539: April 1, 2010

    Content summary: Donna Papacosta is guest co-host in Neville’s absence; please vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; if you’re using the FIR widget, it’s time to take it down; Dan York reports on a Facebook gaffe; Media Monitoring Minute from…

  • It’s easy to focus your attention with a Twitter hashtag, wherever you are

    It’s not so long ago that if you wanted to see what was going on at a conference or other event, and gain some insight into issues and topics being discussed in real time, your only feasible option was actually…

  • A benchmark established for blogger responsibility

    A significant event happened yesterday that embraces freedom of speech, blogging and notions of responsibility for one’s actions. It concerns a blog post written by Rod Liddle (a journalist), published on a blog run by The Spectator (a weekly political…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #538: March 29, 2010

    Content summary: Michael Netzley in Singapore interviews Steve Rubel; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: Ryanair embraces social media, Rachel Maddow/Scott Brown controversy a Facebook/Twitter fabrication; special report on Coultermania from Bob LeDrew in Ottawa; listener comments…