Year: 2011

  • Steve Jobs: The man who changed the world

    If you read Techmeme, the must-read place on the web if you’re interested in the technology industry, this morning’s home page is full of just one topic – the death last night of Steve Jobs. The Apple co-founder died from…

  • FIR Speakers and Speeches: Shel Holtz on Content Curation

    FIR co-host Shel Holtz delivered a presentation at the Ragan Communications conference, titled Communicating Your Company Story – Inside and Out, held October 3-5, 2011 at Southwest Airlines headquarters in Dallas, Texas. The presentation was part of the Employee Communications…

  • No frills for a while

    If you’re a previous visitor to this site, you’ll probably notice that it looks very different today compared to your last visit. What you see is the look and feel of the default WordPress theme known as Twenty Eleven that’s…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #619: October 3, 2011

    Content summary: Our condolences to FIR friend Barbara Nixon; correction from #618 on updating Facebook pages; FIR Interview coming on SunLife content portal; a word from this week’s podsafe music creator; News That Fits: what Google+ will mean for brands;…

  • Virtual reality in graduate recruiting

    Virtual aliens lined up to recruit graduates, says the Telegraph’s City Diary yesterday. Beancounters at KPMG are planning to attract graduates using 3D, Avatar-like beings. The online system is designed to appeal to the "Facebook/YouTube generation." […] The digital alien…