Year: 2012

  • A death is announced: the printed Encyclopaedia Britannica

    A death is announced: the printed Encyclopaedia Britannica

    A milestone has been reached in the evolution of factual reference information with news that probably the most famous of all general reference works in the English language, the Encyclopaedia Britannica, will stop making the printed encyclopedia after 244 years…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #642: March 12, 2012

    Content summary: Two new FIR Book Review podcasts now up; is FIR too long?; News That Fits: Is public relations the profession of liars? asks PRSA’s Gerard Corbett; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on China’s social networks hit by censorship,…

  • Twitter hashtags: spam magnets

    One of the most useful engagement tools for a conference is a Twitter hashtag. This little device, where a word is connected to the hash symbol (#) – known as a pound sign in the US – is a useful…

  • FIR Book Review: Evangelist Marketing by Alex Goldfayn

    Guest reviewer Robin Browne offers his thoughts on Evangelist Marketing: What Apple, Amazon, and Netflix Understand About Their Customers (That Your Company Probably Doesn’t) by Alex L. Goldfayn. Here’s the description of the book: “In Evangelist Marketing, Alex Goldfayn argues…

  • FIR Book Review: Stellar Presentations by Shel Israel

    Trafcom News podcaster Donna Papacosta reviews Shel Israel’s new book, Stellar Presentations: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Giving Great Talks. From the book description: “Tech start-ups are built on dreams, teams and technology. But to turn vision into reality you really…