Year: 2013

  • The FT’s digital revolution bears fruit with fastFT

    An intriguing-looking package arrived at my house on Saturday, delivered by special courier. "fastFT Markets Survival Kit," said the little pink card tied with red ribbon to the top of the square box. I knew immediately who it was from…

  • WordPress ten years on

    Ten years ago, on May 27, 2003, WordPress was released. It wasn’t the first software that enabled anyone to write their thoughts down and publish them online for the world to see. But its free and open source credentials along…

  • Good reasons to be at LeWeb London in June

    In ten days time, LeWeb London takes place. The overall theme is the sharing economy; the speaker line-up is fabulous, the agenda is compelling and, so, far, over 850 people have booked to be there on June 5 and 6.…

  • Crest Memorial Day cartoon way off the mark

    [Update May 28:] A commenter to this post says the uproar I’ve described here isn’t about the cartoon you see above. Rather, “the offensive picture was part of Crest’s current marketing campaign stating something along the lines of ‘vowing not…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #705: May 27, 2013

    Intro: The final B2B Huddle keynote podcast coming, a number of FIR Book Reviews in the pipeline, congratulations to Stephen Waddington elected CIPR President for 2014, congratulations to Eric Schwartzman on the launch of his new business; Quick News: Mercedes-Benz…