Author: Neville Hobson

  • The evolution of the ‘frictionless content experience’ gathers pace

    The news on October 22 that ReadWriteWeb – one of the most credible tech news and information resources on the social web – has relaunched as ReadWrite is noteworthy in marking a milestone in how professional ‘mainstream’ blogs offer their…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #674: October 22, 2012

    Listen Now: [audio http://traffic.libsyn.com/fir/fir-674.mp3] Intro: New dial-in comment line number for North America; FIR Book Review of “What the Plus!” by Guy Kawasaki posted; Shel contributed to new Mayo Clinic social media book; FIR’s one-year GaggleAMP anniversary; Quick News: Welcome to…

  • First BYOD, then BYOA: is COPE the tipping point?

    ‘Bring your own device‘ is a phrase whose acronym BYOD has gained wide recognition in business, large businesses especially. Apart from the genuine business pros and cons surrounding the idea of employees bringing their own computers, phones, tablets, etc, to…

  • Social media in the workplace: Still a long haul

    According to a US survey on employee use of social media in the workplace, published by HR software and services company Silk Road, there’s an encouraging picture emerging of how employers approach the overall topic. “We found that a substantial…

  • FIR Book Review: What the Plus! Google+ for the Rest of Us by Guy Kawasaki

    Listen Now: Google+ is Google’s social network, launched publicly in September 2011 following a three-month beta test phase. According to its Wikipedia entry, as of September 2012, it has a total of 400 million registered users of whom 100 million…