Author: Neville Hobson

  • How to hack an RSS feed from a Twitter hashtag

    If you moderate or participate in tweet chats, you know how frantic they can be. In a lively discussion, you can get a constant firehose of tweets pouring at you over the course of the chat, often an hour or…

  • Big Google disruption

    +The Next Web reports that Google is planning to launch a commenting system to rival that of Facebook’s. […] The Google comment system … will have deep links to Google’s network of services and websites, indexing comments in Google Search,…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #644: March 26, 2012

    Content summary: Shel’s travelling, Neville solo recording this week; FIR Interview with PRSA’s Gerard Corbett posted; FIR Book Review of For Immediate Release (no kidding) by Ronn Torossian posted; RSS feed problems with the last episode fixed; News That Fits:…

  • FIR Book Review: For Immediate Release by Ronn Torossian

    FIR Book Review Editor Bob LeDrew reviews the new book by 5WPR founder, president and CEO Ronn Torossian, For Immediate Release (no kidding). The book’s subtitle is Shape Minds, Build Brands and Deliver Results with Game-Changing Public Relations. From the…

  • FIR Interview: PRSA Chairman and CEO Gerard Corbett on the Senate inquiry into PR spending

    FIR co-host Shel Holtz interviews Gerard Corbett, Chairman and CEO of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) about the association’s advocacy effort that was launched after the announcement that a US Senate committee would investigate government spending on public…