Author: Neville Hobson

  • Top 20 UK tech blogs for August 2011

    European search engine and news portal Wikio will be publishing its latest monthly ranking of the top 100 technology blogs in the UK shortly. As usual, they’ve given me an advance look ahead of publication at the top 20 from…

  • FIR Cut: Crowdsourcing The Big Mac Index

    Overflow from FIR #610 on August 1, 2011. The Economist: Fast food for thought: What do hamburgers, lipstick and men’s underwear have in common? The joys of quirky economic indicators The Economist: The Big Mac index: Currency comparisons, to go…

  • The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #610: August 1, 2011

    Content summary: Vote for FIR on Podcast Alley; FIR Speakers & Speeches and FIR Live podcasts posted; the results of Shel’s Google+ poll; listener comments discussion; Ragan promo; News That Fits: Curated social media comes of age during Oslo attacks,…

  • A sign of things to come

    We see constant news reports these days of layoffs in technology, banks, the media and other industry sectors. The reasons are varied but commonly relate to taking drastic action to restructure and, in some cases, even survive as going concerns.…

  • FIR Live #23 – July 30, 2011: Every Company is a Media Company

    As newsrooms shrink and people seek more and more content online, companies can help tell their stories through the production of great content that isn’t marketing- or PR-driven. Tom Foremski, who coined the phrase "Every company is a media company,"…