Author: Neville Hobson

  • Baseball for dummies

    A definite highlight of my trip to Chicago last week was a visit to Wrigley Field to see a baseball game. My first ever such visit took me to the home of the Chicago Cubs to see them play the…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #359: July 3, 2008

    Content summary: Shel and Ryan Williams have reviewed Groundswell; an interview with the Media Bloggers Association’s Robert Cox is set for next Tuesday; Dan York reports on identi.ca, among other things; CustomScoop presents the Media Monitoring Minute; News That Fits:…

  • Podcasts boost radio listening

    One of the reasons I often hear as to why podcasting took off in the US is because of the poor choices available from radio. Homogenized content and script-reading presenters wherever you listen are among the anecdotal statistics thrown about.…

  • FIR Book Review: Groundswell

    Groundswell is the highly-anticipated book by Forrester Research vice presidents and principal analysts Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff. Subtitled “Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies,” the book seeks to show organizations how to tap into the power of…

  • Easy Skype recording with CallBurner

    A Twitter buddy asked me today what application would I recommend for recording Skype conversations, the resulting recordings to be used in podcasts. That’s the sixth such request I’ve had over the past few weeks. Does it indicate that we’re…