Author: Neville Hobson

  • WordCamp UK in planning

    If you’re a WordPress user in the UK and are keen to get involved with others to share tips and experiences about blogging with WordPress, take note that a WordCamp is coming to the UK. From an initial idea by…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #332: March 31, 2008

    Content summary: Next FIR Live on BlogTalk Radio on April 19; Josh Hallett and Mike Manuel in London on April 12; Lee Hopkins’ Australasian perspective on web traffic, and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; update on company attitudes…

  • Everything in the world is just fine

    Today the BBC unveiled a new look to the BBC News website. It’s a refreshing update. I visit very few websites these days and BBC News is one of them (it’s actually the home page in my browser). I like…

  • Blogging simplified with WordPress 2.5

    I’ve upgraded this blog to WordPress 2.5, the latest version of the content management system released yesterday. For me, upgrading was simplicity itself as I used the 1-click install procedure provided by my hosting service, DreamHost. Literally one click and,…

  • The failure of BA’s T5 promise

    Watching the unfolding PR disaster for British Airways over the catastrophe surrounding the new Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport during the past 48 hours, one word springs to mind. Expectations. For the past day and a half, the newspapers and…