Author: Neville Hobson

  • When you’re sitting comfortably

    As the chairs in this photo might indicate, the hip Soho Hotel in London has quite an eye-popping venue for a meeting. This was the scene early yesterday morning in the hotel’s screening room  just before people arrived for the…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #294: November 19, 2007

    Content summary: New FIR Interview posted; upcoming FIR Interview; SNCR Research symposium in Boston; Neville and Trevor Cook get together; Lee Hopkins reports on being on the cusp of something big, tracking down Meryl David, and more; the Media Monitoring…

  • Finally – Web 2.0 explained!

    Ok, kids, you want to understand Web 2.0? Forget all the corp-speak about "user-generated content" or – even worse – "platforms" and "applications." Just watch this. All you need is here. From Nokia. Nice connection (no pun) with their slogan,…

  • Second Life support for Windows Vista

    Does Second Life now officially support Windows Vista? According to the Second Life wiki, the answer is no. The wiki page in question, last updated on October 2, still says Vista is not supported: […] Officially at this time (2007-08-27),…

  • FIR Interview – Jeremy Burton, CEO, Serena Software, on Facebook Fridays: November 16, 2007

    While reports continue to flood out of the business world of companies blocking employee access to online venues – notably social media and especially social networks – Serena Software has taken the opposite approach, actively encouraging employees to network with…