Author: Neville Hobson

  • Credible reporting on Second Life from Newsweek

    The July 30 edition of Newsweek magazine has a pretty good series of features about Second Life. Unlike an impression I get from reading some other mainstream media reporting on Second Life recently, it’s clear that reporter Jessica Bennett has…

  • The Stumble Upon effect

    Last last night while doing some site chores – getting rid of trapped comment spam, backing up the database, etc – I noticed there had been an enormous amount of inbound traffic during the day to one particular post. That…

  • Facebook vs other networks: Making it relevant to each of us

    A lot of people are writing a lot of commentary about Facebook – how will it develop, where it fits in to business networking, will it replace email, is it the Next Big Thing, etc. All weighty issues and worth…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #259: July 19, 2007

    Content summary: Steve Lubetkin reports from BlogPhiladelphia; feedback on the Ragan sponsorship; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Joseph Jaffe gets a free iPhone; Edelman introduces the Social Media Index; Dan York reports on the Jing Project, Melcrum’s blog reviews,…

  • Easy audio-visual screen capture with Jing

    If you want a very easy and simple way to capture something on your computer screen and easily share it with friends or colleagues, look no further than the Jing Project. A new service from TechSmith – makers of long-established…