Author: Neville Hobson

  • Melcrum’s social network for communicators launched

    Hard on the heels of MyRagan.com launched by Ragan Communications earlier this month comes the Melcrum Communicators’ Network from London-based research and training firm Melcrum. Perhaps ‘launched’ isn’t the right word as Melcrum don’t plan any specific announcements, relying instead…

  • BBC broadcasts TV show within Second Life

    The Money Programme will be the first BBC Television programme broadcast in virtual online world Second Life, according to a BBC press release last week: […] Reporter Max Flint and his spiky-haired alter-ego, MP Masala, travel deep into cyberspace to…

  • FeedDemon 2.5 released

    FeedDemon is the Windows desktop RSS application I’ve been using for the past few years. And for the past few months, I’ve been testing the various betas of the upcoming new version 2.5. The final product was quietly released last…

  • When changing a post title is the right thing to do

    Last December, I wrote a pretty scathing post about Dolphin Music in which I vented my anger at the company’s poor customer service. I entitled that post “Recommendation: Don’t buy from Dolphin Music.” Today I added some new content at…

  • Speaking at upcoming events

    I’m speaking at some terrific conferences in the first half of June that might interest you, whatever area of organizational communication you’re involved with. On Tuesday June 5, Delivering The New PR 2.0 takes place in central London. This is the second…