Author: Neville Hobson

  • EuroBlog 2007 survey

    Last year’s EuroBlog 2006 survey gave an overview of who in the communication profession in Europe is using blogs and for what purpose. The most interesting result to me was how survey respondents saw the opportunities for and from blogs,…

  • Lies and Web 2.0

    SFGate.com posted a list of the top 10 lies of Web 2.0 which geeky types in particular will find amusing (well, I did). My two favourites: This is not a bubble. Hot parties, overheated PR pitches, and five or six…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #187: November 06, 2006

    Content summary: Shel’s back in Atlanta; Neville’s on his way to two events; One-Minute News: WOMMA guidelines for blogger relations, dropping the hammer on IBM bloggers, a nifty video email service, Constantin’s new PR blog and wiki search engine, a…

  • Building trust in virtual communities

    Alan Moore has posted a fascinating interview with Benjamin Joffe, CEO of China-based consulting boutique Plus Eight Star, about a special report his firm published last month on Cyworld, the virtual community that began in South Korea and which is…

  • Vonage V-Phone – a Skype switcher?

    A package arrived in the mail a few days ago containing a Vonage V-Phone, a new USB gadget that lets you make phone calls via your internet connection from any computer. Vonage is a familiar name in North America as…