Author: Neville Hobson

  • Remembrance Day 9/11

    2,973 people died on September 11, 2001 in the twin towers collapse and elsewhere in terrorist outrages in the US on that dark day. 2,973 people. The majority Americans but also those from over 40 different countries. Five years on.…

  • Entrepreneurial Second Life

    For the first time in quite a few weeks, I checked in to Second Life today and spent a half hour visiting a few places of interest (including CC Chapman’s digs – nice development). As this was my first visit…

  • No happy ending for HP

    Could the good name and reputation of Hewlett-Packard be tarred with a similar brush to that of the likes of Enron and WorldCom? It’s looking a distinct possibility if the board room shenanigans that have ripped through the firm’s leadership…

  • IABC launches podcast series

    If you’re an IABC member, you’ll be pleased to know that there’s a new communication channel though which you can hear about plans and happenings directly from the association’s leadership. A new podcast series called Cafe2Go launched last week. See…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #170: September 7, 2006

    Content summary: New FIR interview posted; IABC begins new podcast series; new Skylook features; RIM launches multimedia Blackberry; the Hewlett-Packard boardroom soap opera gets serious; SNCR Awards deadline extended; the Adam Curry and Joseph Jaffe kerfuffle; David Phillips reports on…