Author: Neville Hobson

  • Tom Murphy’s shiny new blog

    Veteran Irish PR blogger Tom Murphy has opened a new shop with a brand new blog – Murphy’s Law: […] I’m putting PR Opinions in mothballs and moving to a shiny new blog which will continue to discuss the finer…

  • The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #164: August 17, 2006

    Content summary: Listener feedback on the 2006 Podcast Awards; Apple’s cease-and-desist orders concerning use of the iPod name; employee at UK telco Orange suspended for racial post on political blog; blogs, wikis and forums sway consumer opinion; podcast transcription and…

  • The Iranian president’s blog and devious intent

    When Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadenijad started a blog last week, it didn’t get an awful lot of meaningful attention in the English-speaking blogosphere. Perhaps it should have, if only to say that here we have the first blog in the…

  • 2006 Podcast Awards – Results

    The results for the 2006 Podcast Awards contest were announced late yesterday and the list of nearly all winners posted. FIR was a contender for the Best Business Podcast award – but we didn’t win. Winner of this category was…

  • 10 cool websites to add to Time’s 50

    Time magazine just published their latest list of the 50 coolest websites. They say they evaluate hundreds of candidates, some suggested by readers, colleagues and friends, others discovered during countless hours of surfing. Many of this year’s choices are shining…