Author: Neville Hobson

  • Each of us has value to someone

    Thoughtful writing in the current Wired magazine by Chris Anderson (he of the Long Tail) in an article about the business and relationship transformations happening, in what he calls the “peer production era.” I like his conclusion: […] This isn’t…

  • Don’t expect answers from Jupiter Research

    In show #150 of FIR last Thursday, Shel and I talked about Toby Bloomberg’s experience with Jupiter Research concerning their recent research report about corporate blogging. This is the report that says 35% of large companies (in the US) plan…

  • FIR Speakers & Speeches – Club of Amsterdam: June 28, 2006

    Content summary: Two podcasts recorded at The Future of Journalism – Ethics in Journalism panel discussion in Amsterdam on June 28, 2006, organized by the Club of Amsterdam and supported by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The first podcast recorded the presentations made by…

  • PR community action on social media press release

    Whether journalists are ready or not for the social media press release, the PR community now has a great opportunity to thoroughly discuss the concept and try to get some traction with the whole idea of evolving the press release…

  • Perplexing Blair op-ed piece in Guardian blog

    Here’s a good example of an eye-catching headline: Tony Blair starts blogging… This title of a post on Simon Collister’s eDemocracy Update blog certainly grabbed my attention as I scanned the headlines in my RSS reader. The reality is different,…