Author: Neville Hobson

  • FIR Interview – Christopher Carfi, CEO, Cerado: May 10, 2006

    In this edition of For Immediate Release podcast interviews, Shel enjoyed a 28-minute conversation with Christopher Carfi, CEO of Cerado and author of the Social Customer Manifesto blog, about the link between communications and customer relations, new approaches to customer…

  • The French oxymoron called Quaero

    In January, I wrote about Quaero, a planned European multimedia search engine, the answer to Google and brainchild of the French government. My own thoughts about it were expressed thus: […] The idea of Quaero is a terrific one. Yet…

  • Travelblogging India contest

    If you live in India and you’re a blogger, there’s a contest running where you can win an opportunity to travel India and blog your experiences. To enter OK, Tata, Bye Bye, as the contest is called, you register on…

  • Changing the nature of communication in politics

    The re-located blog of newly-appointed Secretary of State for the Environment David Miliband has got off to a running start as awareness grows about the most senior member of the British government who writes a blog. Comments are beginning to…

  • FIR Interview – Tom Foremski, Silicon Valley Watcher: May 9, 2006

    In this edition of For Immediate Release podcast interviews, Neville and Shel enjoyed a 28-minute conversation with Tom Foremski, editor of Silicon Valley Watcher, about online journalism, public relations, the relationships between the two, the future of the press release, and the…