Author: Neville Hobson

  • TPG Post-sponsored stamp lovers’ blog launched

    Dutch-speaking philatelists can now share their passion with other stamp collectors at the Postzegel blog (“Stamp blog” in English) which launched yesterday. Sponsored by TPG Post, the Dutch national postal service and part of the global TNT Group, the Postzegel…

  • New book on blogging for business

    Among the pile of mail yesterday awaiting my return from the US was a package from Kaplan Publishing containing a copy of Shel Holtz‘ and Ted Demopoulos‘ new book, Blogging for Business: Everything You Need to Know and Why You…

  • A whiff of window-dressing in Wal-Mart’s blogger relations campaign

    When I first read Tuesday’s New York Times story about Wal-Mart, bloggers and Edelman PR, my mixed reaction included one of incredulity. This story is about US retailer Wal-Mart and how they are reaching out to bloggers as part of…

  • Easy Skype phone

    One of the first things I did upon my return to Amsterdam today was install a very cool gadget I bought in CompUSA on Saturday – a Linksys Skype phone. This is a phone that works with the Skype internet…

  • Not much happened at 35,000 feet

    Sitting in economy class for ten hours on a transatlantic flight isn’t really my idea of a fun way to spend time. The good news is that it was only ten hours flying back to Amsterdam from San Francisco. When…