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Full story: Moving reflections
So the house move is done and we’re now nicely ensconced in our new place, in the same Wokingham neighbourhood about a quarter mile from our old place. We did the move ourselves rather than hire professional movers. That saved me at least £1,100 (so a powerful incentive). Was it worth it? On balance, yes, although it cost in terms of effort and very aching bodies. The move also cost time, almost the entire past week with most attention focused…
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Full story: The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #385: October 2, 2008
Content summary: Neville’s moving house; please vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; FIR listener contest update; Dan York reports; Media Monitoring Minute; News That Fits: Todd Defren’s tale of unethical behavior by an SEO agency, Guy Kawasaki gets immediate help after tweeting his dilemma, Jeremy Pepper blasts clueless use of Twitter, SocialText 3.0 will be released with social media features and an upcoming Twitter-like utility, use of the mobile Internet is growing dramatically, a study reveals consumers expect and want…
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Full story: Moving days
This is how someone in France did their house move. Wish it was that simple – just take the complete house with you. We’re moving today and tomorrow. And as we’re doing the move ourselves, probably during Friday as well. So largely offline until the weekend. I will be paying attention to contacts in the meantime, though, especially if you follow my guidance on preferred methods. :)
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Full story: Brands face trust issues with ‘Made in China’
Glancing through this site’s visitor stats, I noticed a high number of inbound connections coming from Google searches on ‘cadbury recall products’ and ‘cadbury list of recalled products.’ Those searching arrived at “Cadbury product recall needs two-way dialogue,†a post I wrote in June 2006 regarding the salmonella contamination scare in the UK confronting Cadbury at that time that led the chocolate maker to recall thousands of its products from store shelves. Looking at the stats a bit closer, I…
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Full story: The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #384: September 29, 2008
Content summary: FIR listener contest update; Podcamp Ireland; Michael Netzley in Singapore discusses transparency and trust in Asia; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits – which comes first: employees or customers?, mystery meetings, new books on crowd surfing and brands in networks, lessons learned when launching a venture with social media, MobaTalk evolves into Twitter Video, Oracle’s launch of Oracle Listens; listeners’ comments discussion and Friendfeed FIR Room round-up; news about Thursday’s show; music from Derek James;…
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