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Full story: Gender has nothing to do with it
If you read any of the posts that people wrote from or about the BlogHer conference in the US last week, you’ll probably arrive at the same conclusion I did – a terrific event filled with people who have interesting points to make and thoughts to share. You may also reach another conclusion – this was an event aimed at women bloggers (men weren’t excluded, though), some of whom wanted to focus only on women and women’s issues. Fair enough.…
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Full story: The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #160: August 3, 2006
Content summary: Regular monthly pimp for votes on Podcast Alley and for the Podcast Awards 2006; about the out-takes in show #159; Pew Internet study on newspapers and other news sources vs. blogs; Newspaper Association of America report on how newspapers can attract and retain young readers; AOL to offer free email access; Windows Live Spaces launches; PR podcasts in opml.org directory; 150 free Windows programs from Microsoft; Agency.com pitches for Subway via YouTube; David Phillips interviews Colin Farrington, Director-General…
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Full story: New blog about web startups
If you have an interest in US web startups, the Startup Review blog looks pretty interesting: Startup Review will be a blog that profiles successful Internet start-ups in a case study format. The case studies will be fairly detailed, analyzing the key factors that made the companies successful, with an emphasis on strategy and product decisions. Each case study will also have sections discussing launch strategy, exit analysis, and links to other good analysis on the company. Written by Nisan…
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Full story: Second Life: Reality not escapism
Some interesting commentary about PR and Second Life from Steve Rubel in a brief Beet.tv interview I’ve just watched. On one point he makes, though, I just don’t agree. Steve says Second Life is all about escapism: […] any metaverse that we’re talking about here–it’s all about… people are going into these universes to escape their lives and have a virtual life and live that. (Thanks to Tony Walsh at Clickable Culture for transcribing Steve’s interview.) Undoubtedly many people do…











