• It’s a great place, the blogosphere. Anyone with an opinion about anything can articulate it. And anyone does precisely that, including me. Thinking about the Windows Vista code rewrite discussion soap opera during these past few days, I’ve been reflecting on the passionate opinions expressed left, right and center in blogs everywhere (including in mine). Over the past 24 hours, I’ve had a few emails from friends and professional acquaintances offering their views on the matter that, from my specific…

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  • The Coca-Cola Company is using a blog as a communication channel through which the 55,000 employees of the global company can provide their views on Coca-Cola’s vision, mission and values. A report yesterday in Dutch business magazine Brisk includes an interview with Orlando Ashford, head of HR at Coca-Cola’s US headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, who says that Coca-Cola can be one of the most respected companies in the world only when it’s clear to employees what the company stands for. Ashford…

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  • The new version 2 of the FeedDemon RSS reader for Windows was released yesterday. In a press release, NewsGator Technologies said: […] The release marks the first major update of the product since NewsGator’s acquisition of FeedDemon developer Bradbury Software in May of 2005. FeedDemon 2.0 includes seamless synchronization with the entire NewsGator Online platform, including NewsGator Online, NewsGator Inbox, NetNewsWire, and the other desktop and mobile products. In addition to letting you manage your RSS subscriptions on your desktop,…

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  • Content summary: The IAOC/PRSA keynote presentation; Allan Jenkins’ latest on Mobitype; followup on South West Airlines; Windows Vista “isn’t people-ready”; Microsoft employee bloggers: credibility vs. authority; exoneration/whitewash of The Lincoln Group; Eric Schwartzman interviews Jakob Nielsen; RICO lawsuit against Skype: PR and IR implications; David Phillips reports; listeners’ comments discussion (Flash-enabled websites; calendar of events; tips for subscribing via iTunes); the music. Show notes for March 27, 2006 Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 91-minute podcast recorded…

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  • The first post with the second beta of the forthcoming ecto for Windows version 2 offline blog editor. Yes, it’s a beta and so you expect to encounter bugs and other quirks. On first run, though, I’m impressed especially with the changes I see in the post editor. Now, there is true WYSIWYG editing instead of the semi-code view of past versions. You can also access full HTML code view to directly edit the code of your post. While I…

    Full story: New ecto for Windows looks good