By neville on Apr 23, 2008 in Blogging, Innovation, Social Media, Weblog Tools, Weblogs | 1 Comment
Video startup seesmic has released a terrific conversational tool - a plugin for WordPress that enables you to create and post a video comment.
Not only that, it also enables a blogger to create a post that includes a video comment, just as I have done here:
Be seen and heard
So if you want more [...]
By neville on Apr 21, 2008 in Blogging, Communication, Projects, Public Relations, Social Media, Web | 3 Comments
Like most bloggers I know, I tend to link to information resources online when I’m writing about a particular topic.
One reason is simply that linking to an explanation of something provides a reader of your content with an opportunity to find out more, or see something in more depth, without you the blogger having [...]
By neville on Mar 30, 2008 in Blogging, NevilleHobson.com, Software, Web, Weblog Tools, Weblogs | 11 Comments
I’ve upgraded this blog to WordPress 2.5, the latest version of the content management system released yesterday.
For me, upgrading was simplicity itself as I used the 1-click install procedure provided by my hosting service, DreamHost.
Literally one click and, fifteen minutes later, the blog is upgraded.
Of course, you do need to do some advance preparations [...]
By neville on Mar 4, 2008 in Blogging, Communication, IABC, Social Media, Weblogs | 4 Comments
An email yesterday from IABC brought news of a new member benefit - The IABC eXchange.
In development for some while, this new resource offers a great opportunity to introduce every IABC member to blogs and blogging.
According to IABC, though, it’s much more than simply an application for writing blog posts:
The IABC eXchange is an [...]
By neville on Mar 1, 2008 in Blogging, Mainstream Media, Professional Development, Social Media, Social Networks, Weblogs | 11 Comments
A couple of days ago, someone forwarded me a request from a journalist writing a piece for a national UK paper about social networking.
The journalist’s questions were a little unclear:
I need ‘ten top tips’ for social networking, what to do (as opposed to what not to do). i.e., things to encourage comments and feedback on [...]
By neville on Feb 19, 2008 in Blogging, Mainstream Media, Public Relations, Television, Weblogs, Workplace | 11 Comments
All is not well at broadcaster CNN, if the story of Chez Pazienza is anything to go by.
Pazienza, a producer on CNN’s American Morning TV show until last week, was fired for blogging.
At least, that’s what it looked like until Pazienza posted his account last night of what led up to his dismissal by [...]
By neville on Feb 11, 2008 in Blogging, Business, Public Relations, Weblogs | 3 Comments
In early December, there was a great deal of commentary surrounding the formation of the Blog Council, a community of global companies whose primary goal is to promote best practices in corporate blogging.
Founding members include AccuQuote, Cisco Systems, The Coca-Cola Company, Dell, Gemstar-TV Guide, General Motors, Kaiser Permanente, Microsoft, Nokia, SAP and Wells Fargo.
Shel and [...]
By neville on Jan 14, 2008 in Blogging, Communication, Events, Experimenting, Social Media, Trends, Weblogs, Workplace | 2 Comments
This looks very interesting - CoverItLive, a free web service that enables you to live blog an event using a full range of rich media content: text, audio, video, images, etc, that you can embed into your own site.
You can then save the whole live blog so you’ll have a record of everything that [...]
By neville on Dec 18, 2007 in Blogging, Business, Ethics, Investor Relations, Online Media, Public Relations, Reputation, Technology, Web | 3 Comments
This is what you now see if you go to any of the websites of Blognation, the blog network that’s been embroiled in scandal and controversy for the past few weeks.
It’s too bad. If there’s one thing that disgraced entrepreneur Sam Sethi did, it was pull together a great team of talented writers in [...]
By neville on Dec 9, 2007 in Blogging, Public Relations, Social Media | 6 Comments
Listening to Eric Schwartzman’s interview with Colin Farrington in the latest episode of Eric’s On The Record Online podcast, posted yesterday, I was struck by one over-riding thought.
Colin Farrington, the director general of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), simply does not understand the role of social media in public relations.
Yet he is willing [...]