Projects

It’s been a long time coming, but the content of “How to Do Everything with Podcasting” is about to go onto the printing presses and emerge in a few weeks’ time as an actual book. This is the book about podcasting that my podcasting partner Shel Holtz and I have been putting together for the past [...]

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Well, crayon launched in Second Life at midday US Eastern time today, and it was awesome! We had a full house of guests. A presentation from crayon founder Joseph Jaffe, q’s and a’s afterwards then good old fashioned socializing. I always think the social aspect of any gathering, real-word or virtual, is the icing on [...]

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Under four hours to go until we formally launch crayon today in Second Life. As you might imagine, I’ve devoted much of my time this week in preparing for this event. So not much else has caught my attention. Emails unanswered, RSS feeds unread, as I focus on my contributions to getting ready for showtime. [...]

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The teasing is done and it’s time to get specific about the new company I’m now part of alongside founder Joseph Jaffe, veteran communicator Shel Holtz and podcasting pioneer CC Chapman. The new company is called crayon and will be fully open for business this coming Thursday October 26 when we launch from Crayonville Island, [...]

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On the radar today

Published on September 2, 2006 · 2:13 pm UK · 3 comments

in Blogging, Projects, Public Relations

This past week has been one heck of a week on the work front. Total immersion in a PR project which has produced positive results on a global scale that exceeded even my most fanciful expectations. I don’t usually discuss client work in this blog, but maybe I’ll talk more about it at another time. [...]

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Back in NYC

Published on August 21, 2006 · 4:47 am UK · 7 comments

in Business, Projects, Travel

I arrived in New York City late Sunday afternoon where I’ll be for the next few days on client business. Flew in on the direct KLM flight from Amsterdam. As this was my first trip back to the US since the terror alert a couple of weeks ago, I was half expecting big delays and [...]

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Global swimwear brand Speedo has released the second podcast in the Speedo Make Waves series, featuring an interview with Amanda Beard, Olympic champion and FHM cover girl. Speedo’s press release about the second podcast includes a quote from me on the potential of podcasting as a complementary element in their overall marketing communication and PR: [...]

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Speedo, the world leader in swimwear, has just started podcasting. The first episode of “Speedo Make Waves” is out now and features a conversation with Michael Phelps, the US champion swimmer who won eight medals at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Michael talks about his recent competitive activities, his move back to Ann Arbor, prep [...]

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In Strasbourg this week

Published on May 15, 2006 · 7:12 am UK · 1 comment

in Projects

An especially busy week coming up which means little time for blogging. I’ll be in Strasbourg, France, for most of the week on client business. Unless you’re an EU politician, it’s not the best time to be in Strasbourg as the European Parliament is in session there this week. That means hotel rooms in the city [...]

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Podcasting book deal with McGraw-Hill

Published on March 3, 2006 · 11:52 pm UK · 9 comments

in Books, Projects

In our podcast yesterday, Shel and I talked about some news that’s exciting for us and might be of interest to you. We’ve just concluded a deal with business book publisher McGraw-Hill to write “Everything To Do With Podcasting,” a 450-page book that McGraw-Hill will publish in the second half of 2006. As the planned [...]

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