Content summary: Google loses its copyright case in Belgium; 7 branding lessons from the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty; employees take complaint with employer to YouTube; Mercedes-Benz and other Second Life stories; David Phillips' reports on traditonal web sites going nowhere as social media takes the prize, and what is to happen to PR practice; discussion: why you should pay attention to OpenID; listeners' comments discussion; the music; and more. [Messages from our sponsors: Save time with … [Read more...] about The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #216: February 19, 2007
Archives for February 2007
The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #215: February 15, 2007
Content summary: Shel's alone in Indianapolis while Neville flies back to the UK; Robert French speaks out about blogs, press releases, PR, and the Brave New World; Dan York's report looks at Yahoo Pipes; a bad pitch that worked; listener comments; the music; and more (but not much). Show notes for February 15, 2007 Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 39-minute podcast recorded live from Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Download the file here (MP3, 18MB), or sign … [Read more...] about The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #215: February 15, 2007
On the way home
Sitting at gate E35 in Atlanta airport, waiting for my Delta flight to Gatwick. It's been a heck of a near two weeks on the road in the USA. Atlanta most of last week. New York over the weekend and into this week. Then down to Birmingham, Alabama, for a different client assignment. My first visit to Birmingham. Didn't see much beyond the hotel, highways and the client's office - plus be there during a tornado warning - so I hope to get an opportunity for a return trip where I'll be able to … [Read more...] about On the way home
The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #214: February 12, 2007
Content summary: Come to the New Communications Forum in March; claims of website fraud against Best Buy; avoiding legal loopholes in intranet policy management; developments in the world of wikis; hacking Skype: 25 tips to improve your Skype experience; Linden Lab releases detailed demographic and other information about Second Life, Boomer Esiason Foundation's activities in Second Life, and Comverse demos Second Life on mobile phones: more reasons for communicators to pay attention; listeners' … [Read more...] about The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #214: February 12, 2007
Being social in New York
A brief respite from work yesterday with a very pleasant few hours of conversation over lunch with Shel, Rob Safuto and Dave Rimington at the Bryant Park Grill here in New York City. I've known Rob (extreme right in photo) for some time but we've never met before. It was great to finally meet. Dave (second right) is president of the Boomer Esiason Foundation, a partnership organization that helps provide financial support to research aimed at finding a cure for cystic fibrosis. As you might … [Read more...] about Being social in New York
PHP issues and WordPress
Whenever I've logged in to this blog's WordPress dashboard during the past few days, I've been greeted with two error messages across the top of the screen. This one - XML-RPC Error:-32300:transport error - HTTP status code was not 200 Or this one - XML-RPC Error:-32300:transport error - could not open socket: 110 Connection timed out A Google search on either term throws up some articles, although not enough to help me understand what the error means or what's causing it. Email to my … [Read more...] about PHP issues and WordPress
In the Big Apple
Greetings from New York City! After an intense week in Atlanta on client business - plus a terrific geek dinner on Wednesday - now I'm in the very cold north-east US for the next four days for a gathering of crayons. So, now in my hotel on Lexington Avenue, a stone's throw or two from the Chrysler Building. Shel's here, too. We strolled some 14 blocks via Broadway and Times Square this evening to have some dinner together at the Carnegie Deli, a place Shel was very keen to eat at. I agree, great … [Read more...] about In the Big Apple
RSS subscriber milestone
Wednesday marked quite a milestone for this blog - the number of subscribers to my RSS feed passed the 1,000 mark for the first time. Over the past few months, I've been paying close attention to the FeedBurner stats as subscriber numbers have been showing a clear and consistent growth trend. Subscriber numbers do fluctuate, though, as this graph for the past 30 days indicates: I expect the number of subscribers to rise and fall (and, hopefully, rise again) as time goes on. I'll be … [Read more...] about RSS subscriber milestone