Another year - and a decade - draws to a close. I don't know about you but my thoughts tend to look forward to what may be coming in the New Year rather than only looking back on what has been. In spite of an uncertain economic outlook in 2011, I'm feeling good about the coming year both professionally and personally. One song in particular epitomizes that outlook for me, not coincidentally called Feeling Good. Many artists have covered this song since it first appeared in 1965. My two … [Read more...] about Feeling good
Archives for 2010
Introducing Bob LeDrew, FIR’s new book review editor
Your FIR co-hosts are delighted to welcome Bob LeDrew as the new editor of our book review feed. We started the book review podcast as a means by which we can share our views of books related to the themes we cover on FIR: business, communications, PR, social media, and the like. Our first review was posted in December 2006. Here we are four years later, and we have posted a total of eight reviews. With Bob focusing on book reviews, we hope to do much better. And we hope to get more reviews … [Read more...] about Introducing Bob LeDrew, FIR’s new book review editor
The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #579: December 27, 2010
Content summary: Welcome to the holiday season episode; introducing our book review editor, Bob LeDrew; no report this week from Michael Netzley in Singapore; happy birthday, Allan Jenkins!; listener comments discussion; News That Fits: Dan York reports on snow in New Hampshire plus last week's Skype outage and Quora, the Skype outage and continuity planning, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, the importance of designing an experience culture, marketers will spend more on social media … [Read more...] about The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #579: December 27, 2010
Merry Christmas
The Christmas message in this someecards' ecard seems pretty apt, a timely one given all the weather and shopping disasters of this month so far. Still, it's Christmas Eve and, presents, Plan B presents or no presents (or even 'IOU presents'), it's time to shut up shop for a few days at least and focus on things like family and friends. So here's wishing you a terrific and Merry Christmas! Related posts: Chaos theory Do they know it’s Christmas? … [Read more...] about Merry Christmas
FT names Steve Jobs their Man of The Year
Mark Zuckerberg can be Time’s person of the year but here we have the FT’s man of the year – Steve Jobs, the man behind the continuing success of Apple and those so-gorgeous products everyone desires that include iPhone, iPad, Macbook and more. The Financial Times says Jobs is a “Silicon Valley visionary who put Apple on topâ€: […] When Steven Paul Jobs first hit the headlines, he was younger even than Mark Zuckerberg is now. Long before it was cool to be a nerd, his formative … [Read more...] about FT names Steve Jobs their Man of The Year
Product placement comes to UK TV and radio
Broadcast industry regulator Ofcom confirmed this week that product placement – paid-for references for products and services - will be allowed in UK TV programmes for the first time from next February. […] Ofcom has today [December 20] published the rules governing product placement, including what can and can’t be shown on TV screens. We have also relaxed the rules on paid-for references to brands and products in radio programmes. Both sets of rules will enable commercial broadcasters … [Read more...] about Product placement comes to UK TV and radio
My Blackberry is not working
Harry Enfield and Ronnie Corbett - two veterans of British comedy - show how they're still at the top of their game. Excellent parody of today's tech brands. More sketches at The One Ronnie. … [Read more...] about My Blackberry is not working
YouTube’s water cooler for web video
If visual information can improve understanding of spoken words as much as sixfold according to research, it shouldn't be a surprise that use of video as a means to communicate an idea or aid learning is shooting through the roof. As with so many other media, finding what interests you becomes a chore when you spend increasing time searching. Popular video-sharing sites like YouTube are now seeing 35 hours of video uploaded every minute, a huge amount of content by any measure. Here's a neat … [Read more...] about YouTube’s water cooler for web video