The February 2019 edition of the Hobson and Holtz Report podcast, aka FIR episode 176, is a show that marks a big milestone for Shel and I. It's the 1,000th episode* of a podcast that we began in January 2005. In addition to recollections of times past and comments from listeners from throughout FIR’s 14-plus-year history, plus special news from Shel about continuity plans, we report on these stories in this episode: Is it no longer acceptable to call people “users”?Five revelations … [Read more...] about FIR 176: Our 1,000th episode is hefty but good
Podcasting
For Immediate Release 92: Marketing failures of the UK’s Conservative Party
We said we'd do one episode together of the For Immediate Release podcast as a 'limited return engagement,' emulating The Hobson and Holtz Report that Shel and I did for ten years. We did do that with episode 84 in April. We enjoyed it so much we decided to do another one, and so we recorded episode 92 yesterday. In keeping with our 'hefty but good' slogan, Shel and I enjoyed a conversation over an hour and forty minutes that covered a big agenda: There’s a new mobile-based social … [Read more...] about For Immediate Release 92: Marketing failures of the UK’s Conservative Party
Is podcasting about to get its tipping point?
There's been quite a sense of anticipation, if not excitement, among podcasters about Apple's announcement last week on some significant enhancements the company is making this autumn to its podcast app for iPhones and other iOS devices. The big change in the app is potentially a game-changer for podcasting as it will provide podcasters with basic analytics functionality to offer evidence of listening behaviours by subscribers (where they paused in a podcast, how much of it they listened to, … [Read more...] about Is podcasting about to get its tipping point?
SDF podcast 8: Seek out those you can trust
In the latest episode 8 of The Small Data Forum podcast, hosted by Thomas Stoeckle in conversation with regulars Neville Hobson and Sam Knowles, we explore whether following the 'interesting times' of 2016, we are seeing some sort of 'regression to the mean', with a right wing populist not succeeding in general elections in the Netherlands, with Emmanuel Macron becoming president of France, and with Chelsea FC winning the Premier League (following Leicester City's surprise success last … [Read more...] about SDF podcast 8: Seek out those you can trust
For Immediate Release 84: the ‘limited return engagement’ episode
Recording episode 84 of the For Immediate Release podcast with Shel Holtz yesterday evening was like stepping into a new - but, at the same time, familiar - room to start a friendly conversation. It was The Hobson and Holtz Report again as we discussed a handful of highly-topical issues: Will social media will be a significant factor in the snap election called for by UK Prime Minister Theresa May? We also considered the role of social media in the French presidential election. Social … [Read more...] about For Immediate Release 84: the ‘limited return engagement’ episode