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May 26, 2006

FIR goes live on June 1

- NevilleHobson.com

Listeners to For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report will be able to participate actively in the show as we record episode #142 on Thursday, June 1. Since we record the show over Skype anyway, it was not... ›››

Category: Communication | For Immediate Release | Podcasting | Web | innovation

May 22, 2006

Google: The Buddha of the internet age

- NevilleHobson.com

A nice soundbite from an observer of the Google Zeitgeist Europe conference taking place in the UK today: […] One analyst, who declined to be named, said: “Google likes to see itself as the Buddha of the internet age... ›››

Category: Business | Europe | Technology | Web | leadership

May 19, 2006

Microsoft RSS feeds directory

- NevilleHobson.com

Microsoft has introduced the Microsoft Feeds Directory, a central location where you can find and subscribe to every RSS feed offered by the company across its multiple websites and blogs. You can search feeds by keywords and phrases, and... ›››

Category: Business | RSS | Web

May 14, 2006

The BBC’s Second Life

- NevilleHobson.com

This weekend, the BBC is broadcasting One Big Weekend, a live rock concert from Dundee, Scotland. Giant screens in various UK locations enable anyone there to enjoy the happenings from Dundee. Not only in the real world, though: The... ›››

Category: Music | Online Media | Technology | Web | entertainment | innovation | mainstream media | second life

May 13, 2006

Spell with Flickr

- a shel of my former self

Flickr is a treasure trove of material; it’s remarkable what people will take pictures of. For example, people shoot pictures of letters they find on signs. Some folks with a knack for programming have put together a little application... ›››

Category: Technology | Web

Customer service on the edge

- a shel of my former self

Companies that listen to bloggers have a unique opportunity to improve their reputations and win converts to their business models. Listening, after all, is a critical element of communication, but one that most organizations employing traditional communication practices often... ›››

Category: Business | Web

May 10, 2006

Travelblogging India contest

- NevilleHobson.com

If you live in India and you’re a blogger, there’s a contest running where you can win an opportunity to travel India and blog your experiences. To enter OK, Tata, Bye Bye, as the contest is called, you register... ›››

Category: Blog | Marketing | Travel | Web

The French oxymoron called Quaero

- NevilleHobson.com

In January, I wrote about Quaero, a planned European multimedia search engine, the answer to Google and brainchild of the French government. My own thoughts about it were expressed thus: […] The idea of Quaero is a terrific one.... ›››

Category: Business | Europe | Technology | Web | politics

Enticing readers to a redesigned website

- a shel of my former self

PRNews wants to get its audience to take a look at its newly redesigned website that features content from its newsletters and other material, most of which is accessible only to paying customers. The enticement? I received an email... ›››

Category: Web | prnews

Just when I was warming up to IE7...

- a shel of my former self

I couldn’t get the first public beta release of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer version 7 to install on my PC. I got an error that, evidently, was shared by enough others to warrant a notice on Microsoft’s site that the... ›››

Category: Technology | Web

May 08, 2006

OPML sharing needs to be easier

- NevilleHobson.com

Steve Rubel is right: Like RSS and tagging, over the next several years OPML is going to become a core underlying technology for marketers in the conversation economy. […] I see it becoming a big social network for feeds.... ›››

Category: Communication | RSS | Social Networks | Software | Technology | Web | Weblog Tools | weblogs

May 05, 2006

Cabinet minister blogger promoted in reshuffle

- NevilleHobson.com

Local elections took place in the UK yesterday and the governing Labour Party hasn’t done well at all. One consequence - the biggest Cabinet reshuffle in over over a decade. The BBC website is a good place to go... ›››

Category: Communication | Web | politics | weblogs

May 03, 2006