NevilleHobson (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Content summary: Next FIR Live on July 26; Shel’s Toronto trip and social media meet-up; Dan York reports from the O’Reilly OSCON convention on open source, Skype, Twhirl and more; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: McCain’s secret PR drive to win friends in the UK, US Airforce lets Web 2.0 flourish [...]
NevilleHobson (Free subscription) | yesterday
If you have a 3 Skypephone, or are thinking about getting one, you might be interested in this news - a new model of the mobile device, dubbed Skypephone S2, will be in 3’s UK stores on August 18. I saw the new model (pictured; click the image for a larger version) on Monday at [...]
NevilleHobson (Free subscription) | yesterday
Overflow from today’s FIR #365: News That Fits Prepare Yourself for the Blog Bullies: It’s going to happen. It may have already happened. So what do you do when someone makes fun of you, pokes at you, says hurtful or harmful things about you or your blog on their blog? Listen to this FIR Cut: Download FIR Cut MP3: [...]
NevilleHobson (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
I haven’t seen it yet, but ZDNet’s Ed Bott has - the above teaser image on Microsoft’s home page that, when you click on it, takes you to a section on the website called Windows Vista: Look how far we’ve come. I’ve been using Vista in one edition or another since April 2007 and did [...]
The Sir Robert Bond Papers (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Via Neville Hobson , comes a link to Simon Dickson's post on the new look coming soon to the website of the Prime Minister's office in the United Kingdom. number10.gov.uk will go from look like many other sites out there to looking like this, right . There are slightly better quality photos available from the Downing Street Flickr space. Yes, the Prime Minister's Office uses Flickr. They use Twitter...
NevilleHobson (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Content summary: Next FIR Live on July 26; new FIR Interview posted; Wordcamp UK 2008 wrap-up; someone calls Shel’s bet; Michael Netzley reports from Singapore on China’s effort to create a favourable impression during the Olympic Games; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: social media monitoring strategies, 10 Downing Street website to [...]
NevilleHobson (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
The Social Media Group and Livingston Communications announced today that Geoff Livingston’s Washington, DC-based company will be acquired by Dundas, Ontario, Canada-based Social Media Group. In this FIR Interview, the pair discuss the acquisition and the social media consulting field in general. Listen to this podcast now: Get this podcast: Download the MP3 file (10.5Mb, 22:52) Get the show on [...]...
NevilleHobson (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Among the many interesting points of view and commentaries spoken today at WordCamp UK came some attention-grabbing news from Simon Dickson in his presentation about blogging and developments in government. The official website for 10 Downing Street is about to be relaunched, and it will be based on WordPress. Not much information available yet on the [...]
Blog Relations (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
WordCamp UK has already inspired me to break my long blogging silence on this site - and lunch with Neville Hobson has inspired me further to get blogging again. The irony is that at this WordPress meet-up, hardly anyone is blogging. They are all twittering instead. Sign of the times.
Drew B's take on tech PR (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
There is a WordCamp gathering this weekend in Birmingham "of WordPress bloggers, podcasters, designers and developers based in the United Kingdom." Checking out the topics of discussion through attendees such as Neville Hobson, I see via Twitter that one of...
NevilleHobson (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
After a pleasant early-morning drive up the M40 and and not getting lost in central Birmingham (thank you, TomTom!), I arrived at WordCamp UK in good time for the start. So it’s about 45 minutes into Day 2. About 60 people here, I reckon. Quite a few hangover-looking folk so I guess last night’s festivities worked [...]
NevilleHobson (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Content summary: FIR Live on BlogTalk Radio on July 26; Shel and Dell’s Richard Binhammer got together; follow-ups: Molson blogger outreach, UK PR jobs at risk, Pickens Plan; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Dan York reports on O’Reilly OSCON, WordPress 2.6, PodCamp Boston; News That Fits: is social media enough to make Sears Roebuck [...]
NevilleHobson (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Our sixth FIR Live on BlogTalk Radio episode is set for Saturday, July 26. Jane Rowe raised the issue in the FIR FriendFeed Room: “At what stage do marketers and communicators really need to get to grips with new communication tools'” Opinions vary widely, and there’s already some good discussion going on in the FriendFeed Room. We [...]
NevilleHobson (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
This is an event I’ve been looking forward to for quite a while - WordCamp UK 2008, the first WordCamp in the UK, takes places in Birmingham during this weekend July 19-20. There is a packed agenda planned for the two days, offering something for everyone with an interest in WordPress, whatever your knowledge or [...]
NevilleHobson (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
I was thinking about the huge disconnect between people’s love for Apple and its products, and the severe restrictions you have in owning an Apple icon like the iPhone. My previous post about unlocking my Nokia N95 8GB from Vodafone illustrates a point - mobile device manufacturers and mobile network operators typically will restrict your [...]
