Holtz Communications + Technology

Amidst all the hot air being expended on both sides of the “are-bloggers-journalists” debate, vlogs—video blogs—could sneak in under the radar offering a new kind of journalism that manages to elude the controversy.

Rocketboom is my new favorite daily pleasure. A daily three-minute video, Rocketboom includes all the elements of a blog, including comments (which pop up so you can review them while watching the…

It’s been over a week since I posted anything here other than “For Immediate Release” production show notes. The road can be a killer when it comes to the time needed to research and post. Still, not blogging for a week is like going without coffee for a few days. My hands are trembling. But I’m back in the office with only a single…

Content summary: Listeners’ comments (on the Paris Hilton podcast, Adam Curry’s and Ron Bloom’s strategy cast, how podcasts can keep you from getting a traffic ticket, saving shows on a dedicated hard disk, the Business Week blogging cover story—from Business Week—and “corporate vs. blogs vs. trade media); downloading sound clips from the Net, new numbers from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, blogging in English,…

Content summary: Listeners’ comments (on communication strategy, measurement, champagne and tea “from our Australian correspondent”; on communication impact of blogs; podcasting at Les Blogs; identifing a blog author; equipment for mobile podcasting); Doc Searls at Les Blogs; Business Week’s cover story on blogs; lots of developments with podcasting; upcoming interviews in May; suggestions for co-hosts and panel discussions; blogging conference in New York.

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Content summary: Listeners’ comments (on featuring FIR, snarkiness by Business Week, having a guest host for the show, archiving and broadcasting audio input, blogs that float in outer space, audio blog summaries, syndicating RSS feeds, yet more on character blogs, doing promos like Adam Curry, searching podcasts by keywords); a broad review of Les Blogs; Apple is the new ‘old Microsoft’; lawyers start…

Apple Computers may not be able to make much of a dent in Microsoft’s domination of the computer marketplace. The company seems to be making a bid, though, to compete head-to-head with Microsoft when it comes to arrogance. In fact, as Microsoft humanizes itself with employee blogs and an effort to reach out to constituencies (through tools such as Channel 9 for…