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Shel Holtz
Communicating at the Intersection of Business and Technology
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UPDATE: According to reports on January 15, Marriott has abandoned its effort to get the FCC to revise its rules to allow them to block guest WiFi, mainly due to public pressure.

WiFi

Dear Marriott:

Your focus on the business traveler experience has made your hotels my first choice when I have to hit the road for work. However, your anti-consumer stance on…

Training TestimonialIn early 2012 and 2013, Joe Thornley and I presented an eight-week workshop on “An Integrative Approach to Social Media.” We developed the course originally in response to an RFP from IABC, which hosts the series. We made some minor tweaks and updates for the 2013 workshop. This year’s session—which begins on February 6—is a complete overhaul.

Training TestimonialIf you’re looking for an innovative learning experience…

Knowing I’d be traveling on a Monday, I called the hotel where I had a reservation—the Club Quarters on 45th in Manhattan, to ask about the in-room Net access. Mondays are generally recording days for For Immediate Release, the PR-focused podcast I’ve been co-hosting with Neville Hobson since early 2005. We record over Skype, so a decent connection is a requirement.

The answer from the…

I talk to an increasing number of people who wake up in the morning and instantly grab their Blackberry from the bedside table to check work email. Dealing with work on your smartphone is a huge example of the end of work-life balance, but it’s not the only one. Conference calls with Asia at 2 a.m., getting reports done while on…

Every year around this time, Michele asks me for a gift list. This will definitely be on it. I need to boost my geek quotient, and nothing will accomplish that like wearing a t-shirt that detects WiFi signals, and at $29.99, it’s way cheaper than a new VAIO.

Shel Holtz

Those busy folks over at the Pew Internet and American Life Project have released a study showing that people with WiFi access tend to spend more time online than those tethered to a hard-wired connection. Thirty-four percent of Interet users have gone online using WiFi, with most of them using hotspots away from home or work. Details here.

From a communications…

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