Holtz Communications + Technology

I’ve been impressed with a lot of the work GM has done. Even the European operation has transformed its newsroom into a social media newsroom, based loosely on the template Todd Defren released. One of the elements of GM’s social media newsroom is it’s “Blog Roll,” which direct readers to some of the more influential auto blogs.

I like the idea of an industry blogroll,…

I’m a big fan of Leo Laporte’s This Week in Tech, better known as TWIT, one of the top independent podcasts. The crew onhand for episode 137 is an entertaining one: PC Magazine’s John C. Dvorak, Mahalo’s Jason Calacanis, and Guardian reporter Wil Harris. But they got it wrong with the contempt they heaped on “Evolution of Security,” the new blog from the Transportation Security…

While Southwest Airlines has been using its blog to respond quickly and keep people up to date over its aircraft inspection crisis—and provide a forum for two-way conversation on the situation—things are very quiet over at Chrysler’s blog. The most recent item, posted today, is headlined, “This weekend in Dodge racing…treading along in Atlanta.” The big news out of Chrysler, though, is that the company is forcing…

This video, offered in conjunction with a Wall Street Journal article on how companies do and should handle online attacks, includes a seeming endorsement of employee blogging. What will all the anti-employee blogging forces say when the conservative voices all begin to adopt the strategy? The individual who promotes the idea is Nate Bennett, professor of management at the Georgia…

Headlines from a quick review of my feeds tonight:

• Bloggers weigh the news that Gazans are pouring into Egypt
• Bloggers Preach ‘Fat Acceptance’
• Bloggers analyze the Fed’s interest-rate cut and dish on the Oscar
• Bloggers Fight for the Rights of Preborn Babies
• Bloggers Learn to Make Revenue Off Sites

I’ve seen hundreds of other headlines that proclaim what bloggers think, believe, and do. Funny thing, though. I’m a blogger and I…