Holtz Communications + Technology

My friend Charles Pizzo sent me a text message to let me know he was trying to trackback from his blog to mine, but it wasn’t working. Some research with the folks at Expression Engine revealed that it has to do with the randomization feature, which they desribe this way:

A random code number will be added to the end of each…

More than enough has already been written about the RSS feed full text vs. partial text debate. But I found it interesting when my friend BL Ochman posted five reasons for producing partial text feeds, I disagreed with every one of them. So, as if we can beat this horse to death a second time, let’s take a look at BL’s…

Anna Marie Cox, the A-list blogger behind Wonkette, provided the keynote Friday morning at the Ragan Corporate Communicator’s Conference. She said several things that had me shaking my head, but one thing she said was so smart and right that the mistakes pale in comparison.

The keynote took the form of an interview with Charles Pizzo (pictured with Cox) tossing the questions. At…

I’m in Las Vegas—Caesars Palace, to be precise—for Ragan Communications’ 14th annual Corporate Communicator’s Conference. It’s a good show, so far. I saw Matthew Podboy give a great session on how communicators can use wikis. And I just wrapped up a presentation on the potential for business podcasting. But you don’t need to be here to get some value out of the conference. You can read the…

When they talk about convergence, I don’t think this is what they mean, but convergence is exactly what it is. Sen. John Edwards, already a podcaster, has introduced a video blog—or vlog—that takes the form of an interview. The interviewer? It’s Amanda Congdon, the anchor at Rocketboom, the highly entertaining and addictive daily news vlog. Congdon opens the vlog with this bit of text:

When I…