Holtz Communications + Technology

Part of the gap that separates digital immigrants and digital natives is based in perception. We immigrants, who struggle to learn the language of technology, look with amazement and, perhaps, some envy at the natives who so effortlessly embrace and adopt the most befuddling new offerings. Because these younger members of the online population take to the new technologies so…

Next September, my wife and I are traveling to Chicago for a wedding, then on to the East Coast for our 30th (you heard me right, 30th) wedding anniversary. Our original thought was to do a self-guided fall foliage tour. We’re both natives of Los Angeles and, except for her stint at Washington State University, neither of us has ever lived…

Just how influential the blogosphere really is may be revealed as bloggers post information on how to contribute to the relief efforts in the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunamis in Southeast Asia, India and other affected regions. Fellow communicator Angelo Fernando sent along this e-mail message:

I thought I’d tap my fellow bloggers network to spread the word on some…

I’ve just noticed that Expression Engine, the new software I’m using for blogs on my server, produces a different URL for the RSS feeds than pMachine did. If you’ve been getting my feed, you’ll need to update your news reader with the new URL, which you can find by clicking the RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0 or Atom links in the sidebar column.

I’m a regular listener to the Geek News Central podcast. Todd Cochrane, the host (and author of the related blog) has recently solicited advertisers. Once a week, he’ll play a two-minute audio clip of a sponsor, usually somebody who wants to draw attention to his own blog (but it’s not limited to that). The money he makes is designed to offset the cost of…

Starting in January, Neville Hobson and I—- both of us communicators who think we have something to say that you might find worth listening to—start our weekly podcast, “For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report.” I’m in Concord, California, and Neville’s in Amsterdam in The Netherlands. We’ll bring a balanced view on what’s going on in the US and Europe in communication, technology and other…