Posted on November 30, 2005 10:40 am by Shel Holtz | General
BusinessWeek piece on efforts by so-called “indie” podcasters to band together.
A report on the prospects for illicit hijacking of podcasts. Scary. Your podcast can be hijacked
Nick Denton has created a list of online tools and resources to kickstart a business startup.
There’s a new Google blog dedicated to Google Base. Like other Google blogs, there’s no commenting; Google remains a one-way, top-down company, which is sad.
Posted on November 23, 2005 10:00 am by Shel Holtz | General
Kryptonite PR manager Donna Tocci has started blogging
CNN/Money has a piece on the growing number of blogs and blog networks that are turning a profit
SmartBiz has a piece on using blogs as a tool for startups and small businesses
Here’s one about the distribution of 3D video podcasts of Disney attractions (the Disney term for “rides”)
Posted on November 22, 2005 11:51 am by Shel Holtz | General
Diggdot.us Diggdot aggregates content from Digg, Slashdot and the Del.icio.us “popular” tag, deletes the duplicates, and sends them as a single feed.
How to podcast tutorial Very detailed tutorial may save you the $21.95 you were planning to spend on a book that covers the same information.
Posted on November 18, 2005 9:03 am by Shel Holtz | General
There’s a debate in PR circles—a decades-old debate—that centers around whether PR practitioners should be licensed. We can never be viewed as a real profession, the argument goes, until we all measure up to the same tested standards. Doctors, lawyers, accountants, and a host of other lines of work that are viewed as professions all require licenses or certification in order for a…
Posted on November 16, 2005 10:29 am by Shel Holtz | General
California’s Contra Costa County (where I live) is facing a budget dilemma. The county has eliminated several positions and initiated a hiring freeze on several open jobs. Under these circumstances, the supervisors have come under intense fire for the decision to hire a public information officer. The county Fire Department followed suit and is also suffering slings and arrows for its…
Posted on November 16, 2005 9:59 am by Shel Holtz | General
Steve Crescenzo and Allan Jenkins are both my friends. Not online friends, but real-world, in-the-flesh friends. I’ve spent time with Allan in Copenhagen. I went to Steve’s wedding. I probably shouldn’t get in the middle of a dust-up between them. My life is filled with things I shouldn’t have done.
Steve takes Allan to task for his contention that print is pretty much useless. In his…
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