Holtz Communications + Technology

I know, I know. Not much has gone up in the past few weeks. I’ve been on the road, and if you check my calendar on my main website, you’ll see that I’m going to continue to be on the road. A lot. This is good: I’m making money! This is bad: I’m away from my family and there’s precious little time to blog…especially when I…

Neville and I were copied on an email from Steve O’Keefe over at the IAOC in which he said he tried sending out the association’s newsletter but it kept bouncing back. The reason, he learned, was the URL for our podcast, “For Immediate Release.” The URL was in the body of the message, but the mail server at the IAOC’s Internet Service Provider wouldn’t…

Some people put up link blogs. Neville has one that talks about technology. Me? I needed a place to bitch and whine about travel. I didn’t want to do it in this blog, so I started a new one. It’s called Road Weary. You don’t have to read it. Honest. I created it as an outlet for frustration with various players in the travel…

The Print Council is going on the offensive. With the assistance of a coalition of eight public relations agencies that have banded together to produce pro bono work, The Print Council is undertaking a campaign to remind content producers of print’s virtues. According to a Pressbox article, the work these eight agencies will perform includes writing press releases and backgrounders. One will…

It’s been over a week since I posted anything here other than “For Immediate Release” production show notes. The road can be a killer when it comes to the time needed to research and post. Still, not blogging for a week is like going without coffee for a few days. My hands are trembling. But I’m back in the office with only a single…

I head off to Detroit early on Tuesday. I get back Wednesday night, then leave again early Thursday, although this time it’s on vacation: JazzFest in New Orleans. Blogging will be light through next week, but I’m sure I’ll knock out one or two here and there.