Holtz Communications + Technology

Age of Context: Mobile, Sensors, Data and the Future of Privacy explores the convergence of five technological factors—mobile, social media, data, sensors and location—and their present and future impact on everything from commerce to medicine to transportation.

FIR co-hosts Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz review the book in the context of an earlier FIR interview we conducted with the authors and two book…

I hope all of my American readers enjoyed a warm, restful and rewarding Thanksgiving Day. My readers are among the most important parts of my life for which I gave thanks yesterday—along with my family, friends, and colleagues. I’m also thankful that the communications profession continues to provide so many opportunities for commentary, experimentation and significant contributions to employers and clients…

The idea of an organization being a "social business" is one that’s been talked about for the past few years, and acted upon by many businesses, especially large enterprises.

While social business has quickly captured imaginations with many people, the term itself hasn’t universally caught on, perhaps because of the word ‘social’ that many seem to confuse with "social media."

In this FIR Interview, IBM’s Andrew Grill tells FIR…

We had a great turnout at the Social Media Breakfast East Bay, with about 75 participants convening on a diner in Oakland to hear Robert Scoble and Shel Israel talk about the Age of Context, the theme of their excellent (and highly recommended) new book. As one of the event co-organizers, I was chuffed (as my British podcast co-host would…

It’s no surprise that, in most companies, external audiences get all the social media attention. As the McKinsey Global Institute reported in August, adoption of social media is on the rise, but not so much when it comes to employing social software to engage employees.

New research demonstrates that, from several angles, ignoring internal social media is a mistake, and quite likely a…

With the Twitter IPO leading the pack, a flood of important and interesting stories and reports has surged across the digital and social space. Here are some you might have missed. You’re welcome to explore the collection of all the stories from which I choose those appearing here in the Wrap. I save them at my link blog at LinksFromShel.tumblr.com.