Holtz Communications + Technology

I spoke last week about the uses of social media for industrial organizations. The venue was the annual conference of a trade association representing these companies that employ lots of blue-collar workers who go to outdoor job sites every day; they never sit in front of computers except, maybe, at home.

The audience was made up of owners of smaller companies…

I joined Utterz shortly after it launched. I liked the idea as soon as I heard it: a way to share a thought impulsively by recording it over the phone. The recording is saved to a profile where those who choose to follow you are notified that you have a new Utter. What you Utter can often become a conversation,…

I maintain a couple of lifestreams, one at Tumblr and one at Jaiku. The Tumblr lifestream frustrates the hell out of me. I enter the URL of a perfectly valid feed, then check back to find a big red X and a note informing me that the feed could be found. Jaiku finds all the feeds without any trouble.

In case…

As I have watched the facts unfold surrounding the Black Mustang Club, I have taken a nostalgic journey back to my brief stint in the newspaper business before I made the transition to corporate communications. I imagine myself on the news desk, my manual Royal typewriter before me, as the phone rings.

The source on the phone is breathless. “Have I got a…

Ragan Communications has posted an article (in which I was quoted) dealing with the issue of employers blocking access to social media sites. The response has been interesting. I started responding in the comment area, but that’ll just take too much room. Here are the points made by various commenters and my responses (I’m not naming the authors of the comments because…

Deloitte isn’t exactly the kind of company you’d expect to find at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), taking place now in Las Vegas. But Deloitte is there and meeting with people looking for consultations on the results of a new study, “State of the Media Democracy,” which the consulting firm unveiled today.

You won’t be bowled over by the results, which serve more to reinforce findings…