Posted on August 6, 2007 7:13 pm by Shel Holtz | Technology
Every now and then, you get a product that just plain works. It does exactly what it says it will do, it does it well, and it causes no headaches getting it to work the way it’s supposed to.
So far, that’s my experience with the beta of the Windows Home Server.
The Home Server, due next month in a commercial release, does just what…
Posted on July 29, 2007 10:23 am by Shel Holtz | Business | Internal | New Media | Social Media | Technology
Neville Hobson writes that more than two-thirds of UK companies are blocking employee access to Facebook and similar sites based on the fear that employees will waste time rather than get their work done. (This according to according to a study reported in the Daily Telegraph.
I wish I could say I was surprised by this, but I was expecting it.…
Posted on May 8, 2007 12:38 pm by Shel Holtz | Podcasting | Technology
I recently got another LibSyn account to host the multimedia files—audio and video—that I use in a side business I’ve been running since 2001. It works great: The price is right, the files stream quickly, what could go wrong?
A few people had trouble getting the files to play. I went through a variety of troubleshooting steps before, on a whim, asking these folks to…
Posted on April 30, 2007 9:12 am by Shel Holtz | Social Media | Technology
A couple weeks back, the Economist Intelligence Unit reported the results of a study that revealed 80% of companies believe the range of technologies that fall under the Web 2.0 label can lead to improvements in their businesses. Since then, a couple companies have announced significant initiatives.
On last Thursday’s “Hobson & Holtz Report,” I talked about Accenture’s efforts to remake the consulting firm’s…
Posted on April 10, 2007 3:06 pm by Shel Holtz | New Media | Technology
A lot of people have been putting in a lot of time over the last few years trying to raise awareness about the genoice occuring in Darfur. They have been greeted with mostly apathy. Now, Google has perhaps found a way to heighten that awareness and drive home the horror of what’s been taking place in this remote part of the…
Posted on March 19, 2007 4:21 pm by Shel Holtz | Technology
I don’t write about gadgets too often—I buy too many of them and it would turn this blog into a gadget blog. But I just got a nifty little item after Phil Gomes showed me his at the New Communications Forum. I saw it and just had to have it, and I didn’t even know everything it could do until I had my own in my…
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