The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #473: August 10, 2009

Content summary: FIR BrightIdea interview published; upcoming FIR Interview with Susan Getgood and Liz Gumbinner of Blog with Integrity; follow-up: latest developments in the SpinVox kerfuffle; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits: the 2009 Digital Readiness Report released, British military encouraged to use Twitter as Ministry of Defence seeks opinion on new ‘engagement guidelines’, video more popular than Facebook or Twitter, imaginative uses of Twitter at the Edinburgh Fringe and in school lunch menus in Somerset and by the Royal Opera House; listeners’ comments discussion; news about next Thursday’s show; music from Israel Darling; and more.

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For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, for August 10, 2009: A 63-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

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So, until Thursday August 13…

Posted by neville on 08/10 at 10:12 AM

  1. I’m only about midway through this episode right now, but there’s some great content here - I’d missed the information about the MOD encouraging Twitterers and seeking people to act as ambassadors in social media, which seems like a very sensible idea. From what you outlined, it seems as though they are striking a very sensible position.

    I’m fascinated by the Digital Readiness Report. From where I sit in a corporation, I’m a little surprised by some of the results - for example I’d suggest that social networking skills could well be a measure of ability to network in general, which is a key skill for corporate progression. Again, thanks for bringing this to my attention.

    Posted by Andy Piper  on  08/11  at  02:40 AM

  2. I’m somewhat amused to see that you still list Jaiku in your feedback / comments section up there at the end of the post. I’m actually a little bemused by the range of feedback channels… of course it’s good to be open and available but as a newcomer to the community it seems as though the FriendFeed room is where most of the discussion is going on… for now… until perhaps Facebook assimilates FF :-)

    Posted by Andy Piper  on  08/11  at  11:09 AM

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