Friday, June 02, 2006
FIR/Across the Sound Geek Dinner
We’ll gather in New York City at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 8 at Isabella’s, 359 Columbus Ave (at 77th). We have a reservation for 20, so please join us! Neville, Joseph Jaffe, and I will all be there. Reply to this post or drop me a line at shel@holtz.com to let us know you’ll be joining us. See you there!
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FIR/Across the Sound Geek Dinner:
June 8 at 6:30 p.m.
Isabella’s, 359 Columbus Ave., New York, NY
Thursday, June 01, 2006
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #142: June 1, 2006 - Skypecast Edition
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #142: June 1, 2006 - Skypecast Edition
Content summary: Live recording via Skypecast; June 5 show to be recorded at IABC International Conference, Vancouver; June 8 show to be recorded at Corante marketing conference, New York; Forrester survey on marketers shunning new media; David Philips reports (net neutrality and 13 US politicians); blog-based attacks to reputations - TechCrunch, O’Reilly’s Web 2.0 and Southampton football club; Dan York reports live (Commscafe.com, OPML); listeners’ comments discussion; details on FIR Dine-Arounds in Vancouver and New York; the music, and more.
Show notes for June 1, 2006
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 98-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Download the file here (MP3, 39MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For automatic synchronization with your iPod or other digital player, you’ll also need a podcatcher such as Juice, DopplerRadio, iTunes or Yahoo! Podcasts, or an RSS aggregator that supports podcasts such as FeedDemon).
Listen to this podcast now:
In This Edition:
- Detailed show notes pending
This edition was recorded live via Skypecast. The show included real-time text chat by those who dialled in to the Skypecast. Chat captured here (text file).
Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Links pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute - see the home page for info.
If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at fircomments@gmail.com; or call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 or Skype fircomments. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.
So, until Monday, June 5…
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Details on Thursday’s “live” podcast
Everything you need to know
We’re both very excited about tomorrow’s “live” podcast of episode #142. We tested the interface today and it worked great, so we’re ready to rock and roll. Here’s some information on how to get online with us and participate.
First, you’ll need to go to the Skypecast web page —https://skypecasts.skype.com/skypecasts/home—and log in there in addition to opening your Skype application. The Skype login is at the upper-left of your screen, where it says, “Hello there!” Sign in using the same account name and password y ou use to log in to Skype. Once you’re logged in, go to “Starting Soon” (or, if you join us after 4 p.m. GMT, “On now”) and click the link to the For Immediate Release podcast. You can also search for us using “FIR” or “For Immediate Release” as your search terms.
Once you find the FIR Skypecast, click “Join this Skypecast.” Skype will dial in and you’ll be greeted with a screen that looks something like the graphic above (taken from our test). You will start out “muted.” In order to participate live on the show, just click the link that says, “Ask for microphone.” I’ll unmute you and let you know that you’re able to talk!
That’s only one way to participate, though. You can also go to the FIR chat room at http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php/chat. Here, you can engage in conversation with other listeners as the show is being recorded. You can also raise topics you want to discuss or points you’d like us to make. When you join the chat room, please be sure to change your name from Gabber ### to something that lets us know who you are!
In addition to any topics you raise for us, we’re planning on addressing these themes in tomorrow’s show:
- New research from Forrester suggests 49% of marketers don’t plan to incorporate any new media anytime soon!
- How people deal with blog-based attacks to their reputations. We’ll look at a couple situations, including attacks to Tim O’Reilly based on his company’s effort to retain the rights to the Web 2.0 trademark for its conference and an accusation that Michael Arrington of TechCrunch takes money to review products and services (he doesn’t).
We also have our usual reports from Dan York and David Phillips, and we’d like you to join us in commenting on those, too.
We’re looking forward (like crazy) to your participation! See you tomorrow at 4 p.m. GMT. (Here’s a site that will help you figure out what time it is where you live when it’s 4 p.m. GMT.)
Monday, May 29, 2006
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #141: May 29, 2006
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #141: May 29, 2006
Content summary: FIR Skypecast June 1; Vancouver FIR Dine-Around June 4; CIPR president Tom Bradley starts a blog; commenting on blogs; why Technorati is irrelevant to reputation; Apple loses in court; the art of relationship building; listeners’ comments discussion (university lecturer podcasts, more on blog commenting, the interactive press release; visual FIR); get-together in New York on June 8; the music, and more.
Show notes for May 29, 2006
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 92-minute podcast recorded live from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Concord, California, USA.
Download the file here (MP3, 37MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For automatic synchronization with your iPod or other digital player, you’ll also need a podcatcher such as Juice, DopplerRadio, iTunes or Yahoo! Podcasts, or an RSS aggregator that supports podcasts such as FeedDemon).
Listen to this podcast now:
In This Edition:
- Detailed show notes pending
Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Links pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute - see the home page for info.
If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at fircomments@gmail.com; or call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 or Skype fircomments. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.
So, until Thursday, June 1…
Details for Interactive Episode
Please drop by and participate!
Here are details for the interactive, FIR episode, number 142, on Thursday, June 1. The show begins at 9 a.m. PDT, 4 p.m. GMT, 6 p.m. Amsterdam time. To participate, start out at our Skypecast page:
https://skypecasts.skype.com/skypecasts/skypecast/detailed.html?id_talk=6843
You’ll be able to participate LIVE in the conversation Neville Hobson and I generally do by ourselves. I’ll announce the process, but in short, you’ll have a keyboard command you’ll use to virtually raise your hand. I’ll announce whom we’re hearing from next and release you so you can talk. We’ll record the entire session and post it as our regular podcast. At the same time you’re listening and (we hope) participating, you can also engage in a live, real-time chat right on our podcat website:
http://www.forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php/chat
You’ll need Skype to participate, but it’s completely free and drop-dead-easy to use. If you don’t already have it, just download it and install it at http://www.skype.com.
IABC Conference Dinearound Details
Details on the FIR Vancouver dinearound.
For those of you who RSVP’d to join us for dinner at the IABC conference, here’s the lowdown:
We’ll dine at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 4, at Cafe de Paris, 751 Denman Street. This is the evening of the opening reception, which is being held at the Vancouver Aquarium. The reception begins at 6:30 p.m., so you’ll have plenty of time to network before leaving for the restaurant, where we have a reservation for 12 people. That means we have a few open spots, so if you haven’t let us know you’ll be joining us, you can still snag a spot and enjoy a moderately priced French meal with Neville and me and several other FIR listeners. Some of the folks we know will be there: Laura Smart, Donna Papacosta, Tom Keefe, Dave Traynor and Ed O’Meara. If I missed you, let me know!
The restaurant has a website: www.cafedeparisbistro.com. We’ll see you there!
Friday, May 26, 2006
FIR goes live on June 1
Our 142nd episode will be live and interactive
Listeners to For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report will be able to participate actively in the show as we record episode #142 on Thursday, June 1.
Since we record the show over Skype anyway, it was not a huge leap to record a Skypecast, a conference call-like service that allows dozens of people to participate. We’ll cover the normal content we usually review in a show, but you’ll be able to join in the discussion with us in real time. In addition, you’ll be able to chat with each other by visiting the chat room we set up just for this live, interactive show. The chat room will be at www.forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php/weblog/chat/. We’ll monitor the chat room during the show, taking questions posted there and commenting on the discussion, as well.
The entire show will be posted as a regular FIR episode.
The show kicks off at 4 p.m. GMT, 9 a.m. PDT (where Shel lives) and 6 p.m. Amsterdam time (Central European Time) for Neville. To join the conversation, visit the Skypecasts page, find the Skypecast labeled “For Immediate Release,” and click “Sign in to join.” If course, you’ll need Skype, but it’s free from www.skype.com and requires only a microphone and headphones (or a headset that combines the two).
Add this event to your calendar!
We’re both looking forward to your participation in this unique Hobson & Holtz installment!
Thursday, May 25, 2006
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #140: May 25, 2006
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #140: May 25, 2006
Content summary: Dan York is guest co-host; new alternative domain for the show is www.pr-podcast.com; mark your calendars for June 1 live interactive version of the show using Skypecast; Corrante uses Skypecasts to set tone for marketing conference; are dedicated conference podcast RSS feeds worthwhile?; Neville reports on Podcastday; SHIFT Communications’ Social Media Press Release; PR’s role in security bulletins and advisories; David Phillips asks if corporate involvement in social media is a requirement; listener comments; Neville and Shel in Vancouver will meeteup with listeners on dinearound night, and again in June 8 in New York with Joseph Jaffe’s support; the music; and more.
Show notes for May 25, 2006
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, an 98-minute podcast recorded live from Burlington, Vermont, USA, and Concord, California, USA.
Download the file here (MP3, 39.6MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For automatic synchronization with your iPod or other digital player, you’ll also need a podcatcher such as Juice, DopplerRadio, iTunes or Yahoo! Podcasts, or an RSS aggregator that supports podcasts such as FeedDemon).
Listen to this podcast now:
In This Edition:
Detailed show notes to come
Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Links pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute - see the home page for info.
If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at fircomments@gmail.com; or call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 or Skype fircomments. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.
So, until Monday, May 29 (Memorial Day in the US)...
Monday, May 22, 2006
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #139: May 22, 2006
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #139: May 22, 2006
Content summary: Shel and Neville in NYC in June; Lee Hopkins and Allan Jenkins podcast; FIR shwaggers photos; update on Josh Hallett’s MP3s from the Syndicate conference; Hill & Knowlton’s blogger relations campaign for LG; the Waxxi experience; the first FIR Skypecast on June 1; Lee Hopkins reports; Ed Keller’s keynote at Beyond Blogging 2006; PR Week/MS&L marketing survey results; David Philips reports from Estonia; Edelman/Technorati collaboration on the international blogosphere; listeners’ comments discussion (Slate.com’s textcasts, Diggnation’s Podshow dig); FIR listener survey; FIR Frappr community update; Dan York guest co-presenter on the next show; Neville speaking at Podcastday 2006 in Cologne; the music.
Show notes for May 22, 2006
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, an 83-minute podcast recorded live from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Concord, California, USA.
Download the file here (MP3, 34MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For automatic synchronization with your iPod or other digital player, you’ll also need a podcatcher such as Juice, DopplerRadio, iTunes or Yahoo! Podcasts, or an RSS aggregator that supports podcasts such as FeedDemon).
Listen to this podcast now:
In This Edition:
Intro:
- 00:26 Neville introduces the show; what FIR is about; Lee Hopkins’ and Allan Jenkins’ new podcast
- 03:48 Shel and Neville in New York at the Corante Innovative Marketing Conference on June 8 & 9 - want to meet up?
- 05:50 Luke Armour graduation photo; Phil Gomes in an FIR t-shirt
News and Commentary:
- 07:01 Update on Josh Hallett and the pulled MP3s from the Syndicate conference
- 15:54 Niall Cook reports on Hill & Knowlton’s blogger relations campaign for LG and Stephen Davies peer reviews it
- 22:38 Shel joined the first Waxxi “live” podcast experience with Shel Israel and Robert Scoble - we can do the same without Waxxi: join the first FIR Skypecast on June 1
- 32:14 From Our Correspondent Down Under: Lee Hopkins - clippings from the BetterComms garden: OneNote2007 will also fully support blogging; the JPSP reports on teasing and finds it’s not as funny as you think; Jenkins and I have a chat over at the Better Desirable Roasted Communications Cafe; and a very warm welcome to Nathan Reeve
- 38.59 Ed Keller’s keynote at Beyond Blogging 2006
- 43:06 Highlights from the PRWeek/MS&L Marketing Management Survey published today
- 48:21 David Phillips reports from the ‘Marketing Without Words’ conference in Tallinn, Estonia
- 57:01 Richard Edelman’s four points on the Edelman/Technorati collaboration on blog analytics in foreign languages; Edelman could acquire Technorati, suggests Stowe Boyd
Listeners’ Comments Discussion:
- 67:26 Mike McClary says Slate.com has started producing a “textcast” for its daily Today’s Papers
- 69:10 Clarence Jones sends in a humorous 40-second audio on Adam Curry‘s Podshow from this week’s Diggnation
Outro:
- 71:41 Shel wraps the show; let us know your views about today’s discussions; how and where to send your comments; where to find the show notes; FIR listener survey full report will be posted by the end of May; update on the FIR Frappr community
- 75:32 Thursday’s show will be co-hosted with Dan York as Neville’s in London at the AMEC Forum
- 76:50 Neville’s off to Cologne tomorrow for Podcastday 2006: listen out for mashups!
- 79:08 Outro podsafe music from the Podsafe Music Network - Little Secret by Julie Gribble
Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Links pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute - see the home page for info.
If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at fircomments@gmail.com; or call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 or Skype fircomments. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.
So, until Thursday, May 25…
Saturday, May 20, 2006
M.A. in FIR
Congratulations, Luke!
Thursday, May 18, 2006
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #138: May 18, 2006
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #138: May 18, 2006
Content summary: Thankyouqwest.org; Josh Hallett, Syndicate conference and MP3 files; preventing employee access to external blogs; Business Week assesses Boeing’s blogs; David Philips reports from Estonia; Dan York reports from Arizona; Beyond Blogging 2006 conference; graduating with FIR schwag; listeners’ comments discussion (defining a podcast, clueless about MySpace, MESH, podcast approvals, ethics blog); FIR Frappr community; the music.
Show notes for May 18, 2006
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, a 58-minute podcast recorded live from Washington, DC, USA, and Strasbourg, France.
Download the file here (MP3, 24MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For automatic synchronization with your iPod or other digital player, you’ll also need a podcatcher such as Juice, DopplerRadio, iTunes or Yahoo! Podcasts, or an RSS aggregator that supports podcasts such as FeedDemon).
Listen to this podcast now:
In This Edition:
Intro:
- 00:26 Shel introduces the show; what FIR is about; today’s tech setup
News and Commentary:
- 05:04 Thankyouqwest.org - resisting US government demands to turn over data on phone records
- 10:04 Shel gets Neville on his cellphone from Strasbourg, France…
- 11:28 Josh Hallett records sessions from the Syndicate conference and posts them on his blog, which seems to upset IDG
- 15:15 Preventing employees from accessing external blogs in the workplace - an example of absurdity
- 19:00 Randy’s Journal and the Flight Test Journal - a good assessment of Boeing’s blogs in Business Week
- 26:36 David Philips reports from Estonia on the Web 2.0 social economy and enterprising Estonian kids
- 30:47 CC Chapman shouts out!
- 31:10 Dan York reports from Sierra Vista, Arizona on the FIR listener survey, effective communication, doing PR for PR, show length, email and IM, expressing emotion in Skype chats, and easy video podcasting
- 37:22 Shel’s moderating a panel tomorrow at Beyond Blogging 2006
- 40:01 Luke Armour graduates with an FIR mug
Listeners’ Comments Discussion:
- 40:28 Heidi Miller on the Ninja definition of a podcast
- 41:54 Clarence Jones says radio executives are clueless about MySpace.com
- 43:31 Donna Papacosta on the MESH conference in Toronto; FIR Dine-Around in Vancouver; getting approvals when producing podcasts for clients
- 48:32 Sebastian Keil doesn’t like BL Ochman’s Ethics blog; LA Times journalist suspension; show length and mashups
Outro:
- 50:45 Shel wraps the show; let us know your views about today’s discussions; how and where to send your comments; where to find the show notes; update on the FIR Frappr community
- 53:03 Outro podsafe music from the Podsafe Music Network - Podpeople by Munk
Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Links pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute - see the home page for info.
If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at fircomments@gmail.com, or call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.
So, until Monday May 22…
Sunday, May 14, 2006
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #137: May 14, 2006
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #137: May 14, 2006
Content summary: Recording on Sunday; CC Chapman and promo; vlogs as PR tools; Lee Hopkins reports (BBC and Second Life, podcasting defined); Word 2007 supports blogging; David Philips reports (Delivering The New PR in London, the CIPR and wishing on a star in cyberspace); listeners’ comments discussion; listener comments via Skype; FIR Frappr community update; the music, and more.
Show notes for May 14, 2006
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, an 80-minute podcast recorded live from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Concord, California, USA.
Download the file here (MP3, 22.1MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For automatic synchronization with your iPod or other digital player, you’ll also need a podcatcher such as Juice, DopplerRadio, iTunes or Yahoo! Podcasts, or an RSS aggregator that supports podcasts such as FeedDemon).
Listen to this podcast now:
In This Edition:
- Detailed show notes to come.
Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Links pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute - see the home page for info. If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at fircomments@gmail.com; or call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803 or Skype fircomments. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.
So, until Thursday, May 18…
Thursday, May 11, 2006
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #136: May 11, 2006
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #136: May 11, 2006
Content summary: Lee Hopkins is guest co-host; Neville reports on Allan Jenkins’ thoughts for IABC Scandanavia and a UK politician’s behind-the-scenes blog; atheists take a stab at marketing nothing; Dan York reports on Podcast University and an offline blog editor; RapLeaf.com is a site for reporting on individual reputations; Dan York interviews C.C. Chapman, David Phillips reports on celebrity and spin; listener comments; the music; and more.
Show notes for May 11, 2006
Welcome to For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report, an 90-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and the Adelaide Hills, Australia, and almost live from Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Download the file here (MP3, 35.8MB), or sign up for the RSS feed to get it and future shows automatically. (For automatic synchronization with your iPod or other digital player, you’ll also need a podcatcher such as Juice, DopplerRadio, iTunes or Yahoo! Podcasts, or an RSS aggregator that supports podcasts such as FeedDemon).
Listen to this podcast now:
In This Edition:
Detailed show notes to come
Links for the blogs, individuals, companies and organizations we discussed or mentioned in the show are posted to the FIR Show Links pages at The New PR Wiki. You can contribute - see the home page for info. If you have comments or questions about this show, or suggestions for our future shows, email us at fircomments@gmail.com, or call the Comment Line at +1 206 222 2803. You can email your comments, questions and suggestions as MP3 file attachments, if you wish (max. 3 minutes / 5Mb attachment, please!). We’ll be happy to see how we can include your audio contribution in a show.
So, until Monday, May 15…
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Interview - Christopher Carfi, CEO, Cerado: May 10, 2006
Interview - Christopher Carfi, CEO, Cerado: May 10, 2006
In this edition of For Immediate Release podcast interviews, Shel enjoyed a 28-minute conversation with Christopher Carfi, CEO of Cerado and author of the Social Customer Manifesto blog, about the link between communications and customer relations, new approaches to customer relationship management, and Cerado’s business social networking too, Haystack.
Download the conversation here (MP3, 12 MB), or sign up for the Interviews RSS feed to get it and our future interviews automatically. For automatic synchronization with your iPod or other digital player, you’ll also need a podcatcher such as the free Juice, DopplerRadio, iTunes or Yahoo! Podcasts, or an RSS aggregator that supports podcasts such as FeedDemon. To receive all For Immediate Release podcasts including the twice-weekly Hobson & Holtz Report, sign up for the full RSS feed.
About our Conversation Partner:
Chris says, “I’ve had the opportunity to work on a bunch of cool things over the years. These have included: heading up a killer team that developed information management and data visualization systems for the Indy Car circuit; developing advanced underwriting systems to help financial institutions better manage their financial risk; being one of the original members of the board of directors for RosettaNet, the premier standards body for process integration across the electronics industry. Currently, I’m a co-founder of Cerado, Inc. We work with companies to help them to understand what their customers are thinking (by doing crazy things like going out and having conversations with those customers). We also help our clients understand what their competitors are doing, so they can thwart them at every turn.”
There’s more to Chris’s profile, but rather than list it all here, go take a look at what someone would see if they found Chris using Cerado’s Haystack business social networking utility.
Listen to this podcast now:
Podsafe intro music - On A Podcast Intrumental Mix (MP3, 5Mb) by Cruisebox.
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Interview - Tom Foremski, Silicon Valley Watcher: May 9, 2006
Interview - Tom Foremski, Silicon Valley Watcher: May 9, 2006
In this edition of For Immediate Release podcast interviews, Neville and Shel enjoyed a 28-minute conversation with Tom Foremski, editor of Silicon Valley Watcher, about online journalism, public relations, the relationships between the two, the future of the press release, and the impacts of change in these professions being brought about by social media.
Download the conversation here (MP3, 11.3 MB), or sign up for the Interviews RSS feed to get it and our future interviews automatically. For automatic synchronization with your iPod or other digital player, you’ll also need a podcatcher such as the free Juice, DopplerRadio, iTunes or Yahoo! Podcasts, or an RSS aggregator that supports podcasts such as FeedDemon. To receive all For Immediate Release podcasts including the twice-weekly Hobson & Holtz Report, sign up for the full RSS feed.
About our Conversation Partner:
Tom Foremski arrived in San Francisco in 1984, becoming one of the first European journalists to cover Silicon Valley. He quickly established an international news agency, West Coast News, which provided leading publications around the world, such as The Financial Times, with breaking news, features, and analysis. He also published The Street - A View from the Haight, a neighborhood newspaper focused on San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district.
In 1999 he joined the Financial Times’ San Francisco bureau full time to help expand the newspaper’s coverage of US technology markets and Silicon Valley. He left the Financial Times in 2004 and continues to write columns on Silicon Valley for the Financial Times, and on his personal site, SiliconValleyWatcher.com.
Listen to this podcast now:
Podsafe intro music - On A Podcast Intrumental Mix (MP3, 5Mb) by Cruisebox.
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