Not Ready for Prime Time
I love Joan Walsh s comparison of Sarah Palin s comments on Iran to those of Miss South Carolina on why Americans don t know simple U.S. geography. First Miss South Carolina: I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh...

25 Powerful Tweets Remembering The 7th Anniversary Of 9/11
Today is the anniversary of 7 years since 9/11 and there are signs all over that it is happening with a new memorial in DC being dedicated today and radio shows and TV programs all talking about the same thing here in the US. One of the most powerful...

The Interview: Kevin Micalizzi
I first met Kevin P. Micalizzi @kevinmic at a tweet-up I organized for Boston Tweeple in August. Chatting with Kevin at John Harvard s he described his background with Avid Technology and the work he did there kick-starting social media. I thought ...

I m Looking for a few Good Social Media Stories
I am starting my 16th month of writing my Social Media Global Reports. To date, I have interviewed 108 people in 34 countries. They are a diverse lot, ranging from Michael Dell, founder of the world s second largest computer company to Wael Abbas who...

The Hobson and Holtz Report - Podcast #379: September 11, 2008
Content summary: Remembering 9/11; next FIR Live on Blogtalk Radio on Sept 20; update on iTunes; follow-up: GM s anti-misinformation website; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Dan York reports on BusinessWeek s guide to CEO micro-blog...

Twitter can work to generate new business for the every day practicing lawyer
Rick Georges posted today that Twitter may work for guys like Kevin O Keefe, but not for the day to day practicing lawyer like him.Rick s post followed Chuck Newton s comments that A small part of [Twitter] might be beneficial but most of it is not....