Nov 03
We’re heading to the Washington, DC, area today for my 15yo daughter to play in a curling bonspiel. In this episode I talk about what we are doing and why we are going. (Listen to show #337 for more info about bonspiels.)
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Nov 02
What is a “bonspiel”? What does it have to do with curling? How is it structured? How does it work? In this episode I talk about what bonspiels are, how they typically work, what people do at them and much more…
Nov 02
This is just test of using the new Gutenberg editor version 1.6 on my iPad. Blue jeans Hmmm… it wouldn’t let me add this text block below the image. I had to move the image to the top, start writing … Continue reading
Nov 01
Are you passionate about preserving the global, open Internet? Do you have experience in Internet standards, development or public policy? If so, please consider applying for one of the open seats on the Internet Society Board of Trustees. The Internet…
Nov 01
Can I publish one podcast episode each day for the month of November? That’s the premise of "National Podcast Post Month" or "NaPodPoMo". Similar to the idea of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), where writers sign up to write a…
Nov 01
Today (Nov 1) marks the start of National Podcast Post Month (NaPodPoMo) where participants commit to publishing 30 podcast episodes in 30 days. I’m going to give it a try this year… let’s see how I do! More info is at http://napodpomo.org/
Oct 25
I’ve been a longtime user of “mind mapping” software to capture thoughts, brainstorm, take notes, organize plans and more. Lately I have found myself really enjoying using MindNode on my Macs and iOS devices. In this episode I talk about why I like using MindNode so much…
Oct 24
This morning my mind was a bit blown learning about the whole world of “chat fiction” or “chat stories” – stories told in the form of chat message exchanges. If you are not under 25, you probably don’t know about them… but they are there! In this episode I talk about chat fiction and ask a number of questions about the tools, statistics and more. I would love to hear from any listeners who have done anything with chat fiction….
Oct 16
Neville Hobson joined Shel Holtz for the October edition of the monthly Hobson & Holtz Report. This month’s topics covered a proposed Magna Carta for Artificial Intelligence, a connection between CEOs mangling English and falling share prices, what PR needs to do to look after its own reputation in the wake of the Bell Pottinger scandal, new studies add to the body of evidence supporting companies taking positions on social and political issues, an app in the UK is enabling activists to influence votes at party conferences, and a pair of crises (from Facebook and Unilever) were both completely avoidable. Dan York reports on a Twitter boycott that led some people to try out Mastodon and a podcast app that includes in-audio search.
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Oct 12
Yesterday we published a new policy brief: Spectrum Approaches for Community Networks Access to affordable and available spectrum is critical for Community Networks. Policy makers can play a key role in ensuring adequate access to spectrum. The policy brief examines the various ways that Community Networks can gain access to spectrum, including: the use of unlicensed […]
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