About three weeks ago, Ello added hashtag support and made it possible for people to find great content that is being posted on Ello. Paul Budnitz wrote about the launch (on Ello, of course) and included some examples (to which…
Aug 23
Hobson & Holtz Report #822: The case against impressions as a digital metric
Drones are taking off in the oil industry, the U.S. federal government partners with Yelp to get citizen reviews, personal photos at work: pictures that paint a thousand words; mobile messaging has come of age; the case against impressions as a digital metric; Dan York’s Tech Report; republishing older blog content: does it work?
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Aug 19
Voice of VOIPSA in “Top 24 VoIP Blogs on the Internet”
It was nice to see this blog included in a recent “Top 24 VoIP Blogs on the Internet” post put out by Commander, who appears to be a provider of VoIP equipment, services and more: http://blog.commander.com/top-24-voip-blogs-on-the-internet/ Obviously any list like this is very subjective but we do appreciate the mention, particularly given that the blogging […]
Aug 19
Video For All Those Parents Who Travel: "While I Was Away" by Pat Green
For all of those parents like me who travel a good bit, singer Pat Green recently put out this very well-done and quite touching video, "While I Was Away": I’d honestly never heard of Pat Green before, but a work colleague shared the link on an internal forum. My work takes me away from my wife and kids for about 25% of the time … so about 80-90 days a year… and it’s definitely very hard on all of us. I’m thankful my job doesn’t take me away more, as some of the other professions do. But each time I’m…
Aug 17
TDYR 261 – Working In Toronto For A Week
I’m working in Toronto, Ontario, this week… and in this episode I explain a bit about WHY…
Aug 17
#821: The pitfalls of product promotion on social media
News That Fits discussions: The pitfalls of product promotion on social media: lessons to learn from Kim Kardashian’s drug-product promo on Instagram; Tinder’s Twitter meltdown: was it a planned PR stunt?
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Aug 10
Hobson & Holtz #820: Marketing is shifting from agencies and moving in-house
Marketing is shifting from agencies and moving in-house; Dan York’s Tech Report, including Google’s handling of new top-level domains, a kerfuffle over Facebook videos, and WeChat and mobile in China; controlling the media channels: can football win the game? and much more.
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Jul 31
Firechat Enables Private Off-The-Internet (P2P) Messaging Using Mobile Phones
There was a fascinating article posted on Medium this week by the CTO of messaging app Firechat: How many people does it take to build a network out of phones? Fewer than you think. In the text he outlines how…
Jul 31
Firewalls Now Looking At Intercepting SSH Traffic Via A MITM Attack
Can you trust Secure Shell (SSH) when you are behind certain firewalls? That’s the question raised by a post from a friend of mine:
Lies, Damn Lies, and Inspecting SSH Traffic Securely
It seems that because ssh can be used …
