tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40197772011-04-21T20:56:39.276+02:00Neville Hobson's blog: comments and opinion on business communication and technology (in particular). Join the conversation!Nevonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03475660011621226208noreply@blogger.comBlogger501100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019777.post-1091292492146976742004-07-31T18:45:00.000+02:002004-07-31T18:48:12.146+02:00

All posts successfully exported, and imported into Typepad. I'll be making new posts now on my blog on Typepad - http://nevon.typepad.com This Blog*Spot site will remain but with a re-directer to take you to the new site. I'll do that in the next day or so.

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Site reconfigured for export.

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Google began taking bids on Friday for the public auction process it will use to sell as much as $3.3 billion worth of shares for its planned public offering in mid-August.Google IPO site online / CNET News.comGoogle IPO prospectus (via page that requires US zip code entry

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I'm just about decided that I will make a move to Typepad. Overall, it's the categories and permalinks that are the compelling deciders. I've spent some hours this evening getting to know Typepad's features, tweaking the template of the blog I created a week ago, changing layout, etc. So maybe sometime this weekend. This Blog*Spot site will have a redirecter. Work in progress in the meantime.

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For the past year, I've been using Cloudmark SpamNet to filter my email against spam. It works as a plug-in with Outlook and Outlook Express. In my experience with it installed with Outlook 2003, nothing beats it in its capability to not only kill spam email before it gets to your inbox but also its oustanding accuracy in filtering real spam and not your legitimate email. It's not a free product

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Reuters reported today that "the growth in the number of blogs, and those who read them, continues to attract attention from business leaders ... as a means of enhancing companies' communication more directly with employees, partners and customers." They couldn't have said it better or more succintly! In their report, Reuters quote an IBM executive as saying that IBM sees blogs as a way to

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Fascinating article by Jeff Maurone, a Microsoft employee and blogger, describing an evening and dinner with Bill Gates. "About twenty minutes into the event Bill casually descended the stairs from the personal side of the home: no fanfare, no introduction, just the Chief Software Architect. Instantly there started a massive migration from around the lawn to within four feet of Bill. In ten

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CNN and the BBC are two of the international broadcast media who have embraced blogging in a big way as part of their news coverage of the US Democratic National Convention (DNC) this week. Both broadcasters have blogs on their websites with frequent comment from journalists covering the event. This is an excellent move by such broadcasters, and will contribute to all that's going in in 

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The first service pack (SP1) for Microsoft Office 2003 was released today. Microsoft said the update contains significant security enhancements, in addition to stability and performance improvements. Some of the fixes included with SP1 have been previously released as separate updates. This service pack combines them into one update. Best installation option: visit Office Update and have the

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This could really shake up the traditional telecommunications business -- net upstart Skype is launching a new service that lets you call any number in the world over the internet. The SkypeOut service will let Skype's 7.7 million subscribers use their PC and internet connections to call landlines and mobile phones at low rates. Full story: BBC NEWS / Technology / Net calls to take on landlines

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Yet another example of corporate wrongdoing, reported in the Daily Telegraph today -- the former CFO of Boeing is to plead guilty to a criminal charge that could land him a fine of $250,000 and up to five years in jail. Full Story: Telegraph / Money / Ex-chief at Boeing to plead guilty (registration required)What is it with some officers of large publicly-held corporations? Enron, Worldcom,

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The promise of blogs, wikis and social networks to upend business as usual was on display at a high-powered conference on Friday, when blogging software company Six Apart and evangelists from Microsoft co-chaired a panel detailing how these tools lead to better customer relationships. In something of a throwback to the halcyon days of the Internet boom, the BlogOn 2004 conference, held last

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Another story in the Wall Street Journal caught my eye this morning - a public spat between SAP and Oracle, two of the enterprise software industry giants, over a new ad campaign Oracle is running. It seems that SAP is mightily upset over the focus of Oracle's campaign, which SAP says is a rip-off of the long-running advertising SAP has been doing in 42 countries around the world with the theme

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From today's Wall Street Journal. This report is about how blogging is a potent communication force in US politics. Another sign that blogging is rapidly catching on in a big way as a more structured and organized means of communication.Excerpt:The Democratic Party is widening its media tent for the Boston convention. For the first time ever, Web loggers, or bloggers, are being accredited for a

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There are so many neat things out there in the wide web world that add functionality to a website or blog and make it look rather cool as well. Many are free yet represent a considerable amount of time and energy to develop. I came across something today that is well done in its implementation - a clock. There are plenty of these around, but I was struck (pun unintended) by the simplicity of the

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In its August 2 issue, Business Week publishes its annual ranking of the world's most valuable brands, in conjunction with Interbrand. The ranking includes the top ten brands worldwide (top 3: Coca Cola, Microsoft, IBM) with the collective brand value of the ten amounting to more than US$380 billion. It's a well-written article with some good commentary and examples on what many familiar

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British Prime Minister Tony Blair looks confident of getting re-elected for a third term when the next UK general election takes place, very likely within the next 12 months. He is looking very confident these days, confounding his critics - within the Labour Party and elsewhere - who have been clamouring for his resignation in recent weeks in the wake of the report on intelligence failings

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I've just started a new blog on Typepad at http://nevon.typepad.com I'm experimenting. While Blog*Spot (where my current blog is) is good, I want to do more with the blog and how information is organized and presented. I'll contine to update this current blog while I play with the new one which will continue to have the same type of content as this one. Maybe I'll move it all to Typepad. I

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I discovered a well-written article about blogging and its future as an organizational communication tool. Written in March by Trevor Cook, director of a PR firm in Sydney, Australia, and published in his Corporate Engagement blog, the article explores and comments on how blogs are developing beyond purely online versions of personal diaries and evolving into communication channels that will

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Today I finally installed Windows XP Service Pack 2 Release Candidate 2 Build 2162. Whew! That description's a mouthful. A simpler one might be: the last public beta version before Microsoft sends off the final code to manufacturing prior to commercial release next month. I installed it on a test laptop - Toshiba 5105-S701, P4-M 1.8Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 64Mb video RAM, Win XP Pro SP1. Bottom line:

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"Only in America," as it's often said from Europe! Jim Cara from Wilmington, Delaware, USA, certainly made an impact with his new vanity license plate, but not quite how he'd intended.Full story: Delaware Online News Journal : LOCAL : 'NOTAG' tags bring flood of tickets

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A report from Reuters on the world's first TV channel devoted exclusively to ads which is planned to launch in the UK in September, allowing viewers to tune in 24 hours a day to their favourite 30-second spots for Guinness, Walkers and Yellow Pages.Full story: Reuters Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage / World's first advert-only TV station

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As a regular customer of Amazon.co.uk, I decided to add some Amazon advertising to this blog, which you can see if you scroll down the page. I've not gone overboard with loads of graphics and overtly plugging product for sale, just highlighted some business reading with a particular focus on topics surrounding corporate communication. Amazon has loads of summer deals at the moment so now might be

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Check out this blog that looks like it's authored by Bill Clinton. Hosted on Blog*Spot (where my blog's hosted), but can't find out who's behind this excellent parody. I'd love to know! Or is it really Bill?? (Sorry about my less-than-gushing comments, Bill, on your biography in a post yesterday...) Bill Clinton Daily Diary

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 My first try with Hello and BloggerBot to post a photo to my blog. This pic was taken today at about 3.45pm and is the view from my home office looking south at the World Trade Center in Amsterdam. Not your typical Amsterdam scene, no doubt!  [Updated: 16:22] This works just fine. But, the default is to publish the image with text underneath so you end up with a load of white space at the

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I've been trying to figure out how Atom and XML feeds work so that I can include this blog into the feed distribution networks so if you have an RSS feed, you can get NevOn blog posts in your reader. No need to figure now, thanks to a new free service that I just signed up for - Feedburner. Clearly designed for anyone who doesn't want to know how RSS, XML, Atom, etc, works (they just want to

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Sony is revamping its Walkman for the digital generation. Mobile music players are set to become the must-have gadget for music fans. A report predicts that people will buy more than 10 million players this year to listen to music while on the move. The buying frenzy is being driven by the success of Apple's iPod and the reams of copycat gadgets aiming to cash in on its popularity. The study

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Very nice piece by Stephen Evans, BBC North America business correspondent, published today on the BBC News website. Looks tongue-in-cheek, but it's not... The US lifestyle guru who on Friday was sentenced to five months in jail and five months of house arrest over charges of conspiracy and obstruction faces some tough decisions. Could this be a possible way forward? Memo to Martha Stewart:

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This could be me someday -> How to Sell Anything on EBay...and Make A Fortune! I'm currently reading My Life,' Bill Clinton's memoirs. So far, I'm with Bill when he had graduated and went to Washington. It's all a bit heavy going, to be honest, but broadly enjoyable for a politician's bio.

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One week after announcing that it had snapped up Picasa, Google is promoting the acquired company on its home page, encouraging users to "download Picasa from Google" for free. Before the acquisition, Picasa had been selling version 1.6 of its software for $29. See PC World story: PCWorld.com - Google Gives Away Digital Photo AppGet Picasa from Google: Picasa: Automated Digital Photo Organizer

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While many online newspaper readers are used to the idea of registering to read free content online, some news buffs are supporting and creating sites that help them beat the system with fake or shared login information that helps keep their personal information under wraps.Increasingly, web publishers, and in particular newspaper sites, are demanding that readers give up some of their personal

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The latest McKinsey Quarterly Global Survey of Business Executives  July 2004 of some 5,500 senior corporate leaders around the world shows that executives from a wide range of industries and regions remain broadly positive about the global economy. These executives have curbed their optimism since early this year, but many plan to step up hiring as well as spending on information technology. The

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Apple announced today a new version of the iPod, that oh-so-cool-looking digital music player. Apple certainly has a big corner of the digital music business, with iTunes as the biggest source of legal music downloads. BBC NEWS / Technology / Apple launches longer life iPodTrouble is, though, the music you get from iTunes and what you can play on the iPod doesn't play in the best digital file

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I keep dipping back into Global PR Blog Week 1.0. There are some excellent and thought-provoking discussions going on that it's worth spending time just browsing the website and picking up on topics of interest to comment on.   One of the best pieces is an interview with Robert Scoble at Microsoft by Trevor Cook, one of the Global PR Blog Week participants. Scoble is regarded as one of

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I've been beta testing Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) for the past six months. With over 600,000 people involved in this beta programme, SP2 will probably be the most widely tested software program ever.A few days ago, Microsoft released another build (2162) of SP2 beta to testers. This will probably be the final test build before the product goes to manufacturing and then to public release

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I love tweaking the look-and-feel of Windows on my PC. Why stick with the the standard XP look when you can create your own custom look using skins and great tools like WindowBlinds, which I've been using for some years. Not that I've got anything against Microsoft - I don't, I think they make great software (now there's a controversial view to some!). WindowBlinds is made by Stardock, a

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The Global PR Blog Week 1.0 that I mentioned in a post yesterday looks as though it's been quite a success. With such a wide range of discussion topics and comments, there's something for everyone who has an interest in blogging as a PR tool.   But discussion topics don't just include the ones you'd expect on how to do this or that: there are some highly thought-provoking discussions on ethics

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One thing I'm pretty convinced about as I embark on my quest for a new career opportunity is that online job boards like Monster or TotalJobs are unlikely to be the route through which I find the next opportunity. My view is validated by an article I saw recently on the Wall Street Journal's career site which included this comment: ...despite the reach and apparent ease online job searches offer

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For the past 9 months or so, I've been using an alternative browser to Internet Explorer called MyIE2. While it's based on IE, it offers some very cool features that have become indispensible now - things like being able to open web pages in tabs rather than new windows, and a good ad popup blocker.   Last week, the successor to MyIE2 was announced - Maxthon. Other than the name change (sounds

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An interesting, perhaps even seminal, online event has been taking place this week - the first global PR blog event.   As described on the website www.globalprblogweek.com: "The Global PR Blog Week 1.0 is an online event that will engage PR, marketing and business bloggers from around the globe in a discussion about blogging and communications. The event is scheduled for July 12 - 16, 2004."

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Hold the front page! Following the great news that Doom 3 will be out in early August comes news that a demo will soon be available for download. More here - WORTHPLAYING - - All about games !

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About a month ago, I joined LinkedIn, the latest service to hit the web to offer a way of networking together people who know each other. Unlike those networks which offer a social-only structure - almost a kind of online speed dating system - LinkedIn is geared to business networking. Recently, I seem to be catching articles everywhere about LinkedIn, the latest published yesterday by IT

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How often does anyone go through a life-changing experience? I suppose it depends on who you ask and what their particular circumstances are. I'm about to go through one, one that's a forced change due to changing work circumstances. It's a situation that's familiar to more people these days - I will soon be on the job market following changes at my company as a result of their being acquired

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Nearly six months since I wrote anything in this blog. Hadn't realized I'd left it that long! Finding time... What's on my mind right this minute: - Just discovered that one of my favorite bits of software - Y'z dock - will no longer be developed. This very cool utility emulates the look of the animated icons that are usually at the bottom of the screen on a Mac computer, with all the nice

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Bizarre and yet funny, sort of. A ship called the Tricolor sinks in the English Channel in mid December following a collision with another cargo ship. No crew hurt, all rescued safely. A week later, another ship crashes into the wreck in thick fog. The wreck site hadn't yet been fully marked out to warn shipping, so you could forgive that a bit. Then, on New Year's Eve, another ship the Vicky

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New Year's Eve in Amsterdam seemed a whole lot quieter this year than some previous years. There didn't seem to be so many exhuberant fireworks displays, at least judging by the lack of spent firework carcases that you usually find on every street corner. In my neighborhood in Oud Zuid, things are positively pristine compared to last year. (Mind you, the glass recycling bins are pretty full, so

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Four days before Christmas and maybe a good moment to jot down some thoughts. Well, not because it's four days before Christmas, but it's a good moment! It's Saturday, cold outside and nice and toasty inside. My musings so far haven't mentioned anything about what I do for a living, so anyone visiting my blog would have no clue about who I am and whether anything I say here is relevant to

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Developed a real stinker of a cold over the weekend. So my plans to muse a while and write something isn't going to work today. The first cold this year. Nothing to do with the Amsterdam weather (cold and miserable outside right now), more to do with sitting in an aircraft last Thursday night with someone behind me sneezing away. What will alleviate the discomfort, that kind of thick sensation

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As I sit here in my office in Amsterdam this Friday afternoon, my first random blog thought emerges. If the temperature here this afternoon is around +4 degrees Celsius, why is the water in the Prinsengracht outside still frozen?

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Dec 13, 2002 -- Finally joing the thousands who already publish blogs. This blog will include random and occasional musings and comment on anything that grabs my attention.

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