One of the sharpest PR bloggers around, Constantin Basturea has just updated his list of PR and Communication Blogs. The list is by country, and lo and behold, the only blog listed under Switzerland is the Geneva Communicators blog! How great it is for us two *false* Swiss to be representing our dear homeland…

Patricia & Glenn

Google revamps blogging service

One of the leading names in blogging is overhauling its service in an attempt to catch up with the competition.
Blogger, which is owned by Google, has redesigned its site to make it easier to use and added new features, including posting by e-mail.

“The focus is on lifting the barrier to start blogging,” said Evan Williams, co-founder of Blogger.

There are hundreds of thousands of blogs, creating an eco-system of ever-changing ideas on the net.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3694691.stm

An interesting article in the International Herald Tribune on progress with video conferencing technology;

The videoconference comes of age

By Eric Pfanner International Herald Tribune

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2006

LONDON When Ken Crangle, a Hewlett-Packard executive in Corvallis, Oregon, wants to meet with colleagues in farflung corners of the world, he avoids the airport and instead walks down the hall to a room equipped with $425,000 worth of communications gear.He clicks a computer mouse and his colleagues appear life size on high-definition video screens. They speak as if they are with him in the room, without the delay or jerkiness typically associated with such links. If there are several people on the other end, the sound system automatically adjusts to help direct participants’ gaze from one speaker to the next.”What you experience very quickly changes your impressions of videoconferencing,” Crangle said in an interview by telephone.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/22/business/talk.ph

An interesting article in the IHT on the role of email and communications: 

E-mail cannot yet wash our dishes or balance our checkbooks – soon, no doubt – but the more dependent we become on Internet communications, the more new features e-mail seems to sprout.

One is “hands-free e-mail.” A Canadian company called Intelligent Mechatronic Systems says it has the world’s first hands-and-eyes- free e-mail system, designed for use while driving. It was previewed at the IFA consumer electronics fair last week in Berlin…..

Read the complete article here >> 

Patricia

You’ve probably certainly heard of podcasts – and if you don’t know what they are – here is a handy little explanation. 

 If you are interested to check out a podcast that is about communications, probably the most well-know is the For Immediate Release podcast from Shel Holtz (based in the US) and Neville Hobson (based in Europe). The podcast focuses on public relations and technology and is released twice a week.

Also on their home page, they have a list of other PR podcasts.

Happy listening!
Glenn