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Shel Holtz
Personal blog · holtz.com/blogbusinesscareer
Shel Holtz writes Holtz Communications + Technology, a personal blog at holtz.com about business and career. Since 2012, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-05-03, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters cite Shel Holtz's blog posts on media and business communication, such as the state of professional journalism and threatening or intimidating email from a business leader. The comments only cite the posts as sources.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
https://holtz.com/blog/media/the_continuing_need_for_profess... Reports like this were incredibly common back in 2009. Few heeded these warnings. Now, outlets like The Washington Post depend on the whims of billionaires in order to survive, some huge chunk of the U.S. population incorrectly believe the last election was stolen, and our data is legally harvested to further manipulate the population. In any case, it c…
Comment linking /blog/media/the_continuing_need_for_professional_journalism/2900/
on “Jack Dorsey has regrets about building Twitter”Submitted Should you waste your time with team-building exercises? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionCerners longtime CEO and founder recently passed away. It's unfortunate one of his legacies will be how NOT to communicate via email[1]. It's also unfortunate the culture he fostered never erred far from this aggressive, intimidating, almost abusive pattern. It was one of the most toxic environments I ever worked in[2]. [1] http://holtz.com/blog/business/threats-and-intimidation-wont... [2] source: me, contractor 20…
Comment linking /blog/business/threats-and-intimidation-wont-forge-workforce-passion-but-conversation-will/4289/
on “Ask HN: What pressing world problems should a graphic designer work on?”Submitted Windows 8 signals transition to a touchscreen world as a story · 1 points
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