Richard wonders if he’ll start glowing after flying on contaminated plane He feels it’s “slightly disconcerting to find I was a passenger on one of the radioactive contaminated BA planes” identified by detectives looking into the “mysterious death” of ex-KGB… Continue Reading
I’ve been using statcounter on this blog for three months now. It’s possible to make those statistics publicly available but I’ve always been concerned compromising the privacy and, potentially, the safety of visitors, particularly those from less than democratic countries… Continue Reading
With Christmas just four weeks and a bit away, I reckon at least a few of you will be buying presents for your family and friends online. Doing so using the links below can help you help me pay my… Continue Reading
As previously mentioned here, I’m taking part in a Readers’ Revolution panel discussion, organised by Journalism.co.uk, and taking place on Monday, 04 December, at Imperial College, London. Tickets for the event ran dry almost as soon as it was announced… Continue Reading
The first BBC Manchester Blogging Workshop, part of the BBC Manchester Blog Project, will take place on 6pm on Thursday the 18th of January, 2007. This free two hour workshop is for anyone who wants to learn more about blogging… Continue Reading
Under the hood of the Guardian’s new travel site It’s all about tagging, categorisation, RSS and user friendlyness (tags: guardian tagging SocialSoftware newspaperwebsites web2.0 recommendation) Do journalists need to become “community interaction coordinators”? 52% of producers working on established news… Continue Reading
If a dispute between The Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia and the publishers of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News isn’t settled by midnight tonight, the union has announced that instead of simply manning picket lines, members will immediately… Continue Reading
BBC Good Food Magazine – you cook it, then submit it to our flickr group Graham from Noodlepie points out how BBC Worldwide is using flickr groups to bring a sense of shared experience, and community, to it’s magazines. Nicely… Continue Reading
A few months ago I went on holiday and left my blog at home. This presented a dilemma for me and I sought, and received, advice from a number of regular readers. I’m not, of course, the first blogger to… Continue Reading
Press Gazette Closes it’s doors (a nice Obit by Neil McIntosh) The press gazette has closed it’s doors. Shame someone has figured out a way to keep the website, which had many more readers than the print title, up and… Continue Reading