Hello. I’m Neil McIntosh, and this is my weblog. This site reflects my views on whatever crosses my path, and so it doesn’t follow much of a set menu.

I’m a digital journalist, part of the management team at the multiple Webby-winning guardian.co.uk, Britain’s most popular newspaper website. I’m Head of Editorial Development, which means I help build our strategy, develop ideas for new editorial products and see them through to birth on the live site. I led the rollout of our blog, audio and video services, among other things, and have been part of its teams covering many of the biggest stories of the last few years.

In the past, I’ve worked as a reporter, feature writer, production journalist and columnist on various newspapers. I joined the Guardian as deputy editor of its technology section in 1999, and spent five happy years following Apple Computer, digital media, telecoms and consumer electronics affairs around the world. I was an early adopter of blogging as a form of journalism - I started Onlineblog with Jack Schofield and Vic Keegan in 2001. I moved to Guardian Unlimited as assistant editor in 2004 with orders to introduce blogging across the site.

Back in the early to mid 90s, I studied journalism at Napier University, Edinburgh, writing my dissertation on the advent of digital journalism. In 2006 I completed a Masters in Business Administration from the Open University, specialising in strategy, finance, creativity and innovation, and technology management. 

I live in London with my lovely wife Mary, and my little black and white cat Ginny. Both indulge my love of football, and occasionally pose for photographs, although only one takes bribes in the form of shreds of chicken. I’ll leave you to work out which.

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