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- All hail the New Geek
Occasionally, I blog for a living. Today is such a day. I’m writing on Newsblog on the “New Geek” - a wealthy, influential demographic that advertisers all struggle - and often fail - to reach.
- Quote of the day
From the President of the FIA, the organisation that runs Formula 1, in a Guardian interview:
“I had my Sunday all mapped out,” Max Mosley says as he remembers his role in the fiasco of the US grand prix last week when only six out of 20 cars raced in Indianapolis.
“I was in Monaco and I [...]
- Oxdown axe shocker
Oxdown was said to be in shock today after journalism training chiefs revealed the fictional town may be abolished in a shakeup of age-old news qualifications.
The town appeared in countless newswriting examinations as the scene of a succession of accidents and bizarre incidents, ranking it as almost as unlucky as the county of Midsomer.
For decades, [...]
- Wikis won’t work
Dan Gillmor, arguably the father of the young citizen journalism movement, is arguing the LA Times was wrong to take down its Wikitorial effort this week. "Eventually the good folks would have made the vandalism a pointless exercise," he writes on his blog.
I’d love to agree, but I’m afraid this one doesn’t come down [...]
- Europe: finally, things get interesting
Until now, you could have been forgiven for viewing the European political machine simply as a staggeringly inefficient means of pissing away large sums of taxpayers’ money. And, no matter what your beliefs about European integration (count me pro, in instinct if nothing else) it has been getting harder and harder to argue that the [...]
- What’s wrong with a weekend in Swindon?
I’m horrified to see, via our own Newsblog, that Swindon has been included in the new Idler book of crap holidays. What could be a better place to spend a weekend than this fine railway town? The author simply lacked the imagination to deal with this town of contrasts.
Arrive Saturday AM, and go shopping in [...]
- Introducing… Culture Vulture
One of the reasons for silence here in recent days has been the imminent arrival of our latest blog, covering arts, books, film and teevee, finally launched yesterday. Written by a collaboration of desks at Guardian Unlimited, plus friends from the Guide and elsewhere on the paper, with expert Movable Type wrangling by Mr H. [...]
- I’d retire now, frankly
Despite delivering in what I’m presuming is his utilikilt, Hammersley’s garnering serious praise for his talk at Reboot today. Best comes from David Weinberger - one of the Cluetrain Manifesto authors and possibly the most engaging presenter I’ve ever seen. He calls Hammersley "effervescent" and says the talk was "too entertaining to blog well". High, [...]
- Madness of the Google bubble
Good piece by Nils Pratley in today’s paper on the madness of the Google share bubble, now inflated to 25 times annual sales. That’s 25x sales, not profits. When 25x profits is seen as expensive.
Also includes, near the end, a wonderful quote from Sun CEO Scott McNealy, regarding his shareholders’ behaviour during the last dot.com [...]
- Victory for NTL prankster
Life has very few certainties, but I have one: I will never, ever be a customer of NTL again. The pisspoor UK cableco inflicted its notions of “service” on me for four years while I lived in Swindon. They were the only source of broadband for a while, which is why I stuck it out.
I’ll [...]
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