Saturday, December 26th, 2009

Nearing the end of 2009

It’s been a hectic year, and I’m currently embedded in the BBC Archive Development team until at least April, though I’ll be continuing my work with Digital Planet, Focus Magazine and the Billboard, as well as other gigs that come up during 2010.
In the meantime, here are two of my stories that I didn’t get [...]

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Friday, October 30th, 2009

Those who do not understand the past…

are condemned to write bad newspaper articles about it.
Read this, from Ian Katz in The Guardian
Despite the huge success of its website over the last decade, the Guardian was a relative latecomer to the business of online news. While competitors such as the Daily Telegraph built efficient and well-used digital facsimiles of their print editions, [...]

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Thursday, July 31st, 2008

I saw this…

Here’s what I’ve tagged on del.icio.us:

Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying Planet – the only sensible option…
Reporters sans frontières – Beijing Games 2008 – Advice from RSF
Test: Silicon Swings and Silicon Roundabouts – read and digest before taking any action
Cory Doctorow: Filesharing deal will drive swapping underground | Technology | guardian.co.uk [...]

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Monday, June 23rd, 2008

My del.icio.us bookmarks for June 16th through June 23rd

Here’s what I tagged on del.icio.us between June 16th and June 23rd:

Civil Service: Participation online guidance – Excellent advice for all of us who venture online, not just civil servants.
E-piphanies – Machinations – The Trojan Social Open-Source Drop-Down – Nice article outlining some of the dangers that come from widgets/clouds
Schneier on Security: Underhanded Implementation of [...]

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