By Ian, on October 10th, 2008 As you may know, I launched the newsstand magazine What Laptop & Handheld PC (as it was originally called) back in the day — 1999, to be exact. And I have grave misgivings about the whole affair. One of the most popular marketing messages that advertisers were pushing then about mobile technology, and they still are Continue reading Downtime By Ian, on October 7th, 2008 I’ve been thinking about the future of newspapers a fair bit over the last few weeks, because we’ve been preparing a panel event on just that topic. It’s involved a range of reading and on-record and off-record conversations with a load of people involved with newspapers — readers, editors, pundits and the man on the Clapham Omnibus. Continue reading The Future of Newspapers By Ian, on October 5th, 2008
It takes more written words than it’s worth, so here we go with videos from people who have more talent than me and have taken the time. …with Blogger, which has become a great platform for casual blogging nowadays, and is certainly the easiest place to start, much Continue reading Starting a Blog By Ian, on October 4th, 2008 [This post is rather obviously out-of-date.] The most radical change you’ll see if you get to the site, rather than read it on RSS, is that it’s single-column. That cuts out a lot of the stuff that was here before, e.g.: recent comments blogroll widgets So to tackle those: Recent Comments: To be honest, I write this Continue reading About this New Theme By Ian, on October 4th, 2008
Sue me now: I have used BitTorrent to sample stuff I was not in a position to buy or was not sure whether I wanted to buy. It’s been piracy, legally, but my defences, which I am sure wouldn’t see me win in court, but which might help here are: (a) I buy more music and games than most Continue reading The Selfish Agenda: BitTorrent | About this BlogSocial tools, devices and web evolution are creating epochal change in media, society and business. The plan is to hide under the floorboards till it’s all over document some of the interesting parts of that change. More…. |
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