By Ian, on April 9th, 2007 Despite a few years in technology journalism, and about, what?, 40 hardware reviews to my credit, my main interest nowadays in things non-internet is that it works. Things stopped working today and these are the three things I bought from PC World — my first visit in four years — and the story behind them. Unexpectedly, Continue reading Kit By Ian, on March 23rd, 2007 A little spat has developed this week over something called Liveblogging, which I found quite interesting because it brings up some contentious ideas and opinions about blogging in general. And I’m not referring to the shameful ‘heavy fingers’ incident that spoiled the Guardian Changing Media conference for one unfortunate woman… Liveblogging refers to people blogging an Continue reading Live and Blogging By Ian, on March 9th, 2007 Move over Twitter. All the smart kids are now Tumbling. What is a Tumble Blog? It’s like an internet scrap book. Quotes, RSS, pictures and multimedia just stuck together in one place. When I first started this blog, that was actually exactly what I was looking for. I just wanted a place where I could keep and search the Continue reading Tumbling All the Way Home By Ian, on February 14th, 2007 Kent Newsome — happily returning to blogging this month after an extended period AWOL — asks me to “Name five reasons why you do (or do not) respond to memes” and tagged me in the process. The answer is that I do and this is why: 1. He did it so very nicely that I would feel Continue reading On Being Memed By Ian, on February 5th, 2007 There’s a reasonably good report (but watch out for the pop-ups) in the Christian Science Monitor about the micro-economy created by Google Ad-sense. For most people, as you’ll appreciate if you’ve ever used the platform, we’re talking very micro. The success stories cited in the report are making a cool $100 a month from their blogs. That’s Continue reading The Day Job By Ian, on January 26th, 2007 Old? Geeky? Check out this amazing-looking blog. Even more surprisingly, it’s apparently built on WordPress. Technorati: blogs, wordpress, themes | 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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