Blogging to a self-imposed (but externally motivated) deadline. It’s fun. I (sometimes) miss these sorts of deadlines.
Relevant to our lecture from two weeks ago, #interhacktives twitter.com/Cyberwest/stat…
@JPGJournalism @corinne_podger @michaelabourg It’s depressing that a quarter of a century into the digital era we’re still describing these jobs as “new”.
New post! 👉 onemanandhisblog.com/2019/10/engage… Engaged reading digest: members-only apps, and the funnel is back
It’s deeply depressing that we have to spend paragraphs explaining funnels to journalists in 2019. This is 2009 thinking, and probably earlier: niemanlab.org/2019/10/the-ne…
I apologise to the affront to your ears, but I’m on a podcast: Micro Monday - 70: Adam Tinworth aka @adders
This is an engrosssing podcast about the early days of raptor reintroduction in Scotland.
We’ve come a long way in 40 years - but astonishing to hear that the range of eagle habitation only extends naturally by about 10km a year… overcast.fm/+TiZvdxkOI
Delighted to see @euan refocusing on his blog. The open web is still out there, and some great conversation are happening: onemanandhisblog.com/2019/10/euan-s… #blogging
Crikey. I wrote this 11 years ago - and it’s still as relevant now: “Interesting” is the basis of blogging onemanandhisblog.com/2008/09/thats_…
Not only is 8chan struggling to get back online — its co-founder is actively working to keep it that way.
Fascinating. onemanandhisblog.com/2019/10/the-mo…
Autumn mist: microblog.onemanandhisblog.com/2019/10/20/aut…
@MattieTK If I could like this tweet multiple times, I would.
I think it’s fair to say that today’s weather has been changeable… microblog.onemanandhisblog.com/2019/10/18/i-t…
🔥 Hot off the press: “Engaged Reading Time - Issue #54” engagedreadingtime.com/archive/205261 (via @revue)
Is anyone finding wholesale journalistic use of “deal” to describe the withdrawal agreement like nails on a blackboard? If it passes, we’re going to end us spending 18 months explaining why the deal wasn’t a deal, and that the deal still needs to be done. 🤦🏼♂️
@igzebedze That would actually be a major upgrade to the world’s aesthetics…
This is the sort of thing that happened more often in the pre-platform days of the internet: A Free Font Inspired by Greta Thunberg’s Handwriting
Nice to see it happening again. kottke.org/19/10/a-free-f…
Inktober is one of my favourite “internet challenges”. It fills my feeds with such interesting and varied images.
Oh, this is so cool: Grad student defended her dissertation while wearing a skirt made of rejection letters boingboing.net/2019/10/17/gra…
Biorecycling plastics with enzymes : microblog.onemanandhisblog.com/2019/10/18/bio…
These are absolutely stunning. Well worth checking out: John James Audubon’s Birds of America kottke.org/19/10/john-jam…
The reason to study Latin: microblog.onemanandhisblog.com/2019/10/18/the…
#Interhacktives twitter.com/HacksHackersLD…
Take some time to listen to Birdsong Radio today - and consider how much poorer we’ll all be if we lose it. #LetNatureSing rspb.org.uk/get-involved/c…