Angel
Taken as I sped by on my way to Newcastle. I wasn’t driving, honest, officer. I remember being mesmerised by this on my first (and up ’til now, only) trip to the North East. It’s lost none of its magic for me.
Month: April 2008
Flat Earth News
I am currently reading Flat Earth News by Nick Davies, which focuses on journalism and news and how the profession is failing in its duty to protect and disseminate the truth. This isn’t, Davies claims, because of a some moral failing on the part of journalists, nor out of commercial pressure, or indeed interference from … Keep reading
How do you measure blog success?
What sort of things do you look at to measure the ‘success’ of your blog, whether as a whole site or on a post by post process. I guess it might depend on why you are blogging as to what your actual definition of success might be. Here’s a few basic ways that I thought … Keep reading
Skills 2.0
There are some interesting points in this PDF about the skills required in the age of web 2.0 from Harold Jarche, including: Attitude: Accepting that we will never know everything, but that others may be able to help, is the first step in becoming a learning professional. This is an acceptance of a world in … Keep reading
BBC blogging
Interesting re-post of an article that appeared in the BBC’s in-house magazine Ariel by Rory Cellan-Jones on the issues around the launch of the various blogs written by BBC journalists: It strikes me the initial concerns were twofold – that nobody would be interested in our blogs so they would be a waste of a … Keep reading