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An online notebook
I’m three months into my new job and that seems a good time to reflect on how things are going. I’ll save the meat of that for another post, because this one is about how I am working within my…
They’re part of “working in the open”, sure. Showing what you’re doing, and that you haven’t (yet?) replaced everyone by robots. But corporate blogs that are consistently a good read, and not done by a tiny start up, are not…
As a co-founder of Blogger and Twitter and, more recently, as the chief executive of the digital publishing platform Medium, Mr. Williams transformed the way millions of people publish and consume information online. But as his empire grew, he started…
Finding time to blog is tough, and while I enjoy putting together the Five for Friday posts, you may have noticed that even doing those is tricky. To get myself back into the habit of regularly posting, I’m going to…
It’s another Friday, so here are five links (and associated background reading!) that I have found interesting in the last week. Before we dig into that, a personal note. I’m shortly to leave my current employer, and whilst my next…
One of the things I love about the internet most is the fact that it puts the power to publish into the hands of pretty much anybody. There are many ways of doing it these days, whether by using a…
According to the archive on this site, I’ve been writing this blog for eleven years today – since September 2004. This is the 2,646th post and there have been 4,263 comments on them over the years. Lots has changed in…
Bit navel-gazey this post, but bear with me, and I would love your feedback. So, as mentioned previously, I am looking for a job. The main reason for this is that I want to be able to focus on one…
One of the things that I love about being a blogger is the encouragement it gives me to write. Writing helps. It’s fair to say, I think, that if you want to get good at something, then writing about it…
I’m running a day long workshop in London on the topic of blogging – might you be interested? Here’s the skinny: Join Dave Briggs for a day’s practical, hands-on workshop learning how to be a better blogger! There are only…
Lloyd Davis and I recorded another podcast recently, on the topic of blogging. Here’s Lloyd’s post with some helpful links to follow up on.
Since work is now WorkSmart and I am retiring Kind of Digital as a professional thing, I thought it was time to sort out my blog. After all, kindofdigital.com was once davepress.net and before that many incarnations over the years…
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: ongoing by Tim Bray · Software in 2014 Joho the Blog » What blogging was – *sniff* Is Local GDS a good idea? « @demsoc Let’s Replace Council Websites with Local.Gov.Uk…
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Don’t drown in email! How to use Gmail more efficiently twister : peer to peer microblogging platform (interesting from privacy/decentralisation angle) Why blogging still matters in business – and always will…
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Will the Bill and Mary show have a happy ending? [good stuff on high streets] The web giants pumping us for information – by @jjn1 Filling an empty shop with photos…
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Lockdown – Marco.org (thoughts on RSS etc) Doug Engelbart, visionary David Wilcox » Realising the knowledge assets of research for the rest of us – how about a set of recipe…
Ever wanted to start blogging but just didn’t have the confidence in the technology or your ability to write lots of juicy content? Our new online course is here to help! Blogging bootcamp runs over the summer and is a…
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Little J Beta – via @willperrin The limits of collaborative consumption: Would people really share their belongings? Blogging – why do it? | Amandacomms’s Blog Raspberry Pi: Baking Pi – Operating…
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Home – Lincoln Matrix Richard Stallman: My Lisp Experiences and the Development of GNU Emacs “My favorite programming language:” Google’s Go has some coders raving | Ars Technica David Wilcox »…
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: The History of Programming Languages Nextdoor Brings Its Neighborhood-Focused Social Network To The iPhone With Debut Of Native iOS App | TechCrunch Fedora Project Announces Pidora Remix for Raspberry Pi Doctors…