Writing
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I want to care
The mainstream political parties don’t need social media strategies. They need policies that we can care about.
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Stilt-walking ants
Some fun things about ants.
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Stand on the right
What advice would you give to people visiting London for the first time?
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Time to follow Samuel Pepys
If you’re ever going to follow Samuel Pepys on Twitter you should start now.
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Ununited Eurasia
I worked on a project with Six to Start to promote Muse’s new single.
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All that guff
Clarifying a couple of issues in my previous piece about newspapers’ problems.
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Why do you like running?
Having complained about the quality of newspapers, now I’ complaining about TV and radio news.
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Anyone can write this crap
David Simon wants newspapers to be as good as they once were and start charging. I’m not sure they were ever that good.
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No one will be pointing at them
If all websites cost money to read, what would I pay for?
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Shownar
I recently worked on Shownar, a new website about which BBC TV and radio programmes are surprisingly popular.
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The highwalks are an island
A response to Will Wiles’ post ‘In Praise of Beech Street’.
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When theft isn’t theft
Why I dislike the use of the word “theft” in relation to illegal downloading of software, music, movies, etc.
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Twittering betimes
Samuel Pepys is on Twitter but doesn’t have many friends. Here’s why you should be his friend.
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Mailman Archive Scraper
A Python script I wrote that scrapes a Mailman mailing list archive and republishes it elsewhere, with some optional additional changes.
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Email improvisation
Guidelines for successful improvisation, whether on stage or on a mailing list about an imaginary office.
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Pretend Office
I’ve been enjoying myself on the employee mailing list of a fictitious company.
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A tiny, tiny fraction
I’ve archived a few GeoCities sites that will otherwise soon be wiped from the web by Yahoo.
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Ugly and neglected fragments
GeoCities is an ugly disorganised mess. But it’s still a huge shame that Yahoo! is closing the whole thing down.
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Google Street View
Google Street View is currently at its least amazing stage. Two thoughts on why and how it will get better as the years go by.
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It’s not a race
Wondering why the BBC continually schedules hit US TV shows in bizarre ways, as if they don’t want anyone to watch them.
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Liking something the wrong way
I was banned from a Flickr user’s photos for favouriting them too often.
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SXSW 2009
A summary of my experience of the conference.
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Old Think for Old Publishers
The ‘New Think for Old Publishers’ panel at SXSW 09 was an exercise in failing to managing expectations.
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Choosing a wiki
A quick run-down of what I looked at when trying to choose a wiki for Septivium.
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Chart Hits 83
Some of my favourite tunes from a cassette compilation I had when I was twelve. And why mainstream nostalgia makes us neglect things.