You’ll have noticed (I hope) that blogging has been pretty light round these parts recently. I’ve got things I want to write but I don’t seem to have much enthusiasm for it. I think that at least part of the problem is the new version of Movable Type. Oh, it all looks very lovely, but… Continue reading Blogging Update
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New Software, New Design, New URLs
I’ve updated this blog to use Movable Type version 4. So far it all looks rather nice. You’ll notice that the design has changed. I’ve reverted to using the default MT templates. I’ll add back some of the other bits and pieces over the next couple of weeks. Oh, and I’ve (finally!) switched to using… Continue reading New Software, New Design, New URLs
London Weblogger Meetup
There’s a new London Weblogger Meetup group that sprang into existence over the weekend. Their first meeting is in Kensington in a couple of weeks. Only two people have replied so far (and one of those is me) but if it takes off, then I’ll certainly go along and have a look.
Press Plagiarism of Blogs
Over at Guido Fawkes Blog they’ve announced the winners of their Press Plagiarist of the Year Awards which points out print journalists who have “borrowed” ideas from blogs without crediting their source. The winner was Mail on Sunday editor Peter Wright who turned postings from The Policemans’ Blog into a two page article and somehow… Continue reading Press Plagiarism of Blogs
The New Commentariat
There’s an interesting piece in today’s Guardian about the British political blogging scene. They interview eight people who they consider major political bloggers from the UK. Nice to see that it’s in G2 (the cover story no less) and not the technology section. Of course the downside is that I didn’t already have all of… Continue reading The New Commentariat
Public Unaware of RSS
It’s good to see something like this every once in a while. It’s easy to sit there in a little geek cocoon and assume that everyone out there on the interweb is using all the same time-saving tools as you are. But as this article from The Register shows, that’s often not the case. It… Continue reading Public Unaware of RSS
Dave’s First Law of Information
I’m proposing a new law which I’m calling “Dave’s First Law of Information”. It goes like this: Information expands to more than fill the amount of time allocated to deal with it A few years ago I had a small number of web sites that I’d visit regularly in order to keep up to date… Continue reading Dave’s First Law of Information
RSS Feeds
Anyone who was subscribed to the full.rdf or full.xml feeds from this site would have stopped getting updates for a couple of weeks. Sorry about that – I’ve fixed it all now and you should have just recieved many days worth of bloggy goodness. It’s worth pointing out that full.rdf and full.xml are both deprecated… Continue reading RSS Feeds
Striking up Conversations with Strangers
Simon Waldman talks about the way that Guardian Unlimited needs to interact with bloggers. He’s talking about it in the context of the Guardian‘s forthcoming move to a Berliner format. The world our Berliner will launch into is almost unrecognisable to the one that greeted our last major change – the redesign of 1988. It… Continue reading Striking up Conversations with Strangers
Tags
I’m coming to the party a bit late, but I’ve finally got round to adding tags to my blog. Hopefully Technorati will do the right thing with them. It’s folksonomitastic.