We have, for quite some time now, been treading a similar path to MrG.
Only difference being that whilst Google’s road forward is a ten-lane LA highway; ours is far more of an ill-trod, mountain path.. with little more than one hardy, Himalayan goat to have gone before us.
And we tend to keep our gobs shut; [...]
12 February 2010 – 5:44 pm
It’s been a while; been ‘on the road’ of late… jobs to do, people to see, family to bury…
All of which means that I’ve missed much of the ‘buzz’ that accompanied Google’s latest concoction; stepping onto the social media toes of both FaceBook and Twitter. Or not, as the case may be.
I have to be [...]
24 January 2010 – 10:24 pm
I guess as very much the new boy of the party, it’s rather beholden on me to add my thoughts regarding events of last Thursday and GMG’s Oxford Media Convention 2010.
And if the thoughts that follow initially appeared somewhat at odds and unconnected, apologies; I think there’s a link there somewhere.
Just.
Given the still-fledgling state of [...]
13 January 2010 – 7:57 pm
It is not exactly rocket science to figure that we might have an interest in all things North-East this spring.
As has been muttered before in these parts, there is much to keep an eye on in and around the valleys of Tyne, Tees and Wear.
The arrival of the impressive-looking http://www.hohound.co.uk/ over the forthcoming days merely [...]
Keen observers of this particular blog – and we use the plural cautiously – may have noted a subtle change of late.
We now boast a banner ad. Gone are the five Addiply text boxes that used to adorn the top of this page; never one to practice what he preaches, I’d been a bit tardy [...]
This was interesting; kind of made me wish I’d made more of an effort to hook up with Paul Carr before Christmas…
http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/01/04/nsfw-apple-tablet-kindle-and-furbies-oh-my/
As was this; from the ever-illuminating Mark Potts…
http://recoveringjournalist.typepad.com/recovering_journalist/2010/01/apples-tabula-rasa.html
Both men are clearly singing off the say hymn-sheet… Or rather, tablet. Of slate, apparently.
Why both posts appealed isn’t too hard to fathom; particularly if we return [...]
30 December 2009 – 6:20 pm
‘In 1649
To St George’s Hill
A ragged band they called the Diggers
Come to show the people’s will
They defied the landlords
They defied the law
They were the dispossessed
Reclaiming what was theirs
‘We come in peace’ they said
‘To dig and sow
We come to work the land in common
And to make the waste land grow
This earth divided
We will make whole
So it [...]
26 December 2009 – 2:20 pm
Given the festive season is now firmly upon us, maybe it’s time for a Xmas teaser.
OK… what have the four following posts got in common?
i) http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=44765&c=1
ii) http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=44792&c=1
iii) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/scottish-giant-johnston-press-close-to-refinancing-163500m-debt-1776020.html
and
iv) http://rickwaghorn.co.uk/2009/02/23/chapter-11-now-filed-in-the-story-of-fred-the-shred-brian-p-tierney-and-philly-media-kiss-good-bye-to-more-of-our-millions-folks/
And the answer is…?
The Royal Bank of Scotland. Us, in other words.
The poor, down-trodden UK tax-payer who has been left to mop up in the [...]
30 November 2009 – 9:33 pm
As one or two of you might know, we have developed something of an interest of late in events in Northumberland.
There is, after all, a chance that the initial contours of the UK’s new media landscape might be drawn out in the rolling vales beneath Hadrian’s Wall…
http://outwithabang.rickwaghorn.co.uk/?p=331
Today and Johnston Press boldly went where few weekly [...]