So I'm off for a week of Editorial Leaders learning at UCLAN in Preston. This is the course that first piqued my interest in how the world of journalism is changing, and how we can increase our engagement with readers; and made me realise just how much I had to learn about the whole subject... Continue Reading →
Sights you never expect to see
This is Liverpool Daily Post editor Mark Thomas (right) and digital editor David Higgerson snapped outside that cavern of bile, Old Trafford, ahead of the How-Do awards. Where we didn't win. Boooooooooooo!
Too much information?
I am spreading over the web like mould. I am on, among others, Twitter, Flickr, Last.fm, Jaiku, and Bambuser and that's just a part of it. My 'social networks' folder is growing at an alarming rate.I embarked on this to learn more about the internet and interact with people online because I thought it would... Continue Reading →
Using Utterz more often
UPDATE 2013: Utterz became Utterli and then closed. Try Ipadio or Audioboo instead. I love Utterz - I think it's a great website and I want to start using it more often than the once-a-week I've been stuck at recently. It's very interactive, you get to hear the tone of someone's voice as they make... Continue Reading →
A good day…
Spring has finally arrived in my garden...Mobile post sent by Alison using Utterz. Replies. mp3
Morning world!
Mobile post sent by Alison using Utterz. Replies. mp3
Befriending FriendFeed
A couple of days ago I tweeted to the world in general that Friendfeed - which I joined several weeks ago in a flush of enthusiasm - was "more complicated than a social network had any right to be".And I was picked up on my gripe by Trinity Mirror's digital supremo David Black, who pointed... Continue Reading →
Cartoon Avatars on Twitter
April 18 was spent in a haze finishing off the entries for the Regional Press Awards, which - let me state for the record - were more work than every despite allegedly being electronic this year. Not from where I was sitting/standing/rushing around like a fool collecting entry forms and scanning them in...Anyway, around 4pm... Continue Reading →
Links
I am always impressed by the links on other people's blogs. They have sought down the most interesting, pertienent and useful blogs and put helpful links to the sites so muppets like me can share the wisdom.I'm feeling a little left behind on the old links issue, so I thought I'd take five minutes out... Continue Reading →
Posting video via Shozu
This is my first attempt at a video posting using Shozu. Seems to have worked - but I am going to have to start filming something other than my cats...
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