Ingredients
Methods of consumption
Greatest Hits…
...Although none of these were ever Number 1s in Azerbaijan, Japan or on college radio.
* On visiting countries that have been the subject of airstrikes by allies of your home country
* Why it's important for The Beatles to make their songs available digitally
* A visit to Peleliu, home of some fascinating WW2 relics and origin of the phrase 'thousand yard stare'
* Five ways to beat writer's block and get words going
* On Holbein and Shakespeare
* The 2011 BHAG, trying to cycle 2,011 miles in 12 monthsFrom which department?
This is the past
Category Archives: On Journalism and Media
Notes from Dispense and Connect: On the past, present and future of magazines
Earlier this week, I went to Dispense and Connect at the Southbank Centre, an event that was part of its current ’100 ideas’ season. It was a panel talk about magazines; given this vague, expansive topic the three panellists each … Continue reading
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The importance of real things being nice things
In a previous post on bloggers vs mainstream media, I wrote that: “When information is free and virtual, it’s important for real things to be nice things, to be good quality things, to be a guaranteed brilliant use of the … Continue reading
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The Custom PC Podcast
At work we’ve just launched our first podcast. I’m very excited, since I’ve been really keen for us to do more stuff online and we’ve basically gone from talking about it to having it ready in just a couple of … Continue reading
Lost In Translation: Translator Etiquette
Pretty much all the IT hardware I see at work comes from outside the UK, and while some of it is designed in the US, a good deal comes from Taiwan. Despite the fact that I’ve met plenty of Taiwanese … Continue reading
Posted in Japanorama, On Journalism and Media, Tech
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A Worm’s Eye View: Some site updates and more
Some brief site updates: thanks to Blogharbor support, I’ve fixed the site’s URL so that www.thewiredjester.co.uk works properly (i.e. it no longer just does a simple re-direct). This was done using a CNAME setting at 1 and 1, where I … Continue reading
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My Big Mouth and what my PC wants to do to help me
I think it is the dream – or has been the dream, at one point – of nearly everyone in the media to work for the BBC. For me, that dream may now be over. I was on the radio … Continue reading
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