once were journalists
Posted in marketing, online journalism, work on Feb 25th, 2010
At work, we’re writing a couple of motoring news feeds for an insurance client. It’s not journalism red in tooth and claw, but they’re nice people and we quite enjoy trying to give them a couple of properly researched, written and edited news stories every day. To their credit, that’s what they want.
We use Google [...]
Posted in internet on Feb 18th, 2010
Less is more, and I’d pay Facebook a micro-subscription if they’d take away the adverts.
Posted in digression, marketing, technology on Feb 12th, 2010
Having my weekly rant this morning, I remembered something trivial that annoys the shit out of me, and thought I’d share the love.
See, now, I hate adverts generally, and I reserve a special bile for ones in which two of my favourite TV people prostitute themselves at the altar of car insurance, but there’s a [...]
Posted in digression on Feb 4th, 2010
Anyone who’s walked along Brighton seafront this week will know that, after decades in which the West Pier was neither fixed, sold or – ultimately – restored, the sorry remains of the concert hall are now being recovered from the sea.
I’m not clear on the point. The West Pier Trust says that it’s a requirement [...]
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