Via Cultural Snow I recently came across an inspiring story from the BBC in India. The BBC reports that Gaurishankar Rajak, a barely-educated washerman, has dedicated the last 21 years to publishing a handwritten local newspaper, Din Dalit, exposing corruption…
You don’t need to have read Jeremy Paxman’s soul-searching MacTaggart lecture from the recent MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival to know that the British television industry is in a bit of a flap. Shrinking audiences, more channels competing for the…
The ‘is blogging dead?’ debate continues, with Drew Benvie noting that Guardian tech reporter Bobbie Johnson has given up his blog. Johnson – whose relationship with Little Red Boat‘s Anna Pickard made him half of one of UK blogging’s top…
For reasons I’ve yet to fathom, Google has decided this blog is a spam blog. Every time I edit or post something, I have to type a word verification to prove I’m human. I’ve actually had to request that a…
According to Facebook, I have 52 friends. This is extremely modest by Facebook standards. I’m clearly no Robert Scoble, who has amassed more than 4,500 chums since Facebook opened its doors to the hoi polloi last September. Scoble’s enormous posse…
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