One Man's notebook this week.
One Man's Notes
I doubt I’ll ever be the sort of person that enjoys camping in the snow, bit I can enjoy the stunning photos of those who do.
Least surprising discovery of the day:
Substack’s RSS feeds are a disaster.
— @manton
It’s platform that takes what it wants from the open web, and locks everything else up behind proprietary tech. Podcasts, in particular, should be wary of the erosion of RSS.
Today has been a relentlessly local day - delivering the local residents’ association mag, and editing the parish mag.
Print is not dead. It’s just local.
Obi-Wan Kenobi is the perfect TV series to watch with my 9 year old on Daddy/Daughter TV nights while her big sister is at Guides.
Weird how persistent old ways of thinking are. I saw this headline - Hopes are growing for Bakerloo extension to Lewisham, TfL official says - and thought "About time. That'll be handy".
And then I remembered that I haven't lived in Lewisham for 13 years. (And that the author is a former student.)
Just finished my last session with the MA Newspaper journalism students this year. Lively, engaged, questioning, and quite savvy bunch. Some good newsroom talent incoming…
This is more than a little bit disturbing: Why The Faroese Whale Slaughter Must End 🐋
WARNING: graphic footage of whale slaughter.
Billionaires: Bozos or begrovellers?
I’ve got a full-on day of lectures in today (six hours back-to-back 🤪), so have yesterday’s thoughts on the difference between social media and social netwoks, and why that matters for audience work…
The last magazine I worked for before moving fully into digital is closing.
RIP Estates Gazette - after more than a century and a half.