Why blogs still matter even in the resurgent newsletter age.

(h/t @cdevroe for the original link)


Lessons from 1000 editions of a links newsletter.

It’s all about the basics.


The rest of the “information wants to be free” quote (because I’m annoyed at how often people quote it in a way that makes it clear that they don’t know there’s more to it…)


I call this piece “the entitlement of SEO spammers”. 🖼


Winchester does ruins magnificently.


Coffee Break

Edgcumbes Coffee Roasters & Tea Blenders.

A coffee break in a great wee coffee place on the outskirts of Arundel. There’s some great coffee in Sussex.


This is not at all disconcerting.


Beautiful sky over Winchester this evening.


Cracking edition of my newly-renamed newsletter going out in the morning (if I do say so myself). It should be of particular interest to those in audience engagement or engaged journalism…


It seems increasingly clear to me that the societal stress we’re experiencing right now was well predicted in the 1970 book Future Shock. Our societies are in that state, thanks to the transformative effects of digital technology and the internet.