Category: Blogging

Veteran blogger Dan Drezner gives some advice to new webloggers if they wish to succeed in the world of blogs. 2) If you decide you like blogging, then switch to Moveable Type: Boy, have I been converted. I didn’t know what I was missing until I made the switch. Comparing MT to any version of…

Glenn Reynolds decided to post one of the more famous photos from September 11 2001, on the anniversary of that day. Some while back I posted a not-so-famous photo that speaks to me more of the events of that day. Glenn received quite a bit of stick, not dissimilar to the criticisms I received when…

Stephen Pollard has redesigned his site and its looking well. The permalinks and comments are to be welcome, I still wouldn’t go for the green background myself though.

Entries have been terribly scarse from me of late. My lack of serious effort in recent weeks has meant a noticeable drop in visitors comments and referrals. One gets out of blogging exactly what one puts in. If a blog is not updated regularly, if the posts are poor, if links are lazy, the blog…

Had a thoroughly enjoyable discussion with Tom Watson MP, in the lovely surroundings of Westminster Parliament yesterday afternoon. Tom notes: He gave me some great ideas about how to spruce up this blog, some of which will get me the sack. If there are any lobby journalists reading this – he’s an impressive fellow and…

I will be meeting up with now veteran political blogging MP Tom Watson tomorrow for a chat. I met him briefly before, in a haze of booze and lobbyists. Looking forward to meeting up again, and getting his thoughts on blogging, and the future for blogging politicians.

Taken with a Nokia 7210 + Nokia camera and sent via MMS/GPRS

I have returned from a pleasant stay in Paris. I thorougly enjoyed it. Will post pics of Versailles later.

Dick has blogged on our being interviewed on Dublin’s NewsTalk 106 yesterday. I thought he was much more articulate than my mumblings but I was *at least* as nervous as he. I shall have to work on my speech. The debate was interesting though and it was good to hear the subject getting an airing.…

Some of you may have noticed that my sub-heading has changed to ‘Fair and Balanced’. A proverbial two fingers to Mr. Murdoch. Dan Gillmor of the San Jose Mercury does a good job of covering the story. Author Al Franken is being taken to court by Fox for use of the phrase ‘Fair and Balanced’…