I don’t get many letters. I get a lot of mail – but it’s mostly bills and junk.
But I received a letter today, which was nice. The purpose of the letter was to invite me to be a Fellow of the RSA, in recognition of my “experience and expertise of communities in the online [...]
Categories: culture
Tagged: RSA
Categories: Music, New Music Strategies
Tagged: unconvention
45 year old Hereford man, Matt Grimes
After work, a bunch of us slipped off to the pub for a pint to celebrate Matt’s 45th birthday. If it ends in a 0 or a 5, you have to have a drink. That’s the rules.
Matt took over from me as Degree Leader in Music Industries at BCU
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Categories: 365
Tagged: BCU, Beer, Matt Grimes, Photo
Photo by Josh Simerman
When I first thought of today’s idea, I immediately put it in my “that’s just stupid” pile. It’s certainly not terribly technologically sophisticated.
But the more I think about it, the more I want one for real – and when I asked for other people’s opinions, one of my colleagues at work enthused [...]
At home with academic and author David Hendy
I had a meeting in Oxford with David Hendy today. He’s a Reader at the University of Westminster and the author of some very fine books about radio, including the highly acclaimed Life on Air: A History of Radio Four.
His book Radio in the Global Age (2000) was [...]
Categories: 365, University
Photo by mfophotos
Without wanting to tread on the toes of any of my colleagues – notably Paul Bradshaw, who is a world-beating expert on all things online journalism – I had a thought today about the crossover between newspapers and the internet.
Don’t think of this so much as an “idea” like the other ideas I’ve [...]
Tagged: Internet, journalism, media, newspapers
“It’s good to come home now and then, eh bro.. eat some ice creams, do some bombs.”
Categories: New Zealand, Video
