March 2009 Archives

Yesterday marked forty five years since the first broadcast from Radio Caroline - the subject of a new film The Boat That Rocked. Radio Caroline was a pirate operation, using loopholes in the law and the difficulties in enforcement to serve pop and rock music to the general public outside of the establishment. Radio Caroline shows us that the issues surrounding user generated content, online piracy and the slow reactions of established business to underground consumer demands is not new to the internet.

Wow - incredibly gobsmacked.

This week, the finalists were announced for the Lizzies - more correctly known as the 7th annual IT Journalism Awards, recognising excellence in IT media and journalism. It is rather humbling to discover that, unbeknownst to me, I was nominated by an editor that obviously thought I didn't give him too many headaches. As a result, I have been announced as a finalist in the 'Best New Journalist' category.

Smugness abounds.

Been a while since I blogged about Twitter. If you are one of the Twitter cynics, resisting the pull of reporting your life in 140 character chunks, then maybe there's no hope for you. But if you are converted to Twitter and want to extract more from its tweety goodness, then try out these excellent tools.