David Quinn published this entry on Wednesday 05 November, 2008 at 9:58 pm. It's been filed in the bbc + blogging + politics + television + web category . {1 Comment}
Just before going to sleep last night I attempted to have a US election-based multimedia experience, which involved taking the laptop to bed (my intentions were pure) and surfing various sites to do with the vote. This, I am led to believe, is the done thing among web-savvy news hunters of the 21st century.
Twitter, in [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Monday 03 November, 2008 at 7:10 pm. It's been filed in the blogging + journalism category . {1 Comment}
A minor rumpus is breaking out on Dave Hill’s London blog at the Guardian over claims by Tory Troll (aka Adam Bienkov) that journalist and beloved national treasure Andrew Gilligan has been “sockpuppeting”.
For those unfamiliar with the term, sockpuppeting means creating a “fake online identity” to praise yourself or some other entity with which you are associated, without disclosing the [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Wednesday 08 October, 2008 at 8:34 pm. It's been filed in the bbc + blogging + business + celebrities + journalism + politics category . {1 Comment}
I may have created the impression the other day that I think Robert Peston is a tosser. This wasn’t my intention at all because, notwithstanding his numerous presentational faux pas, I actually deeply admire his ability to get up the noses of the Daily Mail (“Does this man have too much power?”), various bloggers and, [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Monday 29 September, 2008 at 11:07 pm. It's been filed in the bbc + blogging + business + journalism + television category . {2 Comments}
God love BBC business editor Robert Peston, whose broad range of bizarre vocal ticks brings a light touch to news of even the most dire financial crisis. His willingness to experiment with the boundaries of word and syllable emphasis within a given sentence never ceases to amuse. You sit there waiting for it to die [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Thursday 11 September, 2008 at 8:51 pm. It's been filed in the blogging + food + journalism + pr category . {1 Comment}
Jay Rayner, the Observer food critic, is researching a feature on genetically modified food. The reason I know this is that he’s written a post on the Guardian’s Word of Mouth blog asking for pointers. It’s the first time I’ve heard of a national newspaper doing such a thing. Rayner describes it as “a different [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Monday 09 June, 2008 at 1:48 pm. It's been filed in the blogging category . {4 Comments}
This blog, built and written by my own hands with only occasional assistance from my brain, was exactly one year old yesterday. It’s been a rollercoaster ride of pure emotion, I’m sure you’ll agree!
During that time, I have steadily built the readership of the blog from a mere fourteen to a massive fifteen readers, including [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Saturday 10 May, 2008 at 9:55 pm. It's been filed in the blogging + celebrities + design + magazines + music + television category . {Comment}
Since Simon Cowell rolls his eyes and tuts like a bored suburban housewife following virtually every act that appears on Britain’s Got Talent (which his company, Syco, co-produces), why doesn’t he just piss off and do something else for a living?
Just a thought.
Similarly, am I the only person who finds it faintly disturbing when Cowell [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Wednesday 27 February, 2008 at 1:36 pm. It's been filed in the blogging + manchester category . {2 Comments}
Apparently there was an earthquake last night. No, really. Look at this long list of boring anecdotes (sorry, I meant to say cutting edge media weblog 2.0) if you don’t believe me.
As a seasoned veteran of the infamous Dudley quake of ‘02 (I was living in Birmingham at the time), I knew what it was [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Thursday 31 January, 2008 at 6:23 pm. It's been filed in the blogging + celebrities + movies + television + web category . {2 Comments}
As you will no doubt have noticed, this site looks a bit different today. I’ve got me a new super-minimalist theme called Stripped by Upstart Blogger. I’m a fan of minimal, functional design and, since the emphasis round these parts is on words, this theme is perfect because all the other distracting stuff is dumped [...]
David Quinn published this entry on Monday 28 January, 2008 at 12:26 am. It's been filed in the blogging category . {2 Comments}
I accidentally nearly deleted this blog earlier, causing me great shock and distress. This is a test post to make sure it’s working again. Please, God, let it live.
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