Words Dept.

The personal weblog of Manchester journalist David Quinn

Bookmarks from 9 June to 10 June

A selection of my latest bookmarks. You could visit my Tumblelog for more stuff I’ve seen on the web. Slate: Orphan tweets – People who sign up for Twitter, post once, then never return. The most incompetent politician of all time – Doncaster's new Mayor fucks up interview. Guardian: Leading historians on whether fascism is [...]

Bookmarks from 27 April to 29 April

A selection of my latest bookmarks. You could visit my Tumblelog for more stuff I’ve seen on the web. Nielsen Wire: Twitter Quitters Post Roadblock to Long-Term Growth – "Twitter has enjoyed a nice ride over the last few months, but it will not be able to sustain its meteoric rise without establishing a higher [...]

Bookmarks from 27 March to 3 April

A selection of my latest bookmarks. You could visit my Tumblelog for more stuff I’ve seen on the web. Nik Hewitt: Can local newspapers still win at digital? – “Digital is where we should be driving traffic, where we can provide the excellent journalistic content we have in abundance to a targeted online audience.” Malcolm [...]

Bookmarks from 3 March to 4 March

A selection of my latest bookmarks. Skittles home page, yesterday (Warning: offensive) – Horrible tooth-rotting confectionery brand Skittles, sorry #skittles, pays the price for turning its home page into a Twitter stream Paid Content: Twitter Close To Finalising UK SMS Deal With O2 – So you have to sign up to O2 to get it? [...]

Bookmarks from 24 February to 25 February

A selection of my latest bookmarks. Guardian: Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds: the worst film ever made? – Looks kind of frightening. Datadial: Ryanair, online PR, reputation problem – Why do Ryanair have to be such a bunch of pricks? A “spiky” brand identity is one thing but this is just stupid. Guardian: Facebook et al risk [...]

Bookmarks for 18 February

A selection of my latest bookmarks. Adam Tinworth: NUJ Still Not "Getting" Social Media Roy Greenslade: Why we don't need subeditors – Guardian blogger/columnist: "No need for so many eyeballs" Press Gaztte: Missing word causes red faces at The Guardian – Subs making a point, perhaps?

Bookmarks from January 20 to January 22

A selection of my latest bookmarks. How unhealthy is a doner kebab? Daily Express marks Barack Obama's first day … with a wraparound car ad It’s Time for Facebook to Die – Could Facebook be on its last legs? And what of Twitter's future?

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