A selection of my latest bookmarks. You could visit my Tumblelog for more stuff I’ve seen on the web. Guardian: No new stadium. A huge debt. Despite their promises, Hicks and Gillett have ‘done a Glazers’ – Excellent piece by David Conn 5 Twitter Tools to Help You Manage Unfollowers The Worst, #1 – Magazine. [...]
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The personal weblog of Manchester journalist David Quinn
Bookmarks from 13 May to 14 May
A selection of my latest bookmarks. You could visit my Tumblelog for more stuff I’ve seen on the web. Steve Bell: “Lash me with wisteria” – Absurdity of the MPs’ expenses row successfully nailed by Guardian cartoonist. Blog This, Grandma – I really love this phrase. Tim Luckhurst: The BBC pays too much for too [...]
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 24 March to 27 March
A selection of my latest bookmarks. You could visit my Tumblelog for more of this sort of thing. The Apprentice Analysed – Occupational psycholgist offers insight about candidates on the Apprentice eaves.ca: Newspapers’ decline is a sign of democracy, not a symptom of its death MediaGuardian: MEN Media to use ‘skills matrix’ to decide who [...]
Bookmarks from 20 February to 23 February
A selection of my latest bookmarks. s.Darko trailer – Donnie Darko sequel looks extremely dodgy. Rumours that it'll go straight to DVD. The Guardian: Will newspapers charge for online content? Observer: Your starter for 10: is Gail Trimble the cleverest contestant ever? Joan Smith: Broken Britain is a media invention – Sensible commentary, a bit [...]
Bookmarks from 7 February to 9 February
A selection of my latest bookmarks. Jeff Jarvis: The foresight of Google – If you can't be bothered reading What Would Google Do? then read this instead Decca Aitkenhead meets Jeremy Paxman – Entertaining interview, even though all the juice is crammed into the last seven paragraphs (so skip to there) Terence Blacker: You don't [...]
Bookmarks from 28 January to 31 January
A selection of my latest bookmarks. Guardian review: The Bellbury Poly – From a Distant Star; Various Artists – Ritual and Education I want to be a shotgun-toting, gangster-robbing black homosexual like Omar on The Wire Popbitch: Which one is the starter, which one is the desert? – Humorous letter of complaint to Richard Branson [...]
Bookmarks from January 26 to January 28
A selection of my latest bookmarks. Robert Peston blogs from Davos – A "comforting blanket" and "a few days of jaw-jaw". Eh? Larry Elliott: Why banks need to be like Captain Mainwaring – Yes, as in Dad's Army. YouTube – Todd Carty goes bonkers on Dancing on Ice. – Bears repeat viewings. Not that I [...]
Bookmarks for January 22
A selection of my latest bookmarks. Fry/Ross Twitter love-in Allison Pearson – The world's worst columnist – Tasteful description of cancer victim Jade Goody as looking "like a human sacrifice". ASA confirms that God doesn't exist (kind of) The "Manchester City effect" = £100m for a goalkeeper "Blumenthal-related farking" What All PR People Should Know [...]
Bookmarks from January 18 to January 19
A selection of my latest bookmarks. New Bleep site (Beta) – Warpmart dies, merges with Bleep, gets redesign How Twitter is going to start making money (maybe) 1000 novels everyone must read: Crime (part one) Hart Beat Intro – Exceptional electro-influenced kids' telly theme music
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