links for 2008-02-01

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
  • [Trust and UGC](http://joannageary.wordpress.com/2008/01/27/trust-and-ugc/)
    Interesting look at the trust issues around media using user generated content
    (tags: [ugc](http://del.icio.us/adders/ugc) [trust](http://del.icio.us/adders/trust) [media](http://del.icio.us/adders/media) [mainstreammedia](http://del.icio.us/adders/mainstreammedia) [newspapers](http://del.icio.us/adders/newspapers))
  • [Waxy.org: The Times (UK) Spamming Social Media Sites](http://www.waxy.org/archive/2008/01/30/the_time.shtml)
    Dumb. Cargo cult link building at its worst.
    (tags: [thetimes](http://del.icio.us/adders/thetimes) [newspapers](http://del.icio.us/adders/newspapers) [search](http://del.icio.us/adders/search) [seo](http://del.icio.us/adders/seo) [spamming](http://del.icio.us/adders/spamming) [links](http://del.icio.us/adders/links))
  • [You too can speak journalese! (Journal Blog Central)](http://blogcentral.journallive.co.uk/2008/01/you_too_can_speak_journalese.html)
    Ah, the foibles of journalistic English…
    (tags: [journalism](http://del.icio.us/adders/journalism) [journalists](http://del.icio.us/adders/journalists) [cliches](http://del.icio.us/adders/cliches) [jargon](http://del.icio.us/adders/jargon))
  • [beware of turning hobbies into jobs](http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/004405.html)
    I’ve done this three times now. Maybe one day I’ll learn the lesson.
    (tags: [hobbies](http://del.icio.us/adders/hobbies) [work](http://del.icio.us/adders/work) [career](http://del.icio.us/adders/career))
  • [Why re-invent the CMS wheel?](http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StrangeAttractor/~3/226829105/why_reinvent_the_cms_wheel.php)
    Amen.
    (tags: [cms](http://del.icio.us/adders/cms))
  • [A web-centric CMS that drives print output](http://www.yelvington.com/20080131/webcentric_cms_drives_print_output)
    In an awesomely detailed post, the editor of Schamper, the student newspaper at the University of Gent (Belgium) describes how he — a philosophy major — built a Web-centric content management system
(tags: [cms](http://del.icio.us/adders/cms))
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[More things journalism can learn from porn](http://www.yelvington.com/20080126/more_things_journalism_can_learn_porn)
An article nearly as good as the headline…
(tags: [journalism](http://del.icio.us/adders/journalism) [journalists](http://del.icio.us/adders/journalists))
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Adam is a lecturer, trainer and writer. He's been a blogger for over 20 years, and a journalist for more than 30. He lectures on audience strategy and engagement at City, University of London.

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Adam is a lecturer, trainer and writer. He's been a blogger for over 20 years, and a journalist for more than 30. He lectures on audience strategy and engagement at City, University of London.