AI
Weekend Reads: social media cycles, AI and a podcast car crash
Insights into the decline and fall of social networks, the audience capture of celebrities — and the surprisingly dangerous nature of podcasting.
Journalism
Members’ Reads: Activist versus Journalist
Five reads for members, on a looming Google threat, the ethics of leaking WhatsApp messages and the choice the industry needs to make.
Journalists
Six more journalists you should follow for International Women's Day
Yes, I do know it was yesterday. There's a good reason it's a day "late".
Podcasting and Shorts and newsletters, oh my…
Everybody's doing everything everywhere, as YouTube looks to podcasts and Shorts to fuel growth, and publishers start experimenting with alternative newsletter platforms.
OM&HB
20 years of One Man & His Blog
This site has been in continuous publication for two decades. And in that time, the “creator economy” has come full circle.
Journalism
YouTube is the missing ingredient in games coverage
The problem with gaming journalism from mainstream outlets lies in our rejection of video. Plus TikTok’s Canadian woes and more.
Journalism
Building a news oasis in a journalism desert
Plus why we end up with zombie websites, YET MORE Twitter chaos, and the cancelling of Dilbert
Weekend reading — from the serious to the silly
From lessons we should learn from the coverage of Nicola Bulley’s disappearance, to AI copyright, to that weird, mysterious content on TikTok, it’s all here.
SEO
Readers Write: on ChatGPT search, Twitter changes and Mastodon Ice Cubes
Thoughts from the lovely OM&HB community about types of search, the impact of Twitter’s changes — and a freebie Mastodon app.