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.
magazines
Loaded and the gonzo early days of the Lads Mags
In 1994, Loaded kickstarted a men's magazine revolution. It also helped shape how I see journalism.
newsletters
What is a newsletter?
Rethinking how we conceptualise newsletters, why you should ignore the podcast doom-mongers and more in today’s updates.
Social pay to play is coming
It appears that Elon Musk really is a social media thought leader, as Mark Zuckerberg is borrowing one of his monetisation ideas… Plus, a look at the post-Google Analytics world.
X (Twitter)
Why the Twitter road crash is more serious than you think
Plus the growing evidence that AI chat search is far from ready for prime time, and some great reads on both how ChatGPT actually works and what’s behind “hot, lonely women” catfishing scams