Free Post independent publishing 17 years as a media artisan Isabella Roughol has come up with the perfect name for what I’ve been doing for nearly two decades.
Free Post polarisation Twitter, death threats and civility: rethinking journalism on social media The platforms undoubtedly need to do more to deal with the toxic environment on social media. But it's worth considering our own role in stoking that febrile atmosphere.
Free Post politics Dominic Cummings’ blogpost, direct dialogue and its threat to mainstream political journalism The Prime Minster's Chief Special Advisor outlined a new vision for the civil service in a blogpost — and with it, a new way of communicating policy, in way we need to pay attention to.
Free Post euan semple Euan Semple's Obvious move back to blogging Friend-of-the-blog Euan Semple is refocusing on blogging. Good timing.
Free Post blogging It's 2019, and you still need to own your content Beware the roach motels of the platforms - if content is your business, you still need to own and publish it yourself.
Free Post newsletters Newsletters versus blogs Should you abandon your blog and just write a newsletter instead?
Free Post freshness Recency is killing the web - and we'll all lose if that happens Our obsession with organising everything around the latest content may be destroying the greatest value the web holds.
Free Post livejournal Even George RR Martin has left Livejournal The last big user of the first platform I used has quit: Livejournal is not what it used to be.
Free Post blogs The man who coined the word "blog" has been blogging for 20 years Peter Merholtz, who first split "weblog" into "we blog", has been at the blogface for two decades.
Free Post adam tinworth Happy 15th Birthday to One Man & His Blog 15 years ago, most likely at his desk at Estates Gazette‘s then Wardour Street offices, a frustrated journalist opened Blogger in his web browser. He came up with a
Free Post blog platforms Is Medium aiming to be the Facebook of long-form writing? Stowe Boyd has some serious questions about the future of Medium: And what about Medium? Are we better off because of Medium’s mechanisms to suggest to us what to
Free Post blogging Blogs are digital thought spaces Om Malik: When relaxing in the sun this past weekend, I realized that my original blog was my thought space, and that is why it resonated with my community. Among
