Competition is good. For far too long WordPress has had too little competition as a blogging platform. This is no knock on WordPress: I’m a big fan. But competition drives innovation, and I’m always keen to see new…
Brighton
A collection of 19 posts
Burger bites journalist
I’m not entirely sure if this is journalists going above and beyond the call of duty, or just bloody stupid: Assistant news editor Arron Hendy, and trainee reporter Ruari Barratt were taken by ambulance to the Royal Sussex County…
The Embers of One Man's Day
What do we have here? A video promoting a piece of software called Ember, starring me (and completely scene-stolen by my daughter): This all came about at the last TEDxBrighton. Thibault – whom I’d first met when he was working…
Brighton's digerati: understanding the media continuum
It was lovely to see the Brighton digital sector highlighted in The Observer a week ago. With all the fuss about Tech City, interesting online stuff happening elsewhere is all-too-often forgotten. But what was really nice was to see the…
Ignorance of tech is not an excuse, journalists
Some things just bring out my inner sub-editor. Take, for example, this tweet: Also according to @brightonargus I uploaded a 'snatch' to my 'blogsite'… http://t.co/2b5taNjiY1 LOL— Beth Granter (@bethgranter) January 13, 2014 No, they couldn’t have…
TEDxBrighton 2013 is go!
TEDxBrighton 2013 – brought to you by the same team as last year’s successful event – is go. The theme is “Pass it On“, the first speakers have been announced, and you can apply for tickets now. Hope to see you…
Speaking: Brighton Content Strategy Meetup
I’m speaking tonight at the Brighton Content Strategy Meetup, on all things multichannel, and why your iPad doesn’t give a damn about your content strategy. I’d invite you to come along, but, uh, the event is sold…
Spring comes to Brighton, at last
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