politics Cummings and goings Two years ago, Dominic Cummings' blog went silent — at the request of the Prime Minister. Now, he's giving us insights into the workings of government again via Substack — but with an agenda. Adam Tinworth Jan 19, 2022 5 min read
blogging Premature Blogging Death Notice #357 Why do people keep trying to declare that blogging is dead? Adam Tinworth Oct 12, 2021 1 min read
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. Adam Tinworth Nov 12, 2020 2 min read
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. Adam Tinworth Oct 5, 2020 6 min read
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. Adam Tinworth Jan 7, 2020 7 min read
euan semple Euan Semple's Obvious move back to blogging Friend-of-the-blog Euan Semple is refocusing on blogging. Good timing. Adam Tinworth Oct 21, 2019 1 min read
blogging Carry on blogging Why I still labour at the largely-deserted blogface Adam Tinworth Sep 4, 2019 1 min read
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. Adam Tinworth Jun 7, 2019 1 min read
newsletters Newsletters versus blogs Should you abandon your blog and just write a newsletter instead? Adam Tinworth Feb 19, 2019 2 min read
blogging Build that web Lloyd is blogging again - and here’s why. Adam Tinworth Nov 19, 2018 1 min read
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. Adam Tinworth Aug 20, 2018 3 min read
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. Adam Tinworth May 21, 2018 1 min read
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. Adam Tinworth May 15, 2018 1 min read
Twitter Let's kick the Tweetstorm habit Why do we give Twitter our most valuable thoughts? Adam Tinworth May 14, 2018 1 min read
blog platforms Is Medium aiming to be the Facebook of long-form writing? Adam Tinworth Feb 26, 2018 1 min read
affiliate marketing Mattress review sites are a nightmare of affiliate links and court battles Adam Tinworth Oct 17, 2017 2 min read