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Reasons For My Silence #1: Calling a Plug a Plug Members Public

Blogging’s been a bit erratic around here of late for a number of reasons. High amongst those is that a lot of what I want to blog about is my job. Now, there’s no inherent problem with that — my employers are pretty good about that sort of thing

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
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How Blogs Are Born Members Public

Werewolves would win. They regenerate. Robots just get torn apart. [via Tango in her Eyes [http://tangoinhereyes.blogspot.com/2007/07/how-blogs-are-born.html])

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
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New To The Blogroll: Words Dept Members Public

One of my former colleagues from Estates Gazette has started his own blog: Words Dept. [http://www.wordsdept.co.uk/] Mr Quinn always fell into the category of “annoyingly talented”, so I’m looking forward to seeing what he does with his brand, spanking new WordPress blog. It should be

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
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What Is A Blog? Members Public

I’m fighting a losing battle. To me, a blog is a frequently updated website, with a characteristic reverse chronological style and plenty of oppotunities for interaction. It is short for “weblog”. In my day to day work, aiding and abetting blogging journalists, and as I read around blogs in

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
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Blogging is like sex: the more you do it, the better it gets Members Public

Kevin Marks Anderson (sorry, it’s been a long old week) has a right old go at how bad some journalists are over on Strange Attractor in a piece titled Blogging is like sex [http://strange.corante.com/archives/2007/06/08/blogging_is_like_sex.php]: > “The bottom

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
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Movable Type 4 goes beta - and open source Members Public

What a great morning for news. I’ve been using Movable Type since version 2 back in 2003 and, despite some flirtations with WordPress, I’ve stayed pretty loyal. I’m now a professional user of it at work as well, as most of RBI’s blogs are run on

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
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Political Parties Grow Netroots Members Public

There’s a nice piece over on The Telegraph’s (journalist) blogs where Robert Colvile discusses how the Left in the US and the Right in the UK have used the internet and blogs in particular to reshape the political debate [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/ukcorrespondents/thewhyoftheworld/may07/bloggerswithrightstuff.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
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My Telegraph Is Live Members Public

Well, a couple of hours earlier that Shane trailed, My Telegraph [http://my.telegraph.co.uk] is live. My My Telegraph is already up [http://my.telegraph.co.uk/Adam], with one initial erudite post on it: [https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2007/05/AdamonMyTelegraph.png]

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
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