instapaper
Itās that time of the year when some of the social services you use start sending you stats. The one I got from Pocket ā a āsave and read it laterā service ā was actually quite eye-openingā¦ 852,713 words! Thatās a fair few books right there ā and thatās
Blogging
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/05/berlin-desk.jpg] There are many rewards to blogging, but itās easy to get distracted by the easy one. Big numbers are a big distraction. My post on citizen journalism [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2013/05/citizen-journalism-bunkum.html]
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/05/Katy-b2bhuddle.jpg] Katy Howell, CEO, Immediate Future How do you concentrate your content? Itās pretty clear we need to think about social content with purpose. Social media is a business channel ā but there are some big players in
conferences
So, what did I learn at [this yearās Like Minds](http://wearelikeminds.com/events/exeter), other than lying around doing absolutely nothing on a Sunday (other than a trip to the tip. Oh, and to Waitroseā¦) is a good and necessary thing sometimes?Well, this was, [as previously noted]
metrics
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2011/10/rethinking.jpg] I have a theory that we place too much importance on instinct in journalism. Thereās a good reason for that ā back in the print days, we didnāt have much else to go on. Defining what
metrics
 Fascinating how social media has come to dominate web use ā and how the old āporn drives web innovationā maxim is clearly no longer true.More cogent [analysis at
Android
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2011/09/iphone.jpg] Based on recent work: - There are an awful lot of high priest of cults masquerading as scientists in this space - Some companies price their offering solely based on how little their potential customers know -
hyper-local
That graph is the rather stunning [traffic impact of the London Riots on the Brockley Central blog](http://brockleycentral.blogspot.com/2011/08/riot-urls.html):> The London riots sent traffic through the roof, with 35,000 visitors on the Monday, when riots in Lewisham took place and 45,000
NEXT11
Warning: Liveblogging. Here be inaccuracy, errors and typos Pablo Metz [http://www.mbr-research.eu/] How similar are the Union Flag and the Tricolore? Both flagsā¦ Bike and a ball? Not very. Expcept, theyāre both things people buy for their kids. This is the problem data has right now. Measurable
Andrew Sullivan
Interesting graph from Andrew Sullivan as part of a post on journalism 2.0 [http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/05/digital-dollars.html]: [](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2011/
editorial strategy
Catching up on my RSS feeds after my holiday, I came across this post in Jeff Jarvisās blog [http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/buzzmachine/~3/jShRrij4lsg/]. One bullet point in particular struck me: > *** Some readers are not worth saving.** One newspaper killed its stock tables, saved $1 million,
aggregation
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/10/5122993838_de050e6767_o.jpg] The publishing immersive at the Like Minds conference in Exeter, hosted by Andrew Davies of [Idio](http://idioplatform.com/), is packed out. Itās literally standing room only, as weāve stolen all the seats
