Journalism and politics are inescapably inter-twined.
cartooning
There’s been a growing consensus online that Charlie Hebdo [http://www.charliehebdo.fr/index.html] is a “racist” magazine. In fact, I’ve ended up in a couple of online skirmishes with people because of their insistence that use of #jesuischarlie was tantamount to identifying positively with racists. I
charlie hebdo
Alan Patrick [http://www.broadstuff.com/archives/2840-The-game-theory-of-Je-Suis-Charlie.html] : > One can actually measure just how much any media outlet is “je suis” Charlie. There is an arcane part of game theory that looks at the actions people take to prove how strongly they support a proposition, idea or movement.
charlie hebdo
Satire is a wonderful part of our political debate. Satire is an under-appreciated part of journalism. Satirical websites and magazines are a celebration of what it means to be human, and a powerful tool to undermine those who would control us. No wonder people want to destroy it [http://www.
drone
A LeWeb session on drones, curated by Mr Robert Scoble [https://www.facebook.com/RobertScoble]. Robert Scoble Robert loosely puts drones in three categories: * Toys – and other things you’ll chase your cat with * Professional drones – made to carry cameras and other payloads. * B2B drones – soil analysers for farmers, architectural
culture
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/12/matthias-lufkens.jpg] Liveblogged notes from Matthias Lüfkens’ talk at LeWeb 2014 There are now hundreds of accounts of political leaders and foreign ministers on Twitter. Very few world leaders actually do the tweeting themselves. Those that do are normally
leweb
The inventor of the web has some serious concerns about its future — and some amazing tales about its past.
gamergate
I thought that yesterday’s brief post on #gamergate [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2014/10/obligatory_gamergate_post.html] would be all I had to say on the subject – but two really interesting posts caught my attention, that I want to bring to yours. First up, some serious data
Politics
Somewhere between 20 and 30 years ago, a skinny teenager who had finally outgrown his puppy fat sat watching TV in his front room in a small Scottish town. He was probably with his younger brother, and was almost certainly reading – until he heard the BBC children’s presenters wish
net neturality
Lots of protesting going on around the internets today. Here’s an explanation: The Guardian has more depth on the fight for Net Neutrality [http://www.theguardian.com/media-network/media-network-blog/2014/sep/10/internet-slowdown-net-neutrality-reddit-mozilla-netflix] .
censorship
It’s for your protection. You don’t want to be dirty [http://www.departmentofdirty.co.uk], do you?
Europe
Y’know, I don’t often “do” politics on here, but some occasions just call for it [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aad578e8-e463-11e3-a73a-00144feabdc0.html?siteedition=uk#axzz32oAVZoMy] : > The UK Independence party and France’s far-right Front National stormed to victory in European elections on Sunday night, as
online identity
Many of you will have seen something like this when you visit my blog today: [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/02/fight-back-2-3519.html] And I’m far from alone. Here’s Antony Mayfield’s blog [http://www.antonymayfield.com/2014/02/11/against-mass-surveillance-what-will-you-do-today/] : [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/