web publishing

The link controllers really don’t want you tainting their sites with your dirty “links”.

The link controllers aren’t dead — yet Members Public

In the year of our Lord 2024, some websites are still trying to control who links to them.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
open web

The Post-Blogging age Members Public

Chris Cillizza, commenting on the reaction to Andrew Sullivan’s departure from blogging [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2015/01/andrew-sullivan-quits-blogging.html] : > But, again, a blog isn’t any one thing. For me, the idea of a blog — or blogging — that works is reported analysis told through a variety

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Andrew Sullivan

Markdown versus CommonMark: the ambiguity and clarity dilemma Members Public

[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/09/crossroads.jpg] The “standard Markdown” controversy seems to be over and done. I was essentially offline for the weekend, and I came back to find that what was “Standard Markdown” has now become “CommonMark [http://commonmark.org]“, respecting Markdown

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
digital tools

An all-digital emphasis Members Public

Ah, things are getting interesting [http://www.foliomag.com/2011/ziff-davis-enterprise-go-all-digital-2012]: > Ziff Davis Enterprise has launched a new strategy called OmniDigital that will take the company all-digital with emphasis in four keys areas–traditional websites, mobile websites, tablets and digital editions. Revealing, and I think wise, choice of areas.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
digital editions

Metrics begin where journalistic instinct ends Members Public

[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. There’s a good reason for that – back in the print days, we didn’t have much else to go on. Defining what

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
metrics

What Publishers Need To Understand Members Public

One of the commenters on the Tim Luckhurst piece I posted about [https://onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2009/11/the_content_paywall_ostriches.html] earlier hits the nail on the head [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/30/journalism-paywall-johnston-press?showallcomments=true#CommentKey:ecfb61ac-44dd-4e5e-a5b9-7a928e96dc08] : > The model you have of

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Journalism

What Will Media Look Like in Digital Britain? Members Public

Ah, the fuss around Digital Britain is growing, isn’t it? And I don’t just mean the report – I mean how Britain looks in a digital future. Events like a judge giving The Times approval to reveal the identity of an anonymous police blogger [http://www.guardian.co.uk/

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Local News

Entitlement, Page Views and Content Atomisation Members Public

I think, perhaps, that much of this sense of entitlement is rooted in the fact that magazine or newspaper packages conceal the popularity of each item within – people have to buy the whole package, and it’s hard to determine what they read and what they don’t. (Market research

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
content atomisation