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Re: Hard News Journalism

Martin Belam — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:13:48 -0000

That isn't funny enough..

Re: Slacker, the real iPod killer?

Martin Belam — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:44:54 -0000

So basically it is the same as the Vodafone RadioDJ 3G streaming personalised radio stations, except that I have to carry an extra device around with me as well as my phone?

Re: Dialup sucks

Martin Belam — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:36:37 -0000

Dial-up only eh? You should try living for a year trying to be a new media geek with only sparodic internet access. I agree with you about it being a warning when feeling evangelical. It is all too easy to fall into the trap of thinking that the social revolution of the internet is the be-all and end-all of modern society, whilst forgetting that a lot of people have no interest in or feel they have no need for Twitter / YouTube / LinkedIn etc

Re: BBC News: MPs call on BBC to open accounts

Martin Belam — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:41:12 -0000

Coming from the same people who want to exempt themselves from the FOI act that is pretty funny :-)

Re: Independent on Sunday: The papers would blush but anything goes on their websites

Martin Belam — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:49:14 -0000

Actually, at the end of the fifth para graph it does now say in brackets (The Independent made its debut in the ABCs with six million readers.)

Re: Short posts are where it’s at

Martin Belam — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:23:39 -0000

Personally, I'm inclined to think that it is Joanna's subject matter that provokes the discussion, not her brevity. But then, as someone who regularly writes blog posts that are 1,500+ words long, I would say that, wouldn't I ;-)