December 2009
26 posts
The London Weekly launches website →
An all-new low for the London press. This is perhaps the weakest news website I’ve ever seen. Leaving the low-res pixelated images for a moment, couldn’t they at least run it through spell check? Can’t wait for the print edition.
Three UK papers join Google's Fast Flip →
Michael Caine on Desert Island Discs →
“BBC radio seeks new comedy writers as topical show Newsjack returns...”
– chortle
From a ‘Merry Christmas’ email that was sent to me today in German, which I then put through Google Translate:
“Our good intention for 2010 to break: Next striking digital lances for your business success!”
Possible life choice no. 153 — PhD on tactical options in future space combat.
The Onion: Evolution going great, says Trilobite →
Nicely shot HDR gallery of NYC →
I have updated my CV. Any advice about ways to improve it will be grimly tolerated and ultimately acted upon with a due sense of dread and unease.
The Circle Line is not a Circle anymore →
BBC: Afghanistan and United States to clash at World Twenty20 cricket qualifier.
Good to see the Americans back in the fold.
Andrew WK's former life of fraud and disaster →
Valley Insider: 1,100 AOLers took the buyout →
Housekeeping Note: I’ve archived my old posts. Starting fresh here.
Frightened Rabbit — Swim Until You...
michaelpventura:
Unbelievable. And sad. RT @donnamairoldi: Nielsen shutters Editor & Publisher and Kirkus. http://bit.ly/5NTCZ3
A great shame, agreed. But not unbelievable. When I lived in New York I very nearly took an internship at E&P, where I was told they had a great new strategy for the web. Today their website is virtually identical to the way it was then. In this time of...
Engadget: please, please don't buy me an Actoid →
Gawker: MTA millions short on budget again →
BBC: world's first 4G network launched →
New Yorker: Best of the internet 2009? →
Guardian: US newspapers joust over 'anti-Obama'... →
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As the channel manager and editor for Asylum, AOL’s online magazine for men, I have recruited and managed a team of 15 editors and writers in four countries, and taken ultimate responsibility for the content and performance of our sites in France (fr.asylum.com), Germany (de.asylum.com) and the UK (asylum.co.uk),...