bloggishness

I'm a what, now?

July 11, 2005

Best description of my 'type'. Ever.

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A couple of Really Good Blogs

May 10, 2005

Here's a couple of really good blogs for you. First, Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad Is Good For You, a book I haven't read because it's not out here til the end of the month but which looks like a great read if the reviews are anything to go by. His blog is immediately […]

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Spread the cash, er, I mean love

May 8, 2005

My good friend Mooc, or Michael O'Connor Clarke as he's also know, (and yes, I know that should spell MOCC, but MOOC suits him better), is looking for a job. If you know anyone who wants to hire a flack, please consider Mooc. I can attest to his infinite knowledge of flacking, his good character, […]

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Blogging survey

May 6, 2005

Mark Brady, a PhD student at the University of Essex and a friend of mine, is doing some research into blogging. He's put together an online questionnaire to gather some basic data, so if you have 20 minutes to spare, please do pop over and fill it out for him.

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Insights

May 4, 2005

Vince often has good insights into stuff, and this time is no exception. He talks how we're not really designed for complex conversation, and then he talks about waiting for phone calls that never come. On which note I'm going to go ring him and see if he's in.

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Help for a friend

April 30, 2005

My good friend Jeremy lost his laptop this week, after his two year old son poured water in it because it 'looked thirsty'. With it goes his HDD and all the data on it, including the latest chapters of the book he's been writing. Like me, Jeremy is self-employed and relies on his computer for […]

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Something up with RSS

March 15, 2005

It seems that something has gone awry with Blogware's RSS feed generation, resulting in my feed producing nothing but empty posts. This must be irritating for those of you who read me in your aggregators, so sorry about that. There's not much I can do about it except wait and see how long it takes […]

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The power of a big link

February 28, 2005

One of the blogs that I contribute to, HeardSaid, got happily pummelled yesterday when Jason Kottke linked to it. That's kinda cool. Usually we don't get so many visitors over there, despite once having been mentioned on the Guardian blog. It's a silly, fun blog, but a frustrating one as I usually remember stupid bits […]

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Said to a friend

February 9, 2005

On discussing the best way to apologise to a friend, and then ameliorate contrite puppy feelings via consumption of alcohol, a friend of mine was given this advice: “Remember – chocolates first, then vodka. Just like the blog name” Tee hee! Tickled pink!

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The Fall and Fall of Journalism – an LSE debate

February 7, 2005

The London School of Economics has invited me to take part in a panel debate called The Fall and Fall of Journalism on Monday 28 February, at 6.30pm (tickets £8): A panel of speakers will debate whether the traditional role of journalists is being usurped by simply anyone who has access to a digital camera, […]

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I was tagged and had to answer

February 4, 2005

AccordionGuy tagged me… 1. Total amount of music files on your computer? 14.0 gb, but I haven't finished ripping yet. 2. The CD you last bought is: Duran Duran – Astronaut (special edition with DVD 🙂 ) 3. What is the song you last listened to before reading this message? Kaiser Chiefs – Oh My […]

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State of the blog

February 2, 2005

According to Blogware's server stats, Chocolate and Vodka passed the 100,000 page views/month milestone at the end of January, with a whole 102,442 pages viewed. Yay me. I guess that most of the 72,116 'distinct hosts served' were spiders and bots, but I think one or two real people might have slipped through. More fool […]

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Another set of blog awards I haven't been nominated for

January 30, 2005

The Satin Pajama Awards. I think I could turn this into a series.

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Tom on the radio

January 12, 2005

My good friend Tom was on the radio, in a discussion about bloggers who blog about work. You can listen to it in the BBC Radio Scotland archives – but click this link before Monday when the archive refreshes. Tom did a grand job defending the blogosphere in general and himself against the accusation of […]

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StainedBeauty

January 9, 2005

It is with no little delight that I would like to introduce you all to Kate, who has started blogging over at StainedBeauty. Kate's been a very good friend of mine for quite a few years now and I'm feeling very smug that I have finally managed to find a good reason for her to […]

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