Archive for the 'Blogging' Category
My bible and prayer book
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009As I said last year, The Media Contacts Directory proved quite useful to me for a variety of reasons. I’ve been sent another copy of it and I’m sure the latest edition will fulfil a similar function in 2009 but I get the feeling the ‘Experts 2009′ booklet that came with it will prove far […]
Blog stats for 2008
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008More for my own curiosity than anyone else’s - here are some stats from this blog for 2008:
According to Wordpress the blog currently has 577 posts, 95 of which were published in 2008 (compared to 154 in 2007).
According to StatCounter the blog had around 21,700 unique visitors in 2008, compared to 16,500 in 2007.
The […]
Ten things I learned in 2008
Wednesday, December 31st, 20081) TV3 aren’t so disinterested in current affairs after all. Nightly News with Vincent Browne may not be all its press release promised but it does show a little bit of enthusiasm within the commercial broadcaster to do more than the absolute bare minimum when it comes to news.
2) Come hell or high scandal, Bertie […]
Michael O’Toole starts blogging
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008The Irish Daily Star’s crime correspondent, Michael O’Toole, has started blogging and has kicked off with a hell of an introductory post.
Assuming Michael keeps his promise of explaining why crime reporting is “the most interesting, the most frightening, the most exciting, the most rewarding and most challenging of jobs” the blog should provide plenty of […]
Market Bite of Bluetooth (Business & Finance, 25th Sept. - 8th Oct. 2008)
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008I know I’ve been a bit of a bad landlord of late, only turning up when there’s rent to be collected (or in my case, articles to be plugged) but for those of you not yet disgusted by my shameless abuse of the blogging format lately, here’s some more self-promotion on my part.
The latest issue […]
Missing the point on the pointlessness of buying blog buzz
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008Valleywag rarely misses an opportunity to take a swipe at Robert Scoble but its managing editor, Owen Thomas, seems to have let his (somewhat understandable, to be frank) dislike for the blogger cloud his logic in a recent piece posted on the site.
The article, entitled “Mythbusting: Why sponsoring bloggers is a waste of money”, points […]
Sunday Tribune’s website get a facelift
Monday, June 16th, 2008The Sunday Tribune’s website has gotten a much-needed overhaul having had one of the worst web-presences in Ireland for some time now.
The new site features RSS feeds, comments, an archive dating back to 2000 and a breaking news service (not sure if this is in-house or taken from an existing news/wire service) - all of […]
My bible(s)
Thursday, March 6th, 2008I recently came into possession of two books/directories - one I bought and one that was given to me - which have quickly become equivalent to my Old and New Testament of Journalism.
First up, I forked out something like €26 for the latest Nealon’s Guide, which goes into great detail on the last Irish general […]
Firefox Firsts
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008This isn’t the kind of thing I normally do on the blog but what the hell, let’s see if this takes off (and passes some time).
When you start typing a web address into Firefox a list of addresses you’ve previously visited pops up to assist you, organised according to how often you visit them. (The […]
The Irish Blog Awards 2008 - My recap
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008A belated congratulations to all the winners at this year’s Irish Blog Awards - and congratulations to Damien and his team of elves for the excellent show they put on.
Over the course of the night I got the impression of a community that was far more sure of itself than before; as well as more […]
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