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	<title>Craig McGill: Cluttered Desk</title>
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	<description>He writes books and articles, he advises on PR and media, he tries to have a life. No wonder Craig McGill has a cluttered desk...</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Twitter SMS Users Outrage, Twitter Using Drug Dealer Economic Model?</title>
		<link>http://craig-mcgill.com/2008/08/14/twitter-sms-users-outrage-twitter-using-drug-dealer-economic-model/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[PR]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[That slightly popular communication service Twitter has announced changes to their SMS policy.
The main one is that Twitter is no longer delivering outbound SMS over their UK number of +44 762 480 1423. You can still update via the number but updates won&#8217;t be sent on via SMS.
Now the reason for this given is that [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Twitter SMS Users Outrage, Twitter Using Drug Dealer Economic Model?", url: "http://craig-mcgill.com/2008/08/14/twitter-sms-users-outrage-twitter-using-drug-dealer-economic-model/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Oh yes, still got it. Tom Baker in Doctor Who.</title>
		<link>http://craig-mcgill.com/2008/08/12/oh-yes-still-got-it-tom-baker-in-doctor-who/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[WTF?]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[David Tennant]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Doctor Who]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You may scoff, but I - and Rich Johnston (to give him his place) have it on rather good authority that Tom Baker will be in Doctor Who in 2010. I&#8217;m so confident about this, I did a piece for The Sun (see the PDF below).
And you may scoff, but may I remind you who [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Oh yes, still got it. Tom Baker in Doctor Who.", url: "http://craig-mcgill.com/2008/08/12/oh-yes-still-got-it-tom-baker-in-doctor-who/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Nokia N95 as a reporting/PR tool at T in the Park</title>
		<link>http://craig-mcgill.com/2008/08/04/nokia-n95-as-a-reportingpr-tool-at-t-in-the-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[PR]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[T in the Park 2008]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tweets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[3G]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Amy Winehouse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Flickr]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[N95]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nokia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Primal Scream]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[T in the Park]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was up at T in the Park last month, helping out the Scottish Sun lads cover a few of the acts and I thought that it might give me a chance to properly evaluate Nokia&#8217;s N95 (the original, not the 8GB) as a tool for covering events.
I know Reuters had a fantastic kit for [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Nokia N95 as a reporting/PR tool at T in the Park", url: "http://craig-mcgill.com/2008/08/04/nokia-n95-as-a-reportingpr-tool-at-t-in-the-park/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>And the Scottish Press Shows Why It&#8217;s Probably Fecked</title>
		<link>http://craig-mcgill.com/2008/08/04/and-the-scottish-press-shows-why-its-probably-fecked/</link>
		<comments>http://craig-mcgill.com/2008/08/04/and-the-scottish-press-shows-why-its-probably-fecked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[columnists]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[newspapers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brian McNair, a professor of Journalism and Communication at the University of Strathclyde, has crafted a decent piece over at AllMediaScotland where he points out a few of the problems facing the future of Scottish press.
But this Sunday Herald article showed another one - some journalists aren&#8217;t taking it seriously.
(As a two-par aside, I&#8217;ve often [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "And the Scottish Press Shows Why It&#8217;s Probably Fecked", url: "http://craig-mcgill.com/2008/08/04/and-the-scottish-press-shows-why-its-probably-fecked/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Were Newspaper Columnists the Original Trolls?</title>
		<link>http://craig-mcgill.com/2008/08/04/were-newspaper-columnists-the-original-trolls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[newspaper columnists]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trolls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No, I don&#8217;t mean they look like trolls - though one or two certainly fit the bill - but I was considering the article in the Sunday Herald about columnists and online responses and it reminded me of something I had considered a while ago: is there much difference between trolls and a columnist?
Trolls write [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Were Newspaper Columnists the Original Trolls?", url: "http://craig-mcgill.com/2008/08/04/were-newspaper-columnists-the-original-trolls/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>NASA shows the best use for Twitter yet</title>
		<link>http://craig-mcgill.com/2008/08/01/nasa-shows-the-best-use-for-twitter-yet/</link>
		<comments>http://craig-mcgill.com/2008/08/01/nasa-shows-the-best-use-for-twitter-yet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tweets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mars Phoenix]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[NASA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(bit of a space theme this week)
I know there are those, like Iain Hepburn, who doubt the use of Twitter as a news outlet (I, for one, think it is incredibly underused as a news outlet for posting live updates to events and so on - and I&#8217;ve used it for the likes of T [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "NASA shows the best use for Twitter yet", url: "http://craig-mcgill.com/2008/08/01/nasa-shows-the-best-use-for-twitter-yet/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Death of newspapers means the death of local shops?</title>
		<link>http://craig-mcgill.com/2008/07/30/death-of-newspapers-means-the-death-of-local-shops/</link>
		<comments>http://craig-mcgill.com/2008/07/30/death-of-newspapers-means-the-death-of-local-shops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[newspapers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Local Retailer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[social fabric]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[And there&#8217;s everyone worrying about journalists. Turns out the death of newspapers (TM) may have a bigger impact than expected.
An article in the latest Scottish Local Retailer (go to page 24) and there it shows that news is the biggest seller for local retailers.
The article also lists the most common items people buy when they [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Death of newspapers means the death of local shops?", url: "http://craig-mcgill.com/2008/07/30/death-of-newspapers-means-the-death-of-local-shops/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>NASA Gives the World Space</title>
		<link>http://craig-mcgill.com/2008/07/26/nasa-gives-the-world-space/</link>
		<comments>http://craig-mcgill.com/2008/07/26/nasa-gives-the-world-space/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Love it. NASA has opened up their space images library.
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		<title>Labour on Glasgow East result - snp win</title>
		<link>http://craig-mcgill.com/2008/07/24/labour-on-glasgow-east-result-snp-win/</link>
		<comments>http://craig-mcgill.com/2008/07/24/labour-on-glasgow-east-result-snp-win/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[glasgow east byelection]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[snp]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[i&#8217;m told from a very good source that glasgow city council boss steven purcell believes that the snp have won the glasgow east byelection or that it may just go to a recount.
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		<title>The Joys of SEO</title>
		<link>http://craig-mcgill.com/2008/07/21/the-joys-of-seo/</link>
		<comments>http://craig-mcgill.com/2008/07/21/the-joys-of-seo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[fanfic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Guardian]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Neil McIntosh]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sex]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Shane Richmond]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[slashfic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Telegraph]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[women's car insurance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(There really deserves to be a bigger, harder, longer pun in this one, but I&#8217;m hard pushed for time and this keyboard is really stiff)
Neil McIntosh has been blogging about recent reports on Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) - and there&#8217;s an article by Shane Richmond in The Telegraph and not one, but two hilarious Guardian [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Joys of SEO", url: "http://craig-mcgill.com/2008/07/21/the-joys-of-seo/" });</script>]]></description>
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