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Guardian boss: PRs need to learn to pitch by Twitter
Like many journalists, The Guardian’s tech editor Charles Arthur deals with a lot of enquiries and press releases coming from PR operators – some of them relevant, many of them not. But in an effort to try and make PRs be more concise with him, he’s decided to take it to Twitter. He’s removed his
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The internet says I like to dress as a pigtailed sporty teen girl…
Thanks to Stuart Bruce, I found Typealyzer which looks at your blog or web address and says what kind of person you are. Now Stuart is apparently a scientist – intellectually curious and daring, but might be physically hesitant to try new things – so I thought I’d have a go and see what it
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Watchmen creator Dave Gibbons on Doctor Who
Managed to catch up with the always-sociable and chatty Dave Gibbons, co-creator of Watchmen at the weekend and spoke about the book, the film and his other work, including Doctor Who. It was a nice chance to say hi – I first met Dave a few years ago at the outrageously funny Hypotheticals panel co-run
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The Wire comes to BBC – good news and awful news
David Simon’s excellent TV show The Wire (no link there as every one I could find leads to potential spoilers) has been picked up by the BBC according to reports and I’m happy but sad too as this show has some rabid fans. It is good news – it is an incredible piece of TV
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The Register nails it with Cyburbia Interview
A great read over at The Register is Andrew Orlowski‘s interview with James Harkin, who has brought out a new book called Cyburbia (website for book here). It’s a refreshing and sober look at not only web2.0 but the people behind it. The interview is full of great quotes – and there’s a piece of