I've been guest-blogging this week over at the BBC's new BBC Internet Blog.
December 15th is the official birthday of the BBC's web services - although, rather like the Queen's official birthday, it seems a slightly arbitrary date. There is, of course, plenty of evidence of prior art.
So far three of my articles have been published on the blog - sticking to topics that regular visitors here will be familiar with. The first was an overview of ten years of Doctor Who on the web, and the next posts were a two part look at the development of the BBC's search engine - something which, in the olden days of 2003, this blog used to be amost entirely devoted to.
There should be more to come either later this week or next.
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I'll be appearing on a panel with Sarah Hartley and Iain Hepburn at the Edinburgh International Science Festival on Sunday April 11th. More details...
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Day of the Triffids
If everyone suddenly went blind, how long would the Internet survive, and could you still publish news on it?
With professionals of this quality, who needs 'citizen journalist' enemies?
It is hard to argue that ethics and quality set the 'professional journalist' apart from the amateur blogger, if the 'professional' keeps publishing articles so wrong that they have to be deleted.
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I owe a pint to whichever public-spirited individual remembered to put that owl on the page headers.
John. Thanks. That was my v.fine colleague Alan Connor.
He'll be in touch to claim his pint. Do i get one tool because I *let* him keep the owl up there in the right hand corner ;)
Watch out for more obscure "homages" to our distant glorious geeky BBC past in the all new BBC homepage...coming soon i hear.
Timothy Taylor's Landlord, please.