links for 2010-10-11

"The moral of the story: if it’s broken, fix it"

"Reading Dylan’s disappointment, as he realises the Spirograph is just not as tolerant a device as the cover of the box suggests, I felt that same feeling in my gut; the same feeling I felt at six or seven, realised all my efforts with my Etch A Sketch were doomed to being rubbish. Interesting, but broken".

"A new study by WiJ found that just one in 25 newspaper articles about young people actually quotes a young person (in 2005, the figure was one in 10). Unsurprisingly, just 6% of boys surveyed say newspapers portray them positively; whereas 44% say reality TV shows them in a good light."

Typical free-flowing "rant" from Rick, but his central point, that untypically Andrew Marr came across as rather thoughtless and ignorant on the issue, is a good one. You can't judge the whole blogosphere just because one of the most prominent political bloggers is particularly odious...  ;-)

I know puntastic headline writing is a clever artform, but honestly, if it does nothing for your target market in print, and nothing for anyone glancing at headlines on mobile devices, or the web, or for Google, then what is the point apart from showing off?