Recent posts in my The Observer Category
January 18, 2012
“Steam multiplied muscle, but computers multiply thought” - Sinclair digital literacy rallying cry from 1983
A 1983 advert for Sinclair Computers still rings true as a rallying cry for digital literacy in our schools.
October 12, 2011
Reaction to the Guardian’s Facebook app
It is just over twenty days since we released the Guardian Facebook app. I’ve been engaged with a lot of conversations with people about it on Twitter over the last couple of weeks, and I thought I might put down a few thoughts on the app, and some of the reaction to it.
February 23, 2010
Reader's comments about The Observer relaunch
"Well you seem to have made a lot of people extremely unhappy" - a look through some of the comments left on Observer editor John Mulholland's blog post about the recent redesign of the Sunday print edition of the paper.
February 22, 2010
The Observer relaunch - my first impressions
The Observer relaunched at the weekend with a new magazine and 'The New Review'. Here are some of the things that caught my eye in the new format.
August 27, 2009
"And on the seventh day..." - Sunday newspaper branding highlighted at Summer Sundae
The goodie bag we were given at the Summer Sundae festival, featuring The Observer newspaper but Guardian branded merchandise, reminded me how odd I find the historic commandment that on the seventh day, newspapers shall be known by a different name.
