Publishing

Article — 30 December 2022 — 1,261 words

20 years of blogging

Today marks the 20th anniversary of my first blog post. Blogging is important to me, but it has seen many changes. The online publishing ecosystem is having a moment right now. So what’s next?

Article — 12 July 2018 — 822 words

The web’s bloated middle

Media — Web

Website publishers have been incentivised to do exactly the opposite of what could have made the web so great.

Article — 29 March 2018 — 1,984 words

The media also has lessons to learn from the latest Facebook furore

Media — Politics — Technology

I am no fan of Facebook. But I am less than impressed with the media’s coverage of Facebook as well.

Article — 25 January 2017 — 650 words

Why people are losing trust in the media — and advertisers

Digital — Digital design digest — Media — User experience

Why people are losing trust in the media and advertisers, why ugly websites succeed, and why it’s time to ditch PDFs.

Article — 17 May 2016 — 1,303 words

Protecting the web as a democratic medium

Web

Why are writers publishing their content to platforms like Medium when it threatens to undermine the do-it-yourself culture that made the web great?