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The agony of the short-distance writer

Despite having spent most of my life writing words for websites (and project proposals, that sort of thing), and having had two jobs with the word “Editor” in the title, I’ve never really considered myself a writer.
Recently, I was asked to write a short article for Ariel, the BBC’s internal corporate newspaper. On a [...]

I’m still in the Welsh Blog Awards?

Despite having left Wales a month ago, I still seem to be in the running for the utterly unprestigious Welsh Blog Awards.
Without having done any campaigning whatsoever, I appear to be the lead contender for Best Media Blog and Best Eclectic Blog (whatever that means) - both against two leading Welsh-language blogs who are much [...]

Vote For Me! (redux)

Apparently, that much-anticipated event in the Welsh blogging calendar is here again, and it’s time to vote for me (for the last time!) in the Welsh Blog Awards.
I’m up for Best Media Blog, Best Specialist Blog and Best Eclectic Blog, apparently. And all you have to do is email the awards organiser. Which is [...]

David Tennant 2.0

In case you hadn’t noticed, the BBC have started putting up official video clips and diaries onto YouTube. So far, not particularly Web 2.0 - but the two video diaries they have put up there from (completely coincidentally) Doctor Who - shows how you *can* almost make a Media 1.0 product fit within a Web [...]

Andrew Collins blogs!!!

Andrew Collins is one of those people who manages to make you realise just what a professional failure you are.
While I sit here panicing about the car tax that’s not renewing itself and the dust that just won’t leave my flat, musing on fanciful notions of future careers while barely remembering to make some coffee [...]