Tag Archives: blogging
A for-publishers stack and the symmetry of globalisation
Journalism as the fourth estate has been noticeably empowered in the Information Age, with technologies like the WWW, broadband connectivity and smartphones in (almost) everyone’s pockets. However, the opportunities to responsibly exercise the resulting power have been coming at a … Continue reading
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Tagged apps, blogging, Chrome, discoverability, Google, infrastructure, online journalism, Pocket, tech stack, WordPress, WWW
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Blogging with Gitlab
About a week ago, I figured out how to use Hugo, first with Caddy and then with Dropbox and Gitlab. Hugo + Gitlab in particular is an amazing combo because it’s so easy to set up and run with: Create an account on Gitlab … Continue reading
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Reneging on an old promise
I’ve activated WordAds to capitalise on some traffic and help pay for an upgrade that I think my blog deserves. Continue reading
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‘Infinite in All Directions’, a science newsletter
The idea for the newsletter is a derivative of a reading challenge a friend proposed: wherein a group of us would recommend books for each other to read, especially titles that we might not come upon by ourselves. Continue reading
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Returning to WordPress… fourth time round.
My blog got me my job. After all, it did make a cameo appearance during my interview, drawing an “Impressive!” from the Editor of the newspaper sitting opposite me. Ever since that episode in early June, I decided that I … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, experience, Google Blogger, hosting, Posterous, Squarespace, WordPress
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Eschatology
The meaning of the day of the blog is changing. While some argue that long-form journalism is in, I think it’s about extreme-form journalism. By this, I only mean that long-forms and short-forms are increasingly doing better, while the in-betweens … Continue reading
A revisitation inspired by Facebook’s opportunities
When habits form, rather become fully formed, it becomes difficult to recognize the drive behind its perpetuation. Am I still doing what I’m doing for the habit’s sake, or is it that I still love what I do and that’s … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, Facebook, habit, perseverance, science communication, social network
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