Complaints about complaints at the BBC
This weekend seems to be a good time to remember that I used to be the new media department producer on the BBC Complaints online website in 2005, and that I do not do that job anymore. Look, if you…
Friday Reading S11E15
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The railway boys
So it is as we get older that we get less patient with people doing dumb things on the internet and one of the things that has got my ire at the moment is the comments in a railway Facebook…
Friday Reading S11E14
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A one-line review of every #TimsTwitterListeningParty I joined in March 2021
Nobody has asked for this. Tough luck. It’s a monthly series now. I’ve marked LPs that I’d never heard the whole way through before with a 🆕 icon. The links (mostly) go to the album on Spotify. Gang Of Four Solid…
Excess savings
You know a phrase that has been doing the rounds in news coverage that has been grinding my gears? “Excess savings”. “Excess savings” as in “Economists at Deutsche Bank have revised upwards their estimates of the total pool of excess…
Friday Reading S11E13
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Old man yells at Slack
I’ve spent basically half my adult life on the internet and as I get towards my later years I am becoming increasingly grumpy about the fact that those who fail to learn from internet history are doomed to repeat it….
Friday Reading S11E12
Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from the Guardian’s Martin Belam, covering journalism, media and technology, and other interesting nerdy things. It is now in its eleventh season and still hasn’t had a drink yet this year….
Friday Reading S11E11
Friday Reading is a weekly series of recommended reads from the Guardian’s Martin Belam, covering journalism, media and technology, and other interesting nerdy things. It is now in its eleventh season and has never watched Wandavision. Sign up here. I…