The real reason why the football team lost
Friday, May 15th, 2009 • Related • Filed Under
Look at the date of the last post. Years ago. But then, I have been busy. Or maybe it just feels like I have.
Since the last missive (which wasn’t a missive really – I mean, you can’t call a video embed a cogent thought, can you? Can you?), some water has flowed under some bridges.
In summary:
- Journalism took an odd turn. Radio 4 used the word ‘provision’ in association with the profession, something you’d normally associate with social services.
- The UK’s most used search engine began its journey to become a content provider. Go on, Google something, and click that ’show options’ link top left. Bugger.
- I listened to journalist colleague explain how the industry he served expected him (or his site and journal) to act as its saviour.
And to put a nice hermetic seal on all that, I spent two hours today arguing the case for two websites to, well, just bloody work.
A childhood friend was absolutely convinced that his favourite football team would lose if he didn’t watch them. In the same vein, the events of recent months have only come about because of my radio silence.
Expect 10,000 words next week. There, it’ll all be alright now.