Year: 2003

  • invisible architecture

    Should I tell the architects of BBC News Online‘s far-reaching redesign that, far from being confused, put off or even pleased by the redesign, I didn’t notice it at all…

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  • Note to self

    Check editor’s credentials carefully. HANNAH ARENDT’S NAZI EDITOR. From Amygdala

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  • Attention Deficit Cinema

    Waldman advocates tearing a century of movie culture into bleeding chunks and playing the whole lot back in no particular order – a sort of Attention Deficit Cinema. Personally, I…

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  • Drive-through zoo

    What’s the latest thinking on Safari Parks? A beautiful sunny Winter’s day, lots of entertaining animals (and a diverting attempt to eat our car by the giraffes) made for a…

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  • No substitute for a fat consulting fee

    I’ve just noticed that the sweeties at think tank Demos have given me a heart-warming credit on their new weblog. ‘Inpired by Steve Bowbrick’ it says. This is in lieu…

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  • Great writing

    This, from The Guardian’s John Sutherland, is how I’d like my column to read. Fat chance.

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  • Power laws

    Bloggers are fixating on ‘power laws’. I’ve read all the stuff (including Clay’s perfectly sane starting point) and it’s obviously useful stuff with plenty of predictive power but it’s dry…

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  • Golf War

    Watching the anti-war march on the TV the other day we noticed that two of the most prominent placards in the throng at Piccadilly Circus were advertising a Golf Sale.

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  • Docherty on BBCi

    David Docherty, until recently head of broadband content at Telewest, defends the ?200M invested in BBCi so far. From Media Guardian.

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  • Love and War

    Juliet’s worrying about the war (and Valentine’s Day) in her latest Planet Parent column at Tigerchild.

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