Look I’m not an expert on advertising or anything. But I am an expert in being ADVERTISED AT. It’s become a truism that there’s a constant stream of shouty advertising messages interrupting your every thought, etc. At this point I could repeat that and lament how advertising bombards us all in the face. But I’m [...]
If you’re interested in online privacy issues, you may have read about Phorm, the company that gets your web usage data from ISPs in order to show you contextual advertising. Recently I’ve been contributing to a blog called Future Music Lab along with some colleagues from the music, media and online industries. One of my [...]
The police have some new posters on display around the UK. I don’t like the posters. It was a definite case of dislike at first sight. It turns out the posters are there to advertise the new Policing Pledge: The Policing Pledge is a set of promises to local residents that not only gives more [...]
Have you tried Spotify yet? Tucked away in today’s post on Spotify’s own blog is a file listing newly included recordings by some of my favourite labels and artists. Labels represented on the list today include: Rough Trade, Poker Flat, XL, Rhino/Elektra, ECM, Universal, Pressure Sounds and more… Artists on the list from today include: [...]
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Why are Facebook and Twitter killing their RSS feeds?
Just seen this excellent piece by Clare White about the virtues of RSS particularly now that Facebook and Twitter seem to be quietly killing their RSS feeds. I was going to leave a comment but instead opted to write here. White says: At risk of sounding hopelessly naive, I don’t know why Twitter and Facebook [...]