Writing on the web since 2003

Regulation of UK newspaper and magazine websites

The UK’s Press Complaints Commission applied its Code of Practice to the inappropriate use of user-generated video to support editorial on a member website.

Gobbledygook in public relations

David Scott has a great new Changethis manifesto tackling the over-use of jargon, hype and meaningless terminology in marketing and PR copy.

Brands matter to kids

More evidence about the power of branding raises some ethical concerns about marketing to young children.

It's about people not the technology

Banning access to social networking websites just doesn’t make sense, especially when they’re not the root cause of a perceived problem.

It's been flat out…

It’s been almost a fortnight since I last managed to write a blog post – which is pretty much the longest the blog has gone without tending since last Spring.