May 2012
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May 31st
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“We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.”
– Quote from Peter Thiel, big-name Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor (PayPal, Facebook), in a really good interview in the New Yorker. But in short, where we once strove to put humans in space, reality is no longer meeting expectations. Heaps of interesting stuff in the article about digi...
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How to deal with annoying PRs and stroppy readers:...
Many journalists have a particular way of handling annoyed readers and pushy PRs. And after nearly two decades of writing (and especially in the past seven years as the editor of two titles) one gets to learn a few tricks. Take our wonderful friends in the PR industry. Like many titles, we get dozens of utterly pointless press releases every single day of the week. Quite often they begin...
May 20th
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“Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.”
– Another from the fabulous Steven Wright.
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Audio Drivel 2 featured on DanceEuphoria
So this was a bit of a shock last night: the Audio Drivel 2 - Shuffle and Jiggle mix from a week or so ago was picked up by the DanceEuphoria website. Created by Ashley Rastrick, DanceEuphoria includes interviews with DJs, downloadable sets and features other dance-music related stuff such as competitions and tickets to gigs. Rather chuffed at getting the set featured on the site! In the...
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