Let Derek back in, and make Facebook safe for unions again! Okay, having just had a go at defending Facebook from Eric Lee, I’m about to make a sharp Uey and have a go at them myself for something of a slight to trade unions and unionists. Most people with an interest in the internet …
I’ve been very slack on the blogging front in recent months (blame john 2.2, who starts wailing whenever I so much as look at a keyboard), and so I’ve kept a pile of things to write about in a bit more detail, and then gradually discarded them over the months as they sunk further from …
Fans tell Conservative leader to ‘get on his bike’ – NME, 10 Jan. (Hat tip: Mark)
Well, I don’t think they’d value a Christmas card anyway, but I found a nice postcard of Tolpuddle to send to Mahmoud Salehi, currently in jail in Saqez. Amnesty are asking everyone to write personal cards in solidarity to him and to Mansour Osanloo, who are both still imprisoned (along with other colleagues) for their …
For me, one of the most interesting things about the screenwriters’ dispute in the States (click here to support it!), is the use that individual Writers’ Guild members have been making of online video to contribute to the overall campaign. Here are a few of them (hat tip: James).
Writers’ Guild of Great Britain members (though outnumbered in this pic 2:1 by NUJ members) were out in force yesterday, to mark an international day of solidarity with the striking screenwriters of the Writers’ Guild of America. I managed to pop by for the end of it, after an exciting (no, really) team away day …
Samarand Salehi is the 17 year old son of imprisoned Iranian unionist Mahmoud Salehi, and I’m sure his Dad would be very proud of him. He’s written a very moving article (Mahmoud Salehi is unforgetable – Do not forget him!) about the difficulties for his family over the years that Mahmoud has spent in jail, …
Geek amusement of the day comes from Tom Watson and Chris Paul, who are gloating to various degrees over the Facebook humbling of South Manchester MP/Councillor John Leech, after it was exposed that his Labour rival for the seat, Lucy Powell, had 124 times his number of friends. Politeness (and a keen awareness that I …
‘Welcome to the gang’ for Engadget writer, Conrad Quilty-Harper who, after exercising a bit more determination than most new members are required to show, has just become the latest member of the NUJ. Conrad is unusual, in this the NUJ’s centenary year, as the first ever member to have the job title of ‘Blogger’.
Rave advance reviews for the new album from the utterly remarkable Marseille Figs. The Dirty Canon sounds like a bigger, bolder and much more brashly produced version of their demo CD stuff, which I really loved.