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The last post 4 Oct 2012 | 02:39 pm
After six years, 520 posts and who knows how many words, this is the last thing I’m going to write on this blog. It’s a decision I’ve been thinking about for almost a year and I’ve kept putting it of...
A quick note on innovation in media 17 Sep 2012 | 01:47 pm
The first thing to realise is that the secret is not to come up with a new idea. There is rarely such a thing. Instead, the secret is to look at a space with people, or businesses already established,...
How 1 and 1 makes 3 and more lessons in storytelling from Ken Burns 10 Sep 2012 | 02:16 pm
Tumblr followers might have seen this video I discovered (via Maria Popova’s ever-excellent Brain Pickings) last week. It’s a short profile of the history documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, a man whose ...
30 free ideas for multimedia producers and digital storytellers 3 Sep 2012 | 01:29 pm
One of the first and best bits of advice I’ve ever been given has been this: write everything down. Writing an idea down – making it physical on the page – engages your brain in imaging how that idea ...
False starts 27 Aug 2012 | 04:50 pm
Most of us, either through our upbringing, education or profession, have an aversion to making mistakes. Most of us too are governed in some way by a fear of failure. Fair enough, but we live in a wor...
Your online video shopping list 20 Aug 2012 | 04:12 pm
There’s an old analogy, which I can trace back to the 1990s, that says making a film is a lot like making a meal. It goes like this: “You choose your recipe (subject and angle), write out a shopping ...
Nine myths about publishing books, films and magazines 30 Jul 2012 | 04:30 pm
Publishing is changing fast, and so are its rules. This is fantastic opportunity for anyone willing to take it, and a problem for traditional publishing houses (unless they’re willing to adapt, and qu...
Inside the Story is back (and free!) 23 Jul 2012 | 04:38 pm
It’s a short post this week and it comes in two parts. Firstly, get the book Yes, as suggested a few weeks ago we have re-released Inside the Story, after lots of demand from people who didn’t manag...
Meet the Micropublisher: an interview with Thom Chambers 16 Jul 2012 | 03:48 pm
You’ll know it’s not often that I do interviews on this blog, despite getting requests from PR folk each week. Thom Chambers though is someone I think you should meet. He left a job in marketing to ...
Every day. 9 Jul 2012 | 03:45 pm
You’re probably a reader of this blog because you work in, or want to work in, digital publishing. There are dozens of sub categories in this space like blogger, video journalist, web designer, fashi...
