Another writing app
Stephen Fry once said, I’ve never seen a smartphone I haven’t bought. My vice is writing apps. Actually it’s all writing technologies – I’m the same …
blogging
Blogging on Ghost
So after failing completely to set up a Ghost blog on a server (not very technical, me) the hosted version is now available. Hurrah! I’ve …
A useful IFTTT recipe for blogging
A really useful piece of advice from Adam Tinworth about blogging is this: bring the inspiration or desire to blog as close as possible to …
Maria Popova and life as “a reader who writes”
When I look at Maria Popova and her work on Brainpickings, I feel admiration, inspiration and a little jealousy. She takes something that is important …
Short blog post tips from @adders
Adam's response to my response as it were, has two super-practical principles for getting short blog posts written: Connect the thought “that's interesting” with the …
A couple of Brilliant (Noise) posts…
Blogging seems to be the order of the day for me at the moment – which, as ever, I’m delighted about – and some of …
This blog
One slightly unexpected but pleasant surprise for me in the launch of the new Brilliant Noise was how energising I found it to have the …
Categories, shmategories…
I haven’t ever seen the point in categories for my blog before now (I’m still not sure I do). But making a virtue out necessity …
Finding scraps of surplus…
Clay Shirky’s Cognitive Surplus is a fascinating and attractive idea, but unless you are a student, idle, rich or all three, there may not be …
Normal service will return in the Autumn
OK, I’ve been a bad blogger. It’s been an odd month or so, and may stay odd for some time. It’s been hard enough blogging …