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No longer rocket science

A Zoom lecture makes me yearn for the golden days of blogging.

Published 22-Feb-2021

Filed under: Writing Tags: blogging, Dave Winer, Mark Cocker, social media, technology

Recent Newsletters

Newsletter No. 21: Positively sluggish
Richard Mabey · Tim Dee · Mark Cocker · Amy Liptrot · Kathleen Jamie · Patti Smith · Alan Bennett · Melissa Harrison · Urban Birder · Patrick Wright · Clive James · and more…
Newsletter No. 20: Giving it the David Attenboroughs
In which I gatecrash a podcast, and share cool stuff by the likes of: Melissa Harrison · Luke Turner · Werner Herzog · Merlin Sheldrake · Robert Macfarlane · Gaby Wood · Caught by the River · Philip Hoare · and a host of talented extras.

Recent Sidelines

28 February 2021
Late February seems to have decided it’s April.
No longer rocket science
A Zoom lecture makes me yearn for the golden days of blogging.
21 February 2021
The annual February pre-spring clean of our blue tit nest-box.
14 February 2021
I’ve generally had quite enough of winter, come February.

Recent Articles

Giving fiascos a bad name
How not to make a simple three-minute podcast piece.
Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin
To mark the 300th anniversary of his birth, a brief account of Rev. Gilbert White’s influence on Charles Darwin.

News

2020: a year in photos
My tenth annual video slideshow.
Bats podcast piece
I make a guest appearance in episode 16 of Melissa Harrison’s podcast ‘The Stubborn Light of Things’. Here’s an extended version.

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