The scene at OM&HB world HQ at this news:

Stoked to share some more of the details behind Ghost Explore - it's something I've wanted for a LONG time https://ghost.org/changelog/ghost-explore/

Exciting! But possibly a wee bit buggy still. Some incorrect data showing up on a couple of my sites. I'll flag with support.

The new version of Ghost Explore is very exciting: https://ghost.org/changelog/ghost-explore/ But for some reason my site's data is showing up wrong. I can't figure out how to fix it my end.

Welcoming @ashleyjkirk.bsky.social from @theguardian.com back to City St George’s for an energetic guest talk on visual journalism. I love bringing in expert guest speakers, but former students in particular. Even if it occasionally makes me feel old… http://ashleyjkirk.bsky.social

In the rush to headline “AI is transforming journalism”, we are losing sight of what really matters: the audience. AI must not become the strategy. Especially when data suggests audiences remain sceptical of purely AI-generated journalism. 👉 Read “Getting AI in Perspective” […]

Running a little experiment on my (other) socials. I've been teaching social media for 20 years now (OMG). Can AI help me do it better – or will it just make everything more mid? I don't particularly want to use AI in my social media work. To me it undermines the "social" in "social media" – […]

It's quite a testament to Apple Silicon that my M1 MacBook Pro is approaching five years old and not once have I been frustrated with its speed.

There's an interesting traffic spike to wake up to on my birthday… Now to figure out where it's coming from and why.

My #fediverse stickers are here!

24 years ago, I started blogging. That’s nearly a quarter of a century. It will be one of the defining activities of my life. And I'’d never have predicted that back in 2001. https://onemanandhisblog.com/2025/11/24-years-later/?utm_source=fediverse&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mail-free

And he's how it used to look:

The new-look @[email protected] now on Ghost:

Looks like @[email protected] has made the shift to Ghost! And also to the Fediverse!

Listening to Emily Maitlis interviewing my colleague Dr Ayala Panievsky about her new book, The New Censorship.

These words on a site I like make me uneasy: "This article was drafted with the help of an AI assistant before it was edited by a human". Willing to give it a chance, but I'm sceptical. I value human voice and insight.

Pretty much.

Today, October 21, 2025, there is a rally in San Francisco in support of @internetarchive. Tomorrow, the Internet Archive is having a party to celebrate 1 trillion webpages archived. To show my appreciation for their most famous creation, the Wayback Machine, this week's Cybercultural post takes […]

AI doesn't understand scissors.

Showing our podcast MA students how ActivityPub works.

Here’s my notes from the panel at the Future of Media Technology, about how publishers are shifting from search and social to community development. This made me both excited (because this is exactly what they should be doing, and tired (because I’ve been banging this drum for 20 years) […]

Mumsnet is my second biggest referrer at the moment, which isn't something I was expecting.

Hello Fediverse! 👋 (and/or ATmosphere if you're reading via Brid.gy) New post soon!