links for 2009-12-09

"A journalistic world where personal branding is a lifestyle, managing micro communities is second nature and developing areas of specialist knowledge is essential for survival in what is a freelance work sphere where multiple revenue streams as a sole trader are the norm. Welcome to the lot of a journalist in 2012!"

Great piece from Paul.

We've launched a redesigned version of the Guardian Jobs homepage this week, one of the projects I've been working on during 2009.

"Our regional operations manager Paul Rowland said: 'We’ve completed our investigation and it’s clear this exchange never happened. We’ve interviewed over 400 colleagues in the store, examined over three days worth of CCTV footage and talked to other customers and we can find absolutely no evidence that a colleague said what was alleged.'"

Not entirely unlike the set of kit I usually have wedge into my over heavy backpack.

"According to the research, European teens spend 11.7 hours per week gaming, compared with 10.3 hours watching TV and 9.1 hours using the web for personal purposes. The report, How Teens Consume Media, also revealed the majority of teens multitask, 50% listen to music while using the internet and 45% watch TV while using the web."