links for 2009-06-18

Oh bugger. That is the weekend scratched out then isn't it? Fantastic resource.

"feckless, swine, banal and glut are a bit disappointing. Must try harder."

I'm heading up to Manchester to see this exhibition of painting by Ronald William Webb at the Royal Exchange Theatre. "Painted specifically for this exhibtion, Webb found his inspiration in the story of The Pianist and the piano music of Chopin. Webb limits himself to three colours: red, black and white. He chose these because they are the colours of the Polish and Nazi flags, piano keys, soil and blood."

"Retweeting this list is an *awesome* way to show that you don’t take yourself too seriously. Even though you do."

A prayer for Digital Britain - "Oh Carter, who art in Government (briefly), hallowed be thy name".

The BBC is forced to clarify that colour changes on the homepage are not politically motivated...a great example of Twitter not being a terribly useful news 'source'.

Great set of tips, but my favourite is "7. Don’t win awards. Or book deals. It’s safe to say that a major newspaper would not have been interested in the identities of NightJack or Girl With A One Track Mind if both had remained cult underground heroes. So just pretend you’re sub-literate, OK?"

Interesting post from Daniel, and kudos for being willing to discuss it. I was interested in this paragraph: "Writing a blog is a form of publishing. There is no distinction, really, between a blog and, say, a published volume of diaries". Now there's something you don't hear a journalist say every day ;-)