The Back Page “festival” is a mighty impressive few days of events around sport.
Seamus Heaney, Billy Connolly, the Beeb. Five Fables. “Five medieval Scots fables, translated by Seamus Heaney, have been brought into the 21st century as enchanting animated tales for BBC Two Northern Ireland.”
Some post that all media orgs ought to look at. 10 growth hacks that helped Metro.Co.Uk go from 10 Million to 27 Million monthly visitors.
This could easily be used for adults too. A kids’ guide to how ads on the Web work.
Nice idea. Newspaper Blackout Poems.
Nice. You can now embed Medium posts and collections on your own website.
For the fella that pretends he doesn’t read my blog but does to steal stuff. When you don’t have the natural charisma, some tips on being an interesting person at a party.
Interviewly. Or they could make Reddit look nice by default.
Why dabbling can be a good thing.
Gerard Baker described many publishers’ moves in the arena as a “Faustian pact.” For those unfamiliar with German folklore, that’s a deal with the devil.
AdAge writing on the web and not realising their readers can use Google if they don’t know what something means. Fuck exposition, fuck treating your readers like morons.