I have developed a loathing of hackers. It has just started today when I found out that my website (not this one but a local newspaper which… Read more “Hacked off!”
Author: Phyllis Stephen
Freelance mojo. Editor of The Edinburgh Reporter.
Service with a smile – too much to ask for?
So now that we have stopped being consumers in such a big way we really need every retail moment to count. Gone are the days when you… Read more “Service with a smile – too much to ask for?”
FOI unearths photos from 9/11
ABC news reports on the new photos which are available of 9/11. These were taken from a police helicopter which was apparently one of the very few,… Read more “FOI unearths photos from 9/11”
FOI….again
The University of East Anglia broke the law but nothing can be done as the complaint was made outwith the six month limit. According to The Times… Read more “FOI….again”
The Edinburgh Reporter
In Edinburgh we have wonderful buildings and monuments. The city is a World Heritage Site due to the high quality of architecture and the detailed planning used… Read more “The Edinburgh Reporter”
Heartening news of improved FOI in Illinois
The US State of Illinois has just beefed up its Freedom of Information legislation. Since January 1st 2010 the government and a variety of other public bodies… Read more “Heartening news of improved FOI in Illinois”
Testing Times in Dundalk
I have just realised that I am sitting outside the Driving Test Centre in Dundalk. I didn’t mean to. I am here because of other reasons entirely.… Read more “Testing Times in Dundalk”
How to add filmstar to my CV
With all the technology that is around us it is easy to forget that when I started at school aged five we did still use little black… Read more “How to add filmstar to my CV”
Counting on public accountability
Sir Fred Goodwin, erstwhile head of Royal Bank of Scotland and now public enemy number 1, has got a new job, The Scotsman reports today.… Read more “Counting on public accountability”
FOI in Scotland
Once again Scotland leads the way in Freedom of Information spheres. The Information Commissioner has reduced the period of closure for government papers from 30 to 15… Read more “FOI in Scotland”
The World’s Media Hasten to Haiti
Following the devastation caused by the earthquake earlier this week in Haiti, the world’s media are hitching lifts on aid planes to reach the island. Once there… Read more “The World’s Media Hasten to Haiti”
Sleepy?
The goddess of the online world in the US, Arianna Huffington, famously described as the most upwardly mobile Greek since Icarus, has gone to sleep. Actually… Read more “Sleepy?”
Notes on a conference….
I have just noticed a Tweet from Kevin Marsh that he put his conference notes up on his blog. Here is the link! And he is just… Read more “Notes on a conference….”
Blogging and the BBC
See today’s Press Gazette for a report on what Kevin Marsh, editor of the Today programme at the time of Gilligan said this morning at the news:rewired… Read more “Blogging and the BBC”
Audio Slideshows
So why did I do a whole course in Journalism and nobody mentioned this to me before? It is perfect! Adam Westbrook himself a graduate of City… Read more “Audio Slideshows”
Blogging and Jogging
Yes I have broken some of my New Year Resolutions already, but they are still worth making aren’t they? At least it makes you think a little… Read more “Blogging and Jogging”
Globespan grounded
It’s snowing! At least, here in central Edinburgh it is snowing that horrid slushy, wet stuff that doesn’t even cover the pavements, but makes you feel… Read more “Globespan grounded”
The (very public) Eye of the Tiger
Why does it matter that people in the public eye should behave themselves, even if some of us don’t? Well there is the point that they… Read more “The (very public) Eye of the Tiger”
Tomato sauce with that?
Silvio Berlusconi has finally been attacked in a manner so direct that even he cannot ignore it. Someone in Milan has thought enough about him to give… Read more “Tomato sauce with that?”
Sports personalities hit the headlines
Here is my latest post on Technorati…..
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