Author Archives: Robert Andrews

Announcing a change to this site

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2002 – June 2002 – Aug 2003 – Feb 2003 – Apr 2003 – Jun 2004 – Mar 2005 – Feb 2005 – Feb 2006 – Nov 2006 – Nov 2007 -Jul 2010 – Jan Better late than never? It’s …

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Election retrospection

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So I’m watching Welsh Assembly election night TV coverage. Probably the first such election I haven’t covered as a reporter. Which feels odd. Not least because some folk I know have swanned off to various parties (thrown by parties) down …

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Back from Paris

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Well it’s not often I write directly to here nowadays. Just wanted to point you toward some other work I did in Paris last week, for Ifra, at the 6th Newsroom Summit. Wrote a lot about the emerging convergence of …

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Breaking news – Apple product announcements

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Breaking news – Apple product announcements Originally uploaded by RobertAndrews.

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Will repeat earthquake shake distributed journalism?

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As remembrance services take place for the devastating 2004 tsunami in south east Asia, the UK’s Sky News TV channel this Boxing Day cites the AP, then other sources as claiming a 6.7 earthquake at sea, off the coast of …

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You! Me! Blogging!

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Back in August of this year, I had two epiphanies in one night. I took myself (and myself alone) to see a cracking little Canadian band called Broken Social Scene down at The Point. Actually, “little” isn’t the word – …

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Sacré Bleu! Le Web 3 fall-out

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There were some negative remarks about the Le Web 3 conference when I was out in Paris earlier this week, surrounding the organisation and tone of the event. Upon our return, things took a decidedly weird turn. Following a disagreement …

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Reporting from Paris, Le Web 3

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Day one of the Le Web 3 conference (about the state of the web, media and communications) was marked, we have decided, by a certain lack of web. The wifi was barely there all day, making it quite difficult to …

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What’s the biggest thing in web/media?

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So I’m trying to think about what have been the standout trends/developments online this year and how they’re going to bear fruit in the media space next year, and because my brain’s not working – in the best tradition of …

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Social networking in the real world

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So I’m sitting in one of my favourite cafe bars, typing away, booking things and e-mailing people, and the sound system starts playing The Postal Service‘s The District Sleeps Alone Tonight and it’s sweet. The Sunday mums and dads tuck …

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Is this thing on? What do you think?

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Friends, associates, compadres – http://www.robertandrews.co.uk has been resuscitated. Anyone who has been a regular visitor to this address over the past seven or so years (yes, both of you) may have noticed things went a bit quiet back in December …

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Flicking angry over sale of painting

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John is touting a meme. I’m a bit busy to look into it in any depth at the moment, but I will pass it on… As BBC News reports, “a council planning to auction an LS Lowry painting to help …

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