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06 Dec 2005

Speaking of mainstream blogging, I should have mentioned. There's some buzz about Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, creating a new, citizen-based news medium. He spoke about it at the Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford event at Sa

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AI coding works now. Here's how to think about it.

25 Feb 2026
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Why aren't newsrooms sharing and innovating? And more.

20 Feb 2026

Stop calling optimization "innovation."

"The problem is, if you’re optimizing a product that fundamentally isn’t working for how people get news in 2026, all you’re really doing is riding that buggy off of a cliff with style."

19 Feb 2026

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm

"Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes." This study shows that some do - to significant effect.

18 Feb 2026
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