There is an irony in the image I’ve used for this article. Here I was thinking I was a serious blogger… clearly not. When they go away on holiday, people operating serious internet sites cue up material and date stamp it to publish on the days they are not around and they remain committed to things they have stated they would be part of during that time. I didn’t do that and while I was [...]

I don’t think I am overstating it when I assert that the potential exists for bloggers to determine and shape what the world talks about. This can be seen on a minor level when influential blogs cover issues that are then picked up and spread around the internet by other bloggers and sometimes by mainstream media. The blogging platform is so recognised that mainstream media sites generally have rebranded many of their regular columns online [...]