A trawl around the web on April 15th
Posted on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 at 9:55pm. #
Photo by mike138. Uploaded to Flickr today. Used under licence.
Highfield corner
Who'll get Highfield's job?
"Simon [Nelson] runs radio and music like clockwork – he is a great leader" says an unnamed source who is clearly unaware that Simon doesn't run 'radio and music' and hasn't done for a year or so.
Highfield's successor [paidcontent.co.uk]
A really rather good article of who replaces my current uber-boss. (I'm strangely absent.) My photo of Tom Loosemore used here too. Do I win a prize or something?
Who should be the next web guru of the BBC – vote now [TechCrunch UK]
Mike Butcher is suddenly back on my christmas card list. Vote now. You know it makes sense. (Ha!!)
Ego corner
One Place [Alan Swan]
Man who reads this blog, and calls me a UK radio net expert. That's quite nice. I might nick that and put it onto a business card.
This guy [Stilgherrian]
To this man, I'm "this guy". Well, that's okay. I am a guy. I'm this guy. Excellent.
Flickr-spotter corner
Faking your subscriber count – is it worth it?
My photo from a Muse concert (the crowd leaving) adorns this posting, I took this one especially because I thought it might be handy for a presentation.
Google continues to dominate – and stagnate [Venturebeat.com]
Another interesting article. And a nice photo by me from the London Transport Museum's Acton Town depot.
Mobile ads [eMarketing and new media]
My photo. Yay. My hand, even. Illustrating quite interesting piece about mobile advertising (rather – advertising on mobile phones).
Chaos in Heathrow [some Swedish blog]
My photo. Look. There. I'd have spent longer on it if I thought it would have been used in so many places.
Silly things from radio stations corner
The Jodrell Bank Song [YouTube]
I was sent this for some inexplicable reason by Andy Bailey, who's the programme controller at Silk FM. I like Jodrell Bank telescope, but what it's done to deserve this awful song is anyone's guess.
DAB Rick Rolling [Flickr]
GWR FM Bristol do their own RickRoll – on the scrolling text of their DAB. "It was diagnostic purposes", apparently. Yes, of course it was. Cough.
Alan Swan
Airport Lounge
Hi James,
Just wanted to say thanks for taking all these great pictures. Blog posts and articles wouldn’t be the same without them.
Thanks for sharing!