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Should I turn on the GEO features that have just been added to ...

2026-07-17T10:38:22Z

Should I turn on the GEO features that have just been added to Ghost? https://onemanandhisblog.com/2026/07/geo-for-om-hb/

Nae surprise here, pal. Full story. ...

2026-06-20T08:20:18Z

Nae surprise here, pal.

Full story. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/scotland-fans-world-cup-boston-bars-morocco-b2999444.html

It’s a friendly neighbourhood round here. ...

2026-05-29T19:17:41Z

It’s a friendly neighbourhood round here.

Little bits of my childhood, found while clearing out the garage ...

2026-04-27T12:38:02Z

Little bits of my childhood, found while clearing out the garage at the weekend.

I think it would be fair to say that the present president of the ...

2026-04-23T08:47:46Z

I think it would be fair to say that the present president of the USA is not what you’d call a systems thinker. https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/04/21/global-energy-markets-are-on-the-verge-of-a-disaster?giftId=ZDdmMDdjZmEtZjE4OS00NTAwLThmNTQtYTEzMTRjMmE0ZDE5&utm_campaign=gifted_article

I’m slowly recovering from my facial trauma, over a week after ...

2026-04-22T11:39:59Z

I’m slowly recovering from my facial trauma, over a week after the incident.

I made it home over the weekend – but I wasn’t expecting to run straight into an SSD failure… https://onemanandhisblog.com/2026/04/it-never-rains/

Some personal news – or why arguing with a lamppost is a ...

2026-04-16T21:46:58Z

Some personal news – or why arguing with a lamppost is a mug’s game. https://onemanandhisblog.com/2026/04/a-personal-note/

Spring: sprung ...

2026-04-09T14:30:10Z

Spring: sprung

Watching the Avon meander through Chippenham. ...

2026-04-09T12:53:41Z

Watching the Avon meander through Chippenham.

The flight of the herring gull. ...

2026-04-05T15:17:03Z

The flight of the herring gull.

Easter Sunday sunrise on Shoreham Beach, looking towards ...

2026-04-05T08:31:02Z

Easter Sunday sunrise on Shoreham Beach, looking towards Brighton.

Started reading: Blightslayer by Richard Stratchan 📚 ...

2026-04-04T08:58:01Z

Started reading: Blightslayer by Richard Stratchan 📚 https://micro.blog/books/9781800262577

Well, the #artemisII launch was the first time I had a real time ...

2026-04-01T23:16:09Z

Well, the #artemisII launch was the first time I had a real time news experience on Bluesky the way I did back in the early years of Twitter.

OK. This is my absolute favourite piece of “special content” ...

2026-04-01T11:26:22Z

OK. This is my absolute favourite piece of “special content” for today: Warhammer 40k: the Musical. https://youtu.be/59NORGNnWlQ?si=bYLP42kjWlmtyPMS

This is a cautionary tale of letting ChatGPT do your research and ...

2026-03-31T19:10:11Z

This is a cautionary tale of letting ChatGPT do your research and writing for you, if ever there was one.

MattGPT is going to stick. https://www.thenerve.news/p/andy-twelves-matt-goodwin-debate-chatgbt-gb-news-suicide-of-a-nation

It looks like OpenAI shuttering Sora might well be all about ...

2026-03-31T17:58:27Z

It looks like OpenAI shuttering Sora might well be all about money. After all, the orange one’s war has spiked energy prices, making AI inference ever more expensive… https://onemanandhisblog.com/2026/03/why-openai-abandoned-sora-and-the-elephant-in-the-genai-room/?utm_source=fediverse&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=second-share

The last week has been a flashback to the days, 25 years ago, ...

2026-03-27T17:44:03Z

The last week has been a flashback to the days, 25 years ago, when my job involved a lot of waiting for connections in small rural stations…

This sums up the state of the world. ...

2026-03-26T23:52:34Z

This sums up the state of the world.

If every day was as productive as today has been so far, my life ...

2026-03-24T12:25:45Z

If every day was as productive as today has been so far, my life would be a lot less stressful.

The first ever YouTube video is on display in the V&A Museum ...

2026-03-23T10:29:49Z

The first ever YouTube video is on display in the V&A Museum in London.

It’s encouraging that we’re seeing museum and archives starting to take digital preservation seriously. As ever, to understand the present, we also need to understand the past. https://onemanandhisblog.com/2026/03/youtubes-first-video-upload-is-in-the-v-a-museum/?utm_source=fediverse&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=first-share

Dropped my daughters off a5 stupid o’clock for a Guides ...

2026-03-21T08:53:03Z

Dropped my daughters off a5 stupid o’clock for a Guides activity day, and rewarding myself with a good start to the day.

There’s an awful lot of Underpants Gnoming of AI in journalism ...

2026-03-20T13:37:59Z

There’s an awful lot of Underpants Gnoming of AI in journalism businesses.

Apply AI across the business!
???????
Profit!

Case(s) in point. https://southpark.fandom.com/wiki/Underpants_Gnomes https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/ai-is-direct-contributor-to-increase-profitability-at-the-daily-beast/

This piece on interviewing (and how not to do it) from Om Malik ...

2026-03-20T11:21:15Z

This piece on interviewing (and how not to do it) from Om Malik is worth any journalism student (or any early career journalist) reading:

"The subject is interesting. The interviewer is credentialed. They agree with each other at length. Nothing is at stake. No one is surprised." https://om.co/2026/03/19/how-not-to-interview-interesting-people/

Morning from Hove. Having a rare day’s holiday, mainly to be ...

2026-03-20T10:51:48Z

Morning from Hove. Having a rare day’s holiday, mainly to be chauffeur for the family.

I bought this mug for my Mum the best part of 25 years ago. ...

2026-03-12T11:38:18Z

I bought this mug for my Mum the best part of 25 years ago. I’ve now owned it for longer than she did; I inherited it 18 years ago. But I always think happy memories of her when I drink from it.

All the pigeons. All of them. ...

2026-03-11T16:45:21Z

All the pigeons. All of them.

This sounded alarming at first glance: "Jay Graber is ...

2026-03-10T15:45:18Z

This sounded alarming at first glance:

"Jay Graber is stepping down as head of Bluesky, the social media platform exclusively announced to WIRED. Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will be the interim CEO until a permanent replacement is found."

However, it turns out she’s staying on the board as chief innovation officer, and will have a hand in choosing her successor. https://apple.news/At-peRcQfTba3fmP812FRRg

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2026-03-10T06:46:14Z

The other side of the river vanished yesterday.

Foggy on the river today. ...

2026-03-09T16:00:46Z

Foggy on the river today.

Humanity summed up in three photos: ...

2026-03-07T18:39:05Z

Humanity summed up in three photos:

Interesting analysis of why Apple’s new chips might be more ...

2026-03-04T08:28:27Z

Interesting analysis of why Apple’s new chips might be more important than they seem. https://om.co/2026/03/03/apple-does-fusion/

Relic of a grim time. ...

2026-03-04T08:25:50Z

Relic of a grim time.

What will our post-AI world look like? By post-AI, I don’t mean ...

2026-03-03T17:41:03Z

What will our post-AI world look like?

By post-AI, I don’t mean after AI disappears, I mean after AI becomes so ubiquitous that it no longer remarkable. After all, we’re already in the post-digital era, so what will the post-AI era look like? https://nextconf.eu/2026/03/what-is-post-ai/

Happy day. My youngest daughter got her first choice of secondary ...

2026-03-02T16:41:06Z

Happy day. My youngest daughter got her first choice of secondary school!

Matt Bircher: "I’m just really tired of execs, who’s ...

2026-02-27T11:46:53Z

Matt Bircher:

"I’m just really tired of execs, who’s every monetary need is satisfied, go in front of their employees and saying, “things have never been better, and that’s why we need to let a bunch of you go.”"

Context? Jack Dorsey laying off ⅓ of his staff, so he can replace them with AI. https://birchtree.me/blog/block-is-making-more-profit-than-ever-so-theyre-firing-40-of-their-employees/

A little piece of history: this is the Royal Oak, the pub in ...

2026-02-20T18:40:17Z

A little piece of history: this is the Royal Oak, the pub in Swallowcliffe now co-owned by James May of Top Gear and The Grand Tour fame.

But this was long before he bought it, back in January 2009, when it was just a run-down looking pub with a sign with aspirations above the rest of the pub. https://www.royaloakswallowcliffe.com https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-54219020

Happy with those. Now, let’s see how my daughters feel… ...

2026-02-17T20:44:48Z

Happy with those. Now, let’s see how my daughters feel…

Doing the Shrove Tuesday thing. ...

2026-02-17T20:01:54Z

Doing the Shrove Tuesday thing.

A robin isn’t just for Christmas. RSPB Pulborough Brooks, ...

2026-02-16T19:09:00Z

A robin isn’t just for Christmas.

RSPB Pulborough Brooks, 16/2/26

We have new housemates… ...

2026-02-15T17:49:08Z

We have new housemates…

The youngest and I are joining in on the Warhammer Million ...

2026-02-15T16:47:12Z

The youngest and I are joining in on the Warhammer Million Miniatures Challenge…

Wish us luck! https://www.adventurousdadanddaughters.com/joining-the-million-miniatures-challenge/?utm_source=fediverse&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=micro-share

Started reading: The Abundance by Annie Dillard 📚 ...

2026-02-14T13:24:58Z

Started reading: The Abundance by Annie Dillard 📚 https://micro.blog/books/9781782117735

Market day. ...

2026-02-14T13:00:07Z

Market day.

I keep meaning to write about the “consultantification“ of ...

2026-02-14T09:45:31Z

I keep meaning to write about the “consultantification“ of the future of mainstream journalism; an ever-growing consulting class trying to live off a shrinking market.

I want to write about why “liquid content” is bullshit.

But I’m not sure how to do this without upsetting a lot of people.

Just corrected two typos in Thursday’s blog post. If I ever ...

2026-02-14T09:28:47Z

Just corrected two typos in Thursday’s blog post.

If I ever start making serious money from OM&HB, a freelance sub will be my first hire. https://onemanandhisblog.com/2026/02/journalisms-return-to-community-is-necessary-but-risky/

This is just an insane piece of reporting: youtube.com/... ...

2026-02-13T15:46:12Z

This is just an insane piece of reporting:

youtube.com/... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlIpElcJjxA?si=8GLw5nPL22rVUm4_

Good piece from Om Malik comparing Anthropic and OpenAI’s ...

2026-02-13T14:01:36Z

Good piece from Om Malik comparing Anthropic and OpenAI’s business models and claimed revenue figures. It’s going to get very interesting if they decide to go public, and start having to show us the real numbers. As Om puts it:

"Welcome to 2026, when AI’s big boys have to start wearing their big boy pants and show their true worth." https://om.co/2026/02/13/mad-money-the-big-ai-race/

Sitting on a train to London, and one chap lurches by carrying a ...

2026-02-13T09:44:16Z

Sitting on a train to London, and one chap lurches by carrying a bottle of Bells whisky and nothing else.

It’s 8.55 in the morning.

Avian doorway guardians. ...

2026-02-13T09:07:09Z

Avian doorway guardians.

It’s encouraging to see journalism returning to the idea of ...

2026-02-12T17:12:21Z

It’s encouraging to see journalism returning to the idea of community being central to audience development after the decade-long detour of handing that all over to the social platforms.

But doing this well requires skill and expertise many of the organisations lack right now. https://onemanandhisblog.com/2026/02/journalisms-return-to-community-is-necessary-but-risky/?utm_source=fediverse&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=first-share

Newspapers have always come and gone. The slow crumbling of the ...

2026-02-09T14:07:39Z

Newspapers have always come and gone. The slow crumbling of the Washington Post is a tragedy for the legacy of that once-great title.

But we need a cycle of death and rebirth more than ever in journalism. Sometimes small fires let new diversity bloom in forests – and in media. https://onemanandhisblog.com/2026/02/journalism-is-not-dying/

I just had my first Christmas panto email. There are no words. ...

2026-02-09T12:16:04Z

I just had my first Christmas panto email.

There are no words.

As journalism re-embraces community as a core component of ...

2026-02-09T10:20:29Z

As journalism re-embraces community as a core component of audience work, we’re going to see publishers make the cardinal sin of community management:

Believing they own the community.

You can never own the community. You can host it, sure. You can - and should - serve it.

But you never own it.

Apple dinged over low-quality, scammy-looking ads on Apple News: ...

2026-02-09T10:08:30Z

Apple dinged over low-quality, scammy-looking ads on Apple News:

"Apple’s controversial partnership with Taboola to serve ads on Apple News seems to be going exactly as expected."

Shocker. Who could have predicted etc etc etc https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/06/apple-dinged-over-low-quality-scammy-looking-ads-on-apple-news/

A foxy nighttime encounter, on my way to collect my daughter. ...

2026-02-08T23:38:59Z

A foxy nighttime encounter, on my way to collect my daughter.

For the last three years, I’ve been looking out over a ...

2026-02-06T22:13:19Z

For the last three years, I’ve been looking out over a courtyard from my desk at the university.

I’d never been in it in all that time.

Today, I finally rectified that.

I should work out there on a summer’s afternoon.

The good folks at Ghost have just ticked off a couple of items on ...

2026-02-06T15:06:48Z

The good folks at Ghost have just ticked off a couple of items on my wishlist, with upgraded comment moderation and management.

Step by step, they’re turning this platform into the perfect audience-centric publishing platform. https://ghost.org/changelog/comment-moderation/?ref=adam-tinworth-micro-blog

Admid all the noise around AI, it’s worth remembering that ...

2026-02-06T08:41:51Z

Admid all the noise around AI, it’s worth remembering that there are some areas where it is unquestionably creating benefits, like early detection of breast cancer.

I lost both my parents to cancer before I was out of my 30s. I’ll cheer this use of AI every step of the way. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/29/ai-use-in-breast-cancer-screening-cuts-rate-of-later-diagnosis-by-12-study-finds

I just realised that this mug is probably over a quarter of a ...

2026-01-31T12:26:58Z

I just realised that this mug is probably over a quarter of a century old…

Just discovered that Apple Creator Studio has an education ...

2026-01-28T16:16:26Z

Just discovered that Apple Creator Studio has an education discount: £29 per year, rather than £129. That’s a no brainer.

Life is not a football games. And sometimes we journalists have ...

2026-01-28T15:09:24Z

Life is not a football games. And sometimes we journalists have been guilty of making it one… https://onemanandhisblog.com/2026/01/life-is-not-a-football-game/?utm_source=fediverse&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=first-share

Well, this is uncomfortable. Musk’s Grokipedia has quite an ...

2026-01-28T10:44:48Z

Well, this is uncomfortable.

Musk’s Grokipedia has quite an extensive page about me. It’s… not bad. But I’m not ecstatic that it exists at all. https://grokipedia.com/page/adam_tinworth

That moment when you realise you’re trying to unlock your ...

2026-01-28T09:37:12Z

That moment when you realise you’re trying to unlock your under-desk pedestal drawers with the key to your car’s roof box, and then you’re seized with an overwhelming desire to fill the box with camping gear and head to the woods.

Om Malik: "Cook is not stupid. He is not evil. He is trapped. ...

2026-01-27T20:47:47Z

Om Malik:

"Cook is not stupid. He is not evil. He is trapped. The iron clasp of market expectations has turned him into what he never meant to be: a man who goes to parties at the White House while nurses die." https://om.co/2026/01/27/a-ceo-captured/

Wow. I only just noticed the appearance controls in Ghost’s ...

2026-01-27T20:25:03Z

Wow. I only just noticed the appearance controls in Ghost’s ActivityPub reader.

Lovely stuff. https://adders.blog/2026/01/27/wow-i-only-just-noticed.html

Today is tenuous links: what media publishers can learn about AI ...

2026-01-27T17:51:29Z

Today is tenuous links: what media publishers can learn about AI from…

Warhammer.

Slop for the slop throne! https://onemanandhisblog.com/2026/01/the-real-ai-opportunity/?utm_source=fediverse&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=second-share

Fascinating to see some details of the early life of a distant ...

2026-01-26T09:47:21Z

Fascinating to see some details of the early life of a distant famous ancestor George Tinworth, in this Times piece.

"Although Tinworth’s mother, Jane (whose first three sons — like approximately a third of babies born in early 19th-century London — died in infancy), did her best to keep the bailiffs from the door, the family endured a daily struggle to make ends meet. Even a child-sized wheelbarrow, made for the young George by his father, had to be sold; 60 years later he wrote that “I never forgot the boy that had my barrow”." https://apple.news/AOr3-r0XDSfGdtWizhcrQVA

London can be very literal sometimes. Yes, I’m in Angel. ...

2026-01-23T13:30:19Z

London can be very literal sometimes.

Yes, I’m in Angel.

Substack now has an AppleTV app. But the headline calls it a ...

2026-01-23T09:47:05Z

Substack now has an AppleTV app. But the headline calls it a “newsletter platform”.

It’s not. It’s an increasingly walled garden social content app, whose only difference from the others is the monetisation strategy is audience revenue, not ads. https://9to5mac.com/2026/01/22/newsletter-platform-substack-now-has-an-apple-tv-app/

Oh, brilliant. Ghost has added filters to its web analytics - and ...

2026-01-22T18:32:41Z

Oh, brilliant. Ghost has added filters to its web analytics - and full support for UTM parameters. Get in there! https://ghost.org/changelog/filters-for-traffic-analytics/

I just discovered the Moodle (and Moodle email) supports ...

2026-01-22T11:43:11Z

I just discovered the Moodle (and Moodle email) supports Markdown, and I could not be happier. I’ll certainly be more efficient…

Best ever feedback from an in-house training/workshop delivered a ...

2026-01-21T12:54:05Z

Best ever feedback from an in-house training/workshop delivered a few months back:

“He’s a proper journalist, who swears and everything”.

That is so going on my gravestone. It should probably be my LinkedIn bio, too…

When I was a regular at the Barbican in the early 90s, back when ...

2026-01-20T13:41:13Z

When I was a regular at the Barbican in the early 90s, back when the RSC had a residency there, I never dreamed that I’d find myself on that stage twice a year 35 years later…

#CityStGeorgesGrad

Just discovered that I need a 30 year old filling replaced. ...

2026-01-19T11:02:06Z

Just discovered that I need a 30 year old filling replaced.

Fabulous start to the week. Now I have to decide which day I want to sacrifice to that delight in the coming months…

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2026-01-17T18:31:04Z

Why is DNS propagation so annoyingly unpredictable?

Welcome back, iPad. Your new screen suits you. ...

2026-01-16T16:53:21Z

Welcome back, iPad. Your new screen suits you.

My iPad is in the iPad hospital for the second time in a little ...

2026-01-16T10:01:55Z

My iPad is in the iPad hospital for the second time in a little over a month.

I hadn’t realised how central it’s become to my workflow. I feel a little lost without it.

Just pressed “go” on something I’ve been contemplating, ...

2026-01-16T05:41:59Z

Just pressed “go” on something I’ve been contemplating, planning and building for a little while.

Sorry to be vague, but more details will be coming early next week. 🤫

Diesel may start vanishing from forecourts within four years: ...

2026-01-14T10:08:07Z

Diesel may start vanishing from forecourts within four years:

"A report by the electric vehicle think tank New AutoMotive predicts that some filling stations in London will stop selling diesel by 2030. Nationally, many of the UK’s 8,400 forecourts are expected to scrap it by 2035." https://apple.news/A1x1RgSxfTd-EPOfVeCrD1w

Not saying it’s cold up here on the Downs today, but… ...

2026-01-10T12:54:43Z

Not saying it’s cold up here on the Downs today, but…

‘orses. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/772/2026/c54b257ef5.jpg

2026-01-10T12:43:40Z

‘orses.

I don’t get the phrase “search it up”. It seems more clumsy ...

2026-01-09T11:36:15Z

I don’t get the phrase “search it up”. It seems more clumsy than “search for it”, yet it seems to have become the default for younger generations.

Elizabeth Spiers, Eating The Chess Pieces: "As a middle-aged ...

2026-01-07T17:55:48Z

Elizabeth Spiers, Eating The Chess Pieces:

"As a middle-aged adult of sound mind with, incidentally, a degree in public policy studies and political science, I completely understand the impulse to look at what’s happening and find some rational explanation for it that does not involve Donald Trump with a colon full of chess pieces." https://www.elizabethspiers.com/eating-the-chess-pieces/?ref=adders-blog

I wonder if many people are confusing the idea of “artificial ...

2026-01-07T12:25:15Z

I wonder if many people are confusing the idea of “artificial intelligence” with “artificial consciousness”.

Cory Doctorow: "AI is the asbestos we’re shoveling into the ...

2026-01-06T21:45:03Z

Cory Doctorow:

"AI is the asbestos we’re shoveling into the walls of our high-tech society" https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/06/1000x-liability/

Roll up, roll up. It’s time for my annual round-up of the top ...

2026-01-06T16:43:00Z

Roll up, roll up.

It’s time for my annual round-up of the top 10 most read posts on One Man & His Blog.

(Not first day back at work procrastination, no, not at all. 😇) https://onemanandhisblog.com/2026/01/the-top-10-posts-on-om-hb-in-2025/?utm_source=fediverse&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=second-share

I appear to have deeply confused Amazon’s algorithm. This is ...

2026-01-05T10:50:06Z

I appear to have deeply confused Amazon’s algorithm. This is not going to encourage me to spend…

Possibly the best pub meal I’ve ever had. Kudos to the team at ...

2026-01-04T18:21:42Z

Possibly the best pub meal I’ve ever had. Kudos to the team at the Rose & Crown, Shilton. https://www.roseandcrownshilton.com/

Sunset on Shoreham Beach ...

2026-01-04T17:50:50Z

Sunset on Shoreham Beach

I have questions. ...

2025-12-31T16:22:32Z

I have questions.

Chilly Christmas beach walk. ...

2025-12-25T16:33:33Z

Chilly Christmas beach walk.

The advent candles in church this morning. ...

2025-12-25T12:03:59Z

The advent candles in church this morning.

My late parents’ angel, keeping watch over another family ...

2025-12-25T09:16:21Z

My late parents’ angel, keeping watch over another family Christmas.

Merry Christmas, to all who celebrate it.

Just discovered that I’m in the marketing video for our ...

2025-12-23T19:37:46Z

Just discovered that I’m in the marketing video for our department.

www.youtube.com/watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPS2gTi9iG0

Being a bit counter-cultural this Christmas… ...

2025-12-20T13:59:20Z

Being a bit counter-cultural this Christmas… https://www.ontheshoreline.com/being-a-bit-countercultural-this-christmas/

Sent to Whamhalla by my eldest, who played Last Christmas in the ...

2025-12-20T11:54:33Z

Sent to Whamhalla by my eldest, who played Last Christmas in the car this morning.

#whamageddon

Hurrah. The latest issue of Standart (an indie coffee magazine) ...

2025-12-20T11:54:19Z

Hurrah. The latest issue of Standart (an indie coffee magazine) has arrived, ready for cosy Christmas reading. https://standartmag.com/

Interesting bridge graffiti ...

2025-12-19T19:02:10Z

Interesting bridge graffiti

Haven’t done one of these photos in ages. It’s easy to grow ...

2025-12-19T18:27:37Z

Haven’t done one of these photos in ages. It’s easy to grow blasé about the beauty of where we live.

Festive post box. ...

2025-12-16T15:42:01Z

Festive post box.