SUGGESTATION

On the infinitesimal odds that you’ve found this blog without being a regular reader of Bloggerheads, go check this out.

Tim is thinking about starting up a new major project. He’s currently juggling two ideas, either tackling UK Libel Law, or having a swing at Rupert Murdoch. Both very good causes - have a read, and add to the discussion.

To me and my nephew :)

Disappearing for the weekend - Celebrating my *cough*th birthday, and my little nephews 1st! Big excuse to buy lots of toys. Have a great weekend all, catch you on the flipside.

Update: Yay, back. Got a great digital camera for my birthday, so I may publish random pics at some stage. Then again, I may not.

Site may be up and down somewhat for the next day or two - I’m getting my blog migrated to a newer server (more space, more bandwidth, etc etc - not that I need it, but hey! Upgrade!).

Many thanks to Tim for his plug of the site.

http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2008/04/generous_to_a_f.asp

Oof. Getting there. Good result for Tim with Paul - I really hope he gets somewhere with Iain.

I’d like to know what this means in the wider sense of the UK political blogosphere. Much has been made of the reader numbers claimed by the big blogs, and with the real figures shown to be much lower than originally touted, questions have been raised about the influence and readership that blogs really wield.

Obviously blogs do have influence - we’ve all heard of cases by now of stories which have been broken by the blogosphere before the mainstream media, and Tim Ireland himself has been greatly influential in getting SOCPA reversed. Still, the numbers of blog readers in the UK seems to be very small - ideas on how to improve?
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