Or The Curse of the Woman Who Didn’t Know When To Shut Up.
 
Difference between bloggers and journalists
A few weeks ago, the ever-excellent Matthew Teller hosted a debate on his blog about the difference between bloggers and journalists.
It’s something of a hoary old debate, but some excellent points were raised. Key amongst these are that journalists [...]

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David on November 17th, 2009

The internet: killing travel journalism?
A while back, I weighed in with my thoughts on how the internet is supposedly killing travel journalism. At the bottom, I made a small point which I didn’t think too much of at the time, but I am increasingly coming to think may be important.
 
Travel companies as publishers
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Twitter confessions
An interesting bout of shame-faced confession broke out on Twitter a week or so ago. A few travel writers – most of whom spend their time tracking down stylish design hotels or character-heavy, family-run accommodation – admitted where they actually like staying.
Unsurprisingly, it wasn’t the ‘boutique’ pseudo art installations or quirky, personality-packed hovels. It [...]

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Reluctance to join Twitter
I was extremely reluctant to join Twitter. As with many who have an antipathy towards it, I thought it was a place for self-obsessed morons to blather about what they had for breakfast. I didn’t know what it was for – and in a way I still don’t, but I have decided [...]

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David on August 19th, 2009

My little list of Top 15 Travel Twitterers seems to have got itself a fair bit of attention. Interestingly, a lot of comments have centred around my reasons for unfollowing someone.
To summarise, if I find a Twitterer dull, irrelevant or overly irritating, then I see no reason to keep following them. Nothing personal – it’s [...]

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David on August 17th, 2009

Lists of Twitterers to follow
If you want a list of people to follow on Twitter, then you’ll not struggle to find them. There are hundreds of such lists out there on the web. Alas, most aren’t very helpful.
These Twitterer lists generally fit into one of two categories. Either they’ve got so many names that they’re [...]

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