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Notable Articles

A lot of my articles have attracted wider attention from the media and blogs. Here is a list of some of the particularly notable articles from this website that have been featured elsewhere.

• Scottish political blogs under the microscope

  Article about a series of problems that hit blogs written by supporters of independence, as the media cast a spotlight on the “cybernats”. This was featured in the Britblog Roundup.

• The failing economy of Kirkcaldy

  This article about unemployment in Kirkcaldy was featured in the Britblog Roundup.

• Would a Scottish Six be less parochial?

  This article asking if BBC Scotland should take the leap and produce a Scottish Six attracted the attention of AllMediaScotland.

• Was Martin Whitmarsh implicated?

  This article — published on my spun-off F1 website, vee8 — was an overview of my take on events, which was described as “fresh insight” by top F1 journalist James Allen.

  I had spotted some interesting comments made by the CEO of the McLaren F1 team Martin Whitmarsh regarding a controversy involving the team following the 2009 Australian Grand Prix. I left a comment on the blog of James Allen, who went on to use it as the basis of a post, ‘Fresh insight into McLaren case‘.

  Following this, a tape of the interview in question was requested by the FIA and my insight was viewed as significant by The Telegraph.

• It’s not all about the money

  I pondered whether an independent Scotland which had a decreased GDP would necessarily be a bad thing. This post was featured in the Britblog Roundup.

• David Davis: mad but right

  This post reacting to David Davis’s decision to resign to force a by-election to be fought on the issue of civil liberties was featured in the New Statesman’s ‘Best of the Politics Blogs’.

• Why the Eurovision bloc voting theory is bogus

  A debunking of the idea that political voting dominates the Eurovision Song Contest. This was featured in Metro’s Blog On section.

• It’s true — I’ve moved to the right

  My dilemma with the spinning woman who claims to tell you which side of the brain you use the most. This was featured in the Britblog Roundup and Radio 5 Live’s Pods and Blogs (audio here).

• Too many thoughts on Fuji

  My review of the 2007 Japanese Grand Prix contained an embed of the YouTube video which provided evidence of Lewis Hamilton’s apparent erratic driving behind the Safety Car. This post was mentioned in one of the Telegraph’s stories about the FIA’s investigation and also Shane Richmond’s Telegraph Technology Blog.

• Should I put my blogs on my CV?

  Pondering that age-old dilemma about blogging and work. This post was featured in the Britblog Roundup and Radio 5 Live’s Pods and Blogs (audio here).

• Why yesterday’s verdict is good for F1

  A post about the “Stepneygate” scandal, also known as the spy scandal involving Ferrari and McLaren. This post was featured in both James Higham’s Blogfocus and the Britblog Roundup.

• In defence of the London 2012 logo (again)

  I wrote a couple of posts defending the logo for the 2012 Olympic Games. This one was linked to from the BBC’s Pods and Blogs.

• Some ideas for Twitter

  A post pondering some potential uses of Twitter. My idea of liveblogging Formula 1 Grands Prix attracted a bit of attention, including from The Telegraph’s Technology blog.

• London Sinfonietta — Warp Works & Twentieth Century Masters

  ABC Australia’s ‘Sound Quality’ programme saw fit to link to this CD review.

• Alleged sexy wildman caught in a socialist party

  A post about Tommy Sheridan. This was featured in The Herald’s Blogworld feature (since taken offline).

• Top of the Pops was only axed because it was bad

  This post was quoted in the letters page of The Guardian’s Technology section.

• I hate summer

  I quickly fired off this post one night. It ended up in Tim Worstall’s Britblog Roundup.

• Plaid & Bob Jaroc — Greedy Baby

  Kultureflash saw fit to make this one of their hundreds of links one week.

• Teaching to the test

  About how schools approach exams. Featured in the Britblog Roundup.

• FM3’s Buddha Machine: Cheap but awesome!

  After writing this post about the quaint little music machine I was asked to talk about it on Radio Scotland.

• Warning: This is a navel-gazing post about blogging, and they are the worst

  The launch of Guardian Unlimited’s Comment is free blog prompted a fresh round of navel-gazing in the blogosphere. My contribution to the debate was featured in Tim Worstall’s Britblog Roundup and Comment is free.

• The media’s obsession with Google

  In the wake of the launch of Google.cn, I wondered why a similar fuss wasn’t kicked up when MSN and Yahoo! did the same. I also take the opportunity to have a go at the media who will get themselves into a frenzy if Google sneezes. This post was featured in a Slate round-up of the blogosphere.

• Joe Blogs and Joe Public

  I wondered if the blogosphere was becoming a bit of an ivory tower just like the mainstream media. This post was featured in Tim Worstall’s Britblog Roundup.

• RSS decisions

  This post was quoted in The Guardian’s Technology section.

• My thoughts on the Berliner

  I took a look at The Guardian’s radical redesign in 2005, which their own Editor’s blog picked up on.

• Live Grate

  In summer 2005 I got angry about Bob Geldof a lot. This post was quoted in BBC News Online’s Weblog Watch: The most talked about economic conference ever?

• Blunkett advocates small government!

  This post was featured in the General Election 05 blog’s daily roundup.

• Biased Biased BBC

  My first post to be featured in Tim Worstall’s Britblog Roundup.

• Leaflet review

  This review of election literature from the 2005 General Election made it to the General Election 05 blog’s daily roundup (sadly no longer available online).