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London Olympics logo faces wrath of Net democracy
9 Comments Published by Kieren 1 year, 2 months ago in Funny, Internet, JournalismThis is going to be an interesting one. The logo for the London Olympics in 2012 was unveiled on Monday and it has met almost universal disdain. And for good reason - look at it - it’s hideous. Or perhaps grotesque is a better word. Anyway, the BBC has a poll on it where […]
So much for Google translation
2 Comments Published by Kieren 1 year, 2 months ago in Internet, Journalism, Technology Three weeks ago, I added a translation module to this blog as an experiment with automated translation software.
The technology worked although thanks to some readers of different nationalities, it quickly became clear that the translations were not great - and in some cases barely comprehensible. Part of the reason is that I write in […]
Sunday Telegraph review of Sex.com
2 Comments Published by Kieren 1 year, 2 months ago in Internet, Journalism, Sex.com There was a review in the Sunday Telegraph at the weekend, so I did something I’ve only done once before in my life and bought it.
I knew it didn’t bode well when they managed to misspell my name not once but twice in the piece (in fact it’s not spelt right anywhere). Once […]
Book launch and reviews
7 Comments Published by Kieren 1 year, 2 months ago in Internet, Journalism, Sex.comI had my book launch on Tuesday at Bar Detroit in Covent Garden. Terrific stuff. Lots of old friends, my publishers (several of the Quercus team pictured above), and my family. Gary Kremen was there and signed various books and generally entertained people. I did that weird thing where you speak to nearly everyone […]
Sunday Times article on Sex.com
8 Comments Published by Kieren 1 year, 2 months ago in Internet, Journalism, Sex.comThis is the article that appeared in The Sunday Times on Sex.com today. As I mentioned earlier, the article appears under my byline but was entirely written by a writer the Times brought in. I’m interested to see what people think of the two versions I wrote and the one that’s appeared. I’ll do […]
Times review of Sex.com
2 Comments Published by Kieren 1 year, 2 months ago in Internet, Journalism, Sex.com The Times has done a review of Sex.com. Short and sweet:
“Sex.com
By Kieren McCarthy
Reviewed by Iain Finlayson
Civil law, not unreasonably regarded as a dry subject, is often rendered relevant by colourful cases. There is no more dramatic cause of dispute than money, unless it is sex — so the battle for the domain name sex.com […]
Sunday Times article version two
2 Comments Published by Kieren 1 year, 2 months ago in Internet, Journalism, Sex.com You should read this blog post before you delve into this piece.
“The Internet? The Internet is for porn!” exclaimed one of the speakers last week [18 May 2007] as the Oxford Union debated the question “This House believes that the Internet is the greatest force for Democratisation in the World”.
Professor John Palfrey of […]
Sunday Times article version one
1 Comment Published by Kieren 1 year, 2 months ago in Internet, Journalism, Sex.com To find out what on earth this is all about, please read this blog post.
“In all the years you’ve been chasing me, you have never got a single asset in my name. And you never will.”
That was how Stephen Michael Cohen made it plain to the man sitting opposite him – a man who […]
A Sunday Times article what was written for me
6 Comments Published by Kieren 1 year, 2 months ago in Internet, Journalism, Sex.com I don’t know whether I’ve mentioned it but I’ve written this book about an extraordinary battle over the domain name Sex.com, and it was officially out on Monday.
I’ve been trying, naturally enough, to push this fact into the media, and I was delighted when my publisher’s publicity woman Lucy Ramsey told me that the […]
New Statesman review of Sex.com
3 Comments Published by Kieren 1 year, 3 months ago in Internet, Journalism, Sex.com I’ve just seen that a review of my Sex.com book has popped up on the New Statesman.
It’s not very long and it’s taken a tack which I was surprised by, but I didn’t think the New Statesman would cover it as it tends to prefer more weighty and political books. Nonetheless, I think […]
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