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Last night I headed to London for the first Hacks and Hackers meetup in the country. It sprouted out of the Ruby in the Pub meetings and has been organised by Joanna Geary and colleagues at the Times as a meetup for journalists interested in coding and geeks interested in journalism. It was very well [...]
In 1985 American literary critic Jane Tompkins published a book, Sensational Designs: The Cultural Work of American Fiction. It was an attempt to attract critical attention to novels – often bestsellers – that had been traditionally ignored or even panned by the canon-makers who dominated literary criticism. It represented an opening up of “low” art [...]
Since I split my Twitter accounts six weeks ago, things have been a bit quiet here for a couple of reasons. Firstly, splitting the feeds has been a great help for talking to the people I’m writing for. I keep an eye on @edpmary at work, which has made it possible for me to have [...]
This blog is called Metamedia after a term coined in 1964 by Marshall McLuhan to talk about the hypothetical effects of mass media. Metamedia refers to the hybridising and cross-pollination of media and technologies. It implies a multi-discipline approach, breaking down traditional barriers between disciplines and collaborating across multiple media. This space will, I hope, [...]
When is talking not talking? When it’s pointless babble, according to the authors of a study that would like most people to Twitter differently.
Mary Hamilton is an award-winning journalist, constant learner, asipring coder, casual hardcore gamer and enthusiastic amateur data wrangler. You can contact her via Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or email her at mary at maryhamilton dot co dot uk.
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