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Blogging and citizen journalism

July 3, 2009February 1, 2013 Illarterate Leave a comment

I watched with interest Newsnight’s Wenesday night special on citizen journalism. Since all Iranian professional reporters have been barred from commenting on the country’s recent conflicts, the world has turned to Twitter, YouTube and blogs for updates on the Iranian situation. It just goes to show that in the age of the Internet, it’s nigh […]

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Spot the deliberate error

Blogging: Is perfect grammar really that important?

April 7, 2009February 1, 2013 Illarterate 2 Comments

The BBC recently launched a new programme which attempts to seek out Britain’s best young orator. Among the issues raised by the series is that of technology (read: the Internet and texting) and its effect on the English language. Whilst some champion tradition and mourn the death of grammar in the country’s youth, I say […]

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Underground Black – a Blogger theme by Styleshout and Dan Farrimond

December 23, 2008January 31, 2013 Illarterate 1 Comment

Styleshout have some excellent Blogger themes at their website. One in particular that caught my eye was one named Underground. However I wasn’t too sure about the colour scheme – its grey and red industrial theme seemed a bit generic for my liking. So, I spent an afternoon modifying it to a white-on-black theme to […]

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Tips for organising your blog

December 22, 2008July 3, 2009 Illarterate Leave a comment

Don’t be a sloppy blogger. You can be as haphazard as you like behind the scenes, but where the post is concerned you want to come across as professional and, above all, understandable. I know it’s tedious, but revise your post a couple of times and proofread everything a little while after you’ve written it […]

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Tips for bloggers with writer’s block

December 19, 2008April 10, 2010 Illarterate 2 Comments

There will come a time when you feel you have writer’s block, when you feel like everything you write is rubbish and nothing is working for you. I find the best posts happen when you are trying not to be funny, trying not to be too informative. Just write about what you know, what you […]

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