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Bound by a love of photography and inspired by the work of Dizzee Rascal, 26 of London’s top bloggers descended upon Jam HQ on Saturday 4 June to take part in the Bing #yourbritain Blogger Outreach Event. Their mission; to increase their photography nous thanks to an action-packed, interactive hour-long masterclass with British Professional Photographer Continue reading →
Tweetbot rivals Twitter for iPhone. I took Tapbot’s new Twitter application, Tweetbot, for a spin this week, and, as predicted by the hype, I was extremely impressed. With intuitive features, that easily highlight the restrictions of the official Twitter app, it’s a strong application for the tweeter on the go. And bar a couple of Continue reading →
On Sunday, Jam took a small group of Bloggers (and their plus ones) to the O2 Arena for an exclusive performance of the X-Factor tour, courtesy of The Sun’s buzz magazine. In November 2010, The Sun ran an X-Factor promotion to reward their readers and give them the opportunity to watch an exclusive performance of Continue reading →
This diagram published by Flowtown revisits the journey that blogging has taken and how it has evolved into its current form over the past 16 years. It’s a fairly amusing take on the stereotypes that surround blogging but I think it is already a little out of date. It says that the next generation of Continue reading →
The internet is a magical place. Everyone with access to their local public library is able to create their own space and furnish it with whatever takes their fancy. Two particular things that seem to take a lot of people’s fancy is cats and style-blogs-featuring-photos-of-real-people-on-the-street-looking-like-they-should-be-in-a-magazine, namely The Sartorialist and it’s many homages. Some crafty individual Continue reading →
The Sartorialist is one of the most famous bloggers out there. He has an uncanny ability to be in the right place at the right time – camera poised to take exquisite street-style photographs. He’s one of the most re-blogged bloggers in ‘the sphere’, a staple source for fashion writers worldwide. If you are able Continue reading →
So Nikki Finke sold Deadline Hollywood Daily to the Mail Media Corpfor $15m. Good for her. For me, this is quite significant for blogging and moves the medium closer to magazine publishing; the changing hands of titles for this kind of money is reminiscent of acquisitions in print. How’s this shift come about? Well, put Continue reading →
