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The Wire compared to Frederick Wiseman/observational documentary - David Quinn

review of pocket camcorders - David Quinn

Over the din of the busy factory machines comes the bawl of voices: laborers are demanding a shorter workweek. In 1832, Michael Sadler and Richard Oastler, advocates for the 10-hour day, attend a massive meeting at Campfield in Manchester. Fifteen years later, the Ten-Hour Act finally comes into effect. Less diligence means more decadence, and the city quickly earns its hedonistic reputation. “24 Hour Party People,” highlighted by Shaun Ryder’s off-key, everyman vocals and cut-to-the-chase lyrics, is a call-out to bacchanalia-obsessed gadabouts everywhere. Work hard, Manchester, but twist your melon and play hard, too. - David Quinn

- RDA Budget details - David Quinn

- 27% budget cut for NWDA in 2010-11 - David Quinn

- Investigation into local authority news coverage in local papers - David Quinn

- "In many cases bad guys no more choose to be bad than good guys choose to be good... arbitrary factors of birth play a far greater role in determining fates than choices individuals make. It is against this backdrop that the Tory’s attempt to co-opt The Wire as part of its rhetoric about “Broken Britain” is so misguided." - David Quinn

- Oh dear x 500 - David Quinn

- Enlightening piece from 2005 - David Quinn

- Herring responds to out-of-context quotes in Guardian piece. "To have those contentious lines quoted our of context, with absolutely no explanation of what else takes place can have no other effect than to make the casual (and even the quite careful) reader assume that I am a racist." - David Quinn

- "In London more writers are currently employed by local authority titles than by the local independent press (which has around 350 editorial staff)." - David Quinn

- Photos of bomb shelters from around the globe. - David Quinn

- Tempting to take the piss but actually sounds quite well done. - David Quinn

- Clever use of PR. Spotify says the app is ready, whacks ball over to Apple for a response. - David Quinn

- Interesting piece about the changing face of stand-up. - David Quinn

- Response to BBC claims - David Quinn

- "Hi-tech voice recognition software" is actually a bunch of low-paid workers in a foreign call centre - David Quinn

- Spanish league plans to switch some kick-offs to weekend lunchtimes to please Asian markets; top players staying in Spain - David Quinn

- "He's got funny eyes and he's a cry baby. He's also a cockney." - David Quinn

- A "50/50 mix of local 'soft' news and advertising in a monthly free-to-pick-up format" - Not sure I'm convinced this is the answer to the demise of the local weeklies - David Quinn

- Oh dear. - David Quinn

- This guy sounds like a tosser. - David Quinn

- Not sure if this is a joke. - David Quinn

- Amusing apology - David Quinn

- 15 year old Morgan Stanley intern reveals teenagers don't use Twitter. Like we didn't already know. - David Quinn

- 44 dates have equivalent cardbon footprint of a return flight to Mars. - David Quinn

- More blog anxiety. Genuine trend? - David Quinn

- Salford Star Urban Splash investigation - David Quinn

- Full list Jan 08-Feb 09 - David Quinn

- Yet more local journalism/newspapers down the toilet. - David Quinn