Author archive

‘Most prose born on the Internet is highly defensive’    (2010.12.30)

Paul Ford: ‘Most prose born on the Internet is highly defensive. Everyone is braced for audience attack’

Worst words-of-the-year article of the year    (2010.12.29)

Misty Harris wrote the worst article about words of the year. And the worst sin in this worst article? Guidette says it all

Wanted: Aussie developers for quixotic project    (2010.12.28)

A project down in Oz needs highest-calibre Web developers and designers

Claire Berlinski pulls rug out    (2010.12.24)

Claire Berlinski demolishes not only the sanctimony of the entire exercise of best-book-of-the-year lists but the undead premise of the entire publishing industry

Cruise guys with Grindr? Somebody could out you    (2010.12.22)

(UPDATED) Gay cruising app Grindr has is guilty of serious privacy breaches according to Wall Street Journal testing. The technical ignoramus who runs the company denies that’s a problem. This will not end well

Euphemism of the year    (2010.12.22)

Self-communion (also dickileaks)

Blog shitcans self    (2010.12.20)

Diane Wild can’t take the abuse she gets about one TV show, so she’s packing in coverage of that show. Additional news: Not everyone associated with Canadian television is a cunty, vindictive careerist

What men are good for    (2010.12.20)

Sacrificing themselves, according to one critic

How should museums display architecture?    (2010.12.20)

Not the way Harbourfront is doing, apparently