Archive - How To Measure Ghosts

Introducing Mr X

60 years ago, The Beatles made ratings history with first appearance on US television. A few hours later, on the same channel, the man who invented…

Feb 9 •

September 2023

The long, slow death of the TV schedule

Back in 2003, I thought the TV schedule was about to die. Two decades later, its end might finally be in sight.

Sep 19, 2023 •

March 2023

The internet of maps and oracles

The history of the internet is littered with things that look like oracles, but are actually maps.

Mar 8, 2023 •

November 2022

Revisiting 'Six Spaces of Social Media' 15 years later

In which something I wrote at the dawn of the social media age feels timely again at the dusk.

Nov 6, 2022 •

September 2022

Jan 9th & May 24th 2007

15 years on from two events that marked the start of the 21st Century

Sep 23, 2022 •

May 2021

Data isn't oil, so what is it?

Metaphors shape how we understand, and change, the world. We need a better metaphor for data.

May 15, 2021 •

February 2021

A lifetime of data

How much of your life has been recorded? It's probably far less than you think.

Feb 1, 2021 •

January 2021

'A Dictatorship of Numbers'

Newton Minow's 1961 'vast wasteland' speech paved the way for public media in the US. We need another Newton Minow now.

Jan 10, 2021 •

December 2020

The Year of Remote Culture

After 2020, should we be talking about 'remote' strategy rather than 'digital' strategy?

Dec 13, 2020 •

October 2020

We're all schedulers now

From Radio Times to Screen Time: how EPGs are teaching us to manage our attention.

Oct 16, 2020 •

July 2020

The Rise of the People Meter

The last episode of the last season of this newsletter (and yes, I’m going with seasons as a publishing rhythm) came out in late February this year.

Jul 26, 2020 •

February 2020

Three ways of thinking about audiences - work, commodity, or voice?

Who gets to decide what an 'audience' actually is? And what kind of power does this give them?

Feb 24, 2020 •

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