May 2010

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BabyBarista balks at the paywall

29 May 2010 in Blogging

Tim Kevan has raised two fingers to the Digger and withdrawn the BabyBarista blog from The soon-to-be-paywalled Times, saying:

I didn’t start this blog for it to be the exclusive preserve of a limited few subscribers. I wrote it to entertain whosoever wishes to read it.

BabyBarista is now at www.babybarista.com and includes cartoons by Times cartoonist Alex Williams.

From its independent blog beginnings, BabyBarista appeared on The Times for over three years which led to a book deal with Bloomsbury: BabyBarista and the Art of War was published as a trade paperback last year. A mass market edition with the new title Law and Disorder is due out in August. Book Two of the BabyBarista Files will also be published by Bloomsbury in 2011.

Sleeves rolled up

13 May 2010 in Government | 1 comment

To gauge how on the ball these ConDems are, I did a quick trawl around the Gov dept sites which reveals that …

Most departments haven’t had time to do anything but post a rather ominous message along the lines of:

Content on this site is under review following the formation of a new government.

See eg DfT, BIS, DEFRA.

All is very calm and sensible at Education:

All statutory guidance and legislation linked to from this site continues to reflect the current legal position unless indicated otherwise, but may not reflect Government policy.

But Boy George at HM Treasury has been quick and ruthless:

Following the result of the 2010 General Election, we have reviewed and amended our web content to remove information related to the previous administration.

So, that’s 13 years erased in the blink of an eye.

Meanwhile everyone’s headed over to join baldy at the Foreign Office and the National Security Council ponders …

What do we do now?