Reading Matters

It’s been a while since I’ve updated (a combination of work and connectivity issues) so I thought I’d spend some time on what I’ve been reading.

If you haven’t done so already, bookmark The Story. The brianchild of Mark Coughlan and Gavin Sheridan, it’s a must see site if you want to see the devil in the details.

John McGuirk describes himself as ‘Conservative, Nationalist, Likes Cake‘. McGuirk is best known for his work with Libertas, though he promises the blog will develop ideas in several areas. How can you not love a political backroom boy who twitters his reactions to X Factor every weekend?

Forth is a new magazine, featuring sometimes offbeat, often original opinion pieces, though they still haven’t enabled comment on their article. A pity, since many of their pieces have me itcing to reply, so let’s hope they fix that soon.

Tuppenceworth is always worth a look-in, for a unique take on the conventional and the quirky. If you read nothing else this week, read Fergal Crehan’s Worst Case Scenario.

And finally, there’s the Daddy of them all. Slugger O’Toole recently added a new batch of southern based columnists, including Senator Paschal Donoghue and yours truly.

Comments

9 responses to “Reading Matters”

  1. Fergus O'Rourke avatar

    Your new font doesn’t really “work” for me

  2. Gerard Cunningham avatar

    What sites do work for you? I’m looking for a new wordpress design and I’ve gone through several, and I’m open to suggestions.

  3. Paul Carr avatar
    Paul Carr

    Ah, you’ve joined up with Slugger. Good on ye.

  4. Jason Walsh avatar

    The CMS needs an update before comments can be enabled – early November, likely. Please do write a letters, though: letters AT forth.ie. All comments welcomed.

    Jason Walsh,
    editor, forth

    1. faduda avatar

      But I don’t want to write a letter to the editor. I want to see a public discussion. I want a dialog, not a correspondence.

  5. Jason Walsh avatar

    As soon as I have the money it’ll be upgraded to support comments. Sadly this little enterprise is costing me a fortune (that I don’t have).

  6. faduda avatar

    Best of luck. I’d prioritise commenting as a feature though. New media lives and dies on immediacy and feedback.

  7. Jason Walsh avatar

    Commenting is now working at forth.