I don't want to get too boring, but I have to mention again the use of Twitter comments masquerading as news. This time it was the launch of the new Samsung Galaxy S4, which has provoked a number of articles telling us all about this wonderful bit of kit. only, it didn't actually report on the phone, it reported on the reporting of the phone supplemented by some Twitter comments. This was on the BBC and Guardian websites, I can't be bothered to look at any more, but it made me wonder what the boss said when he said 'get me a news story about the Samsung thingy phone'. Something like - fill as much space as you can as cheaply as you can. Certainly it seems that both reporters were not actually present, instead relying totally on other publication's reports - or soundbites - to tell us all about it. These publications appeared to be specific industry type reads such as CNET and others, and plenty that I have never heard of at all. I suppose Geek Weekly had a reporter there along with Get A Life Gazette. Anyway, the thing that really annoyed me was those few twitter quotes at the end from nobodies but dressed up as if Mr Twitter him/herself had uttered them on behalf of all twitter user.
Right, that's twitter news dealt with for this week.
As for training, I managed half an hour or so on the rollers last night, but my speed sensor keeps using batteries at a rate of about 1 per month which is not good. Hence no mileage and speed logged. Very frustrating, so I'm looking on eBay to see how much I can get one for.
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