More than occasionally I wonder what is food blogging and how can it continue to differ (and differentiate itself) from other media. The late-90s chestnut of blogging being “all about community” has been all but superseded by real communities moving online. As much as I’m not a huge fan of Facebook, there’s 120 million other… Continue reading Food Blogging as Wunderkammer
Category: meta
What makes a good food blog?
A few months ago someone asked me what makes a good food blog; a question that begs to find a common thread through the hundred or so food blogs that clog my feed reader with other people’s meals. As somebody that spends plenty of their working life measuring user behaviour on the web, I know… Continue reading What makes a good food blog?
Last Appetite turns one.
The Last Appetite is one year old today (if you don’t count the placeholder post that I made a few months prior to real launch). In that time, I’ve eaten in six different countries, written 100-odd posts and according to my spam protection, I’ve received 4,300 spam comments. It’s my 1004th day of food blogging… Continue reading Last Appetite turns one.
“Fetal bovine serum, you say”
A few weeks ago, I had a conversation with bio-artist Oron Catts which probably rates as one of the strangest I’ve ever had. I used the words “fetal bovine serum” far too often for somebody who writes about food. He spoke of his work as “semi-living” where I might have used the term “undead”. His… Continue reading “Fetal bovine serum, you say”
Measuring web statistics for your food blog
Unless you’re going to act upon it, measuring anything is nothing more than statistical masturbation, whether it be on the web or anywhere else. There is the warm afterglow that you get from the first time that you hit a hundred; a thousand or a hundred thousand visitors to your blog a day, but once… Continue reading Measuring web statistics for your food blog
Keep calm and carry on
I’m having a few issues upgrading from WordPress 2.3 to 2.5, and compatability with my plugins/theme. All will be well by Sunday. Addendum (Saturday): All is well now. Also, you can buy the “Keep Calm And Carry On” poster from Sfgirlbybay on Etsy or you can grab a whole pile of Keep Calm and Carry… Continue reading Keep calm and carry on
Five Links on Friday – 2 May 2008
The chicharron burrito – “I took another bite and the chicharron let me know that this shit was not a game.” Austin Bush does Tsukiji – Austin from RealThai trains his wide-angle lens on some frozen tuna at Tokyo’s famous fish market If I drank more wine – this is how I’d spend my weekends… Continue reading Five Links on Friday – 2 May 2008
Five Links on (Good) Friday
Photo Credit: Wooster Collective Food Hero of the Day: Former Microsoft CTO, Nathan Myhrvold – “I love to cook short ribs at 130 degrees Fahrenheit for 36 hours,” Myhrvold says. “They become very flavorful and have a different texture than most braised meats.” Once upon a time, public relations folk would spam food bloggers with… Continue reading Five Links on (Good) Friday