As is occassionally the case, I’ve received two inquiries in the last two days into the prospect of renting of advertising space on this blog. After a very healthy discussion on Twitter as to the pro’s and con’s of it all I’ve reaffirmed the conclusion that this blog shall remain ad-free.
My logic on this boils down to a matter of ethics and clarity of purpose.
In terms of ethics I refer to the notion that a certain percentage of my blogging occurs at work, covering what I consider to be …

Late last week I sent Duncan Riley a series of questions in what I thought was a vain attempt to gain his thoughts on some questions I’d been pondering.  In typical accommodating Duncan style, he’s just responded to one of them; and his response has got me to thinking.
The Question: Advertising on Blogs – When to embrace and when to avoid
The first subject I covered in my email dealt with the inclusion of advertisements on blogs, asking him:
One of the contentious issues in blogging seems to be the inclusion of …