Morning Coffee Reading: 18th July 2011

For the first time in a little while, I caught the train from Shoreham-by-Sea to London for a day at Procter Street. That gave me the chance to catch up on my RSS feeds, and here’s a few things of note:

• The Smartphone: our new tool for sharing experiences – I think we, as an industry, would be foolish if we underestimate the cultural shift happening around mobile devices.
• A good week for journalism, a bad week for journalism – one former colleague gives a timely reminder of the important, long-term reporting done by another. We need to talk more about the good things done by journalists at the moment…
• Have you taken the #ukjournopay study yet? – I have. You should.
• A Sobering Look at Apple – this column looked like a typical piece of anti-Apple linkbait. It made me think worse of the reborn Byte. The Byte editor, Gina Smith, apparently agreed, and has apologised for publication of the article. Wonderful transparency and directness. Love it.

Coffee from the wonderful Toast by the Coast. 😉