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New Comment Is Free adds ‘blog of comments’

A big day for the Guardian today, as the new community-enabled Comment Is Free makes its debut. Site editor Georgina Henry describes the various mechanical and presentational changes, but one in particular catches my eye. Each user of the site now has a personal profile page… featuring an ‘instant archive’ of all the comments they’ve added [...] read on »

Web as a weapon: visionary stuff from Gordon Brown

It didn’t generate much media coverage, but there were some stirring words in Gordon Brown’s speech on Saturday to the Church of Scotland general assembly. One of the recurring criticisms levelled against him has been a lack of a defining vision: well, try this one for size. The greatest arsenal of power today is not nuclear [...] read on »