Funambulism » freelance http://funambulism.com The remnants of a burgeoning ego. Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:43:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Journalism; when is it justified for a writer to work for free? http://funambulism.com/2011/07/journalism-when-is-it-justified-for-a-writer-to-work-for-free/ http://funambulism.com/2011/07/journalism-when-is-it-justified-for-a-writer-to-work-for-free/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:52:31 +0000 Grill http://funambulism.com/?p=2049 http://funambulism.com/2011/07/journalism-when-is-it-justified-for-a-writer-to-work-for-free/feed/ 18 The Money Farm http://funambulism.com/2010/06/the-money-farm/ http://funambulism.com/2010/06/the-money-farm/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:15:49 +0000 Grill http://funambulism.com/?p=1497 The Money Farm

Buy a PC Gamer-approved product every day this week and you get reward points. You’ve levelled up, now you’re a PCG Ambassador, so you get a PCG fan kit. Meanwhile, your health insurance is incentivising you to walk as it’s worried about your heart rate, and a tobacco firm is incentivising you not to read The Guardian because of its coverage of cancer risk. You get an achievement from the local council for not giving money to a tramp, and your eyetracking device is giving you bonus points for reading every line of an advert (but not the small print). It’s a nightmare and [more...]]]> http://funambulism.com/2010/06/the-money-farm/feed/ 0