Welcome to AlastairOtter.com

Welcome. A new year and a new blog.
Over the course of 2007 I accumulated a number of new sites and gradually they appear to be taking on a life of their own. So I decided to start AlastairOtter.com as the home base, a place to collect all the various loose ends that relate to Tag.org.za, [...]

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Alastair Otter is a writer, editor and web designer. He has worked over the past 15 years for both mainstream daily newspapers as well as for many online publications. He is also a geek at heart and founded and ran Tectonic for eight years. This is his blog about technology, writing and editing — and a few other selected topics.

Recently Written

• 750 words to clear the head
• The parallel world of Apple: Where open is not always open
• Would you like an apostrophe with that, ma’am?
• Ubuntu Lucid: The good, the bad and the ugly
• Microsoft’s new anti-Linux patent strategy
• Song of the day: Taken by Trees
• Film and Publications Act: Media independence under fire
• Closing Tectonic and moving on
• Making decisions and changing focus
• Time for another change

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About

Alastair Otter is a writer, editor and web designer. He has worked over the past 15 years for both mainstream daily newspapers as well as for many online publications. He is also a geek at heart and founded and ran Tectonic for eight years. This is his blog about technology, writing and editing — and a few other selected topics.

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