“If I’d learned anything from the thinkofthechildren incident – and I hadn’t – it’s that one man’s ‘trademark satirical style’ is another man’s first-class ticket to the dock, something I proved again and again at the Guardian, to the growing despair of my editor… What I’d overlooked is that, in the English legal system, making a mockery of High Court injunctions has another name. Contempt of court.” – Bringing Nothing To The Party (p30)

Every so often, I find myself needing to refer back to one of my old Guardian Media columns – either because someone has asked me to, or – more usually – because I want to remind myself how wrong I was on a particular issue.

The Guardian’s archive is, of course, excellent but it’s still a trek to go back 3-5 years (I wrote the column between 2003-2005) to find what I’m looking for.

And so I’ve been meaning to dig them all out and archive the links somewhere for easy reference. Tonight I finally got round to it and I thought – just for a lark – I’d share.

Quite why you’d want to read five year old thoughts on new media issues, I don’t know. But if you do, here they are, in reverse chronological order, beginning with the final one when I stopped writing to focus on The Friday Project and ending with the first, written fresh out of University.

I’ve just glanced through a few of the links below and cringed appropriately at my 23 year old self but, meh, that’s how we learn isn’t it?

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Publish and be spammed (Friday Project launch)

Don’t publish and be doomed (Google Print)

Back off Brussels – leave our web alone (EU moves to police internet content)

The game with no aim (Perplexcity)

It makes no sense to try to censor (ASA’s attempts to censor online ads)
(Plus: letter from the ASA saying I was wrong)

The bloggers shall inherit the Gonzo (Hunter S. Thompson, RIP)

A star’s best friend – the official website (Michael Jackson’s website)

Britain – the land of telephony Luddites (BT’s VoIP sluggishness)

BBC cuts – another thing I don’t need (BBC Moving to Manchester)

Will UK politics ever wake up to the web?

Why Branson’s cool idea leaves me cold (Virgin’s music site)

Next time read the bloggers, Dan (Dan Rather vs The Bloggers)

Why bloggers are good for profits

How che3p Vi3gra is killing e-publishing

The terrifying power of the bloggers

The battlelines are drawn in Blogistan (Denton vs Calacanis)

Ignoring the net? That’s really nuts (The launch of Zoo and Nuts without online support)

Why Drudge is bad for online journalism

One day we’ll all be reading e-papers

You can write but you can’t hide (192.com and my nutjob stalker)

Hey pop ups, why don’t you pop off? (I hate pop-ups)

Let’s have another boom not a Boo (Here comes Web 2.0)

How to get the yoof interested in politics

Ashamed of my TV deal? Not a chance (Web people moving to old media)

Why Google should stop being so ‘evil’ (Google’s weird terms of service)

Online lesson for Arnie (Online and the art of oversharing)

Memo to all music PRs: get a clue (BMG’s embarrasing attempts to spam TFT)

Can’t spot a spoof? Meet Google… (Tom Watson vs Private Eye)

Why only fools and children use portals (Lycos’ clueless attempts to rebrand)

Mickey aims to sink the pirates (The super-fast Internet, and how it might be bad for piracy)

Show e-pirates some respect… (Sony’s film download service and its dumb DRM)

Blogging’s too good for them (Why splitting blogs from Google’s main index is a terrible idea)

Let’s hear it for the bloggers (The awesomeness of Snowmail)

Get your coat Salon, you’ve failed (Salon’s financial woes)

Some bad news for Hoxton’s finest (Why all professional viral videos are shit)

Read all about it! [on the internet first] (Scooping Heat magazine for fun and profit)