My life has been roughly analogous to that tired duck cliche: churning madly beneath the surface, but kind of boring and not blogging very much up above. Let’s see if I can’t provide you with a clear view of my feathery, web-footed underside. Daddy Obviously, this is the most important news. Sean Douglas was born on [...]
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What’s up, January 2011 edition
Things have been fairly quiet here on my home-blog, as it were, but nothing’s been very quiet for me, so I figured I’d document my current areas of activity, just so people know. Those of you who see what I see on Twitter and in GReader might be aware that I’m writing stuff for MMO [...]
Carnac the Magnificent strikes again
I believe I have already established that I am psychic, but in case anyone missed it, let’s check out a different subheading of ‘nailed it’ from my original post: As electronic distribution (and web-based shopping) becomes more and more prevalent, and the percentage of electronic vs. analog versions of the same products continues to move [...]
Guest Post: Where the Wild Things Are
More than a few years ago, I was having a conversation with De Knippling (whom I met in college) about our mutual childhood history, growing up in the midwest. This was after both of us had moved away and, by happy accident, found ourselves neighbors again in Colorado. De was talking about the fact that [...]
Choose Your Doom
Bet you thought this was going to be a NaNoWriMo post. I mean… come on: Middle of the month? Ironic yet clever title? Something about conserving ammo, checking your exits, and knowing when to double tap your closest friends to maximize your own life expectancy? Clever analogies… OR ARE THEY? But no. Today, I don’t [...]
I am like some kind of genius at predicting stupidity
Twenty days ago, in this post, I made a prediction: At least one — probably several — big publishers will try to introduce their own ebook reader or ebook format, despite the fact that popular formats exist and are already being whittled down to a few survivors. These things will suck huge amounts of money that [...]
A bit of conversation
SO here’s a talk I had this morning: Website: *explodes* Me: …the hell? Website: What? Me: You just exploded. Website: Nuh uh. Me: Yes. You did. You are still exploded, in fact. Website: Well… Me: What? Website: At least you noticed me. Me: … Website: Sorry. Me: I’ve had a lot on my – Website: [...]
Elephant Fight: the Macmillan-Amazon scorched earth offensive
(Author’s Note: Chuck has a calmer assessment of this situation. I get worked up about this stuff. If that offends, I highly recommend his post.) All right. Wow. There’s a lot to talk about here. First, Backstory Once upon a time, the five major publishers in the country decided they wanted to sell their ebooks [...]
