Not five minutes after posting a quick word about #amazonfail, I skimmed my home page to see what I'd linked to lately, just out of curiosity, and visited the onion goggles from the Castle post. What's that category linked right at the top of the Health & Personal Care … [Read more...] about Amazon: staffed by hypocritical jackasses
DiggFail
Digg fails at life. Gruber is on top of the situation and has linked to many blocking tools for every major CMS and coding framework. … [Read more...] about DiggFail
AmazonFail
Amazon fails at life. There's a new term for this sort of stupidity: Amazon Rank, which quite possibly represents the Smart Bitches' fastest Googlebomb ever. See also #amazonfail on Twitter and the LA Times article. … [Read more...] about AmazonFail
Plastic Logic
Here's a profile of the Plastic Logic reader, the one described as Jesus-like in Michael Tamblyn's presentation on changing the publishing industry. … [Read more...] about Plastic Logic
Changing Publishing
Can we put Michael Tamblyn in charge of US publishing? All of it? Like, right now? Some highlights from his presentation, 6 Projects That Could Change Publishing for the Better: DRM is the biggest problem with ebook readers. Not digital rights management, but date repulsion … [Read more...] about Changing Publishing
Vorkosigan discussions on Tor.com
Jo Walton is posting about each Vorkosigan novel over on Tor.com, and there are now some illuminating remarks from Lois McMaster Bujold in the comments. (You might recall that I was in transports over this series when I discovered it last fall.) Here's an index so far, since the … [Read more...] about Vorkosigan discussions on Tor.com
Improving IndieBound
Earlier this week there was a post on The Written Nerd about IndieBound (formerly BookSense), inviting booksellers and bloggers to share ideas on how it could better serve independent bookstores. I'm writing to the marketing person, but I thought I'd ping you guys for additional … [Read more...] about Improving IndieBound
Castle
I don't think I could love this show more if it were made of chocolate with little sprinkles on top. I watched the first episode for two reasons: the show is about a mystery writer, and he's played by Nathan Fillion. On the surface this is made of win, but I was skeptical. When … [Read more...] about Castle
Shadow Unit chronology
Shadow Unit chronology — if you've wondered where to start, or you missed some of the Easter eggs, here's the complete index. (via Bear, who says a guide to the character's blogs is forthcoming) … [Read more...] about Shadow Unit chronology
‘The world will continue brewing success beer.’
'The world will continue brewing success beer.' Great writing advice. … [Read more...] about ‘The world will continue brewing success beer.’
