Via the Miles Vorkosigan threads on Tor.com, I learned that 'The Mountains of Mourning' is available online. This short story would be a fantastic thing to read if you haven't read the books and are curious about them. … [Read more...] about The Mountains of Mourning
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HighEdWeb 2009 call for proposals
Hey, higher-ed web peeps: now would be a great time to submit a proposal for a talk at HighEdWeb this year. This year, the programming committee (including yours truly) would especially like to expand the offerings in design, social media and networking, professional skills (like … [Read more...] about HighEdWeb 2009 call for proposals
I Married a Novelist
I Married a Novelist — the footnotes are priceless. … [Read more...] about I Married a Novelist
Amazon: staffed by hypocritical jackasses
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
