Killing time, surfing Feedly feeds and saw this post from Willy-Bob Wheaton recalling a story about the time he sent his first draft of his a book he was working on Cory Doctorow to read and Cory gave him the honest truth: there’s a good tale in there but the writing ain’t so great. Eventually Wheaton overcomes self-doubt generated by said tough love, and does … Continue reading Yes, Thank You Cory Doctorow
Another great talk from Cory Doctorow on the nature of the Internet and its relationship to society. You might also be interested in this recent interview between Tim Wu and Cory Doctorow hosted at Slate: Continue reading Everything Is Internet Policy
I met Cory Doctorow once at a conference called Supernova in Washington DC back in the very early part of the ‘naughts. It was actually about technology policy which is the fascinating thing about Cory Doctorow, talented and successful writer; he’s also quite an effective public advocate for a number of progressive 21st Century causes, including privacy and copyright reform. He’s had an impressive public … Continue reading Bookmark: Cory Doctorow
I read a bunch of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels this summer, not really in order though. It’s just a wonderful series, funny, but a coherent enough fantasy world that you care about the stories and the characters. I wish I’d had these to read when I was a kid. I’ve also been reading John Scalzi’s novels lately. He’s a fairly “lite-science” science fiction writer and pretty efficient at telling … Continue reading Fiction Reading This Summer
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