Archive for November, 2007
Friday, November 23rd, 2007
Welcome to Buy Nothing Day, where we try to stop all consumer spending for an entire 24-hour period. Gasp!
I love this holiday. Even though I already screwed it up this morning by dashing to the grocery store for Cream of Wheat.
Even so, I like the idea of noticing, ...
Posted in food, politics | 2 Comments »
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
Mostly, I'm a cynical bastard about holidays. I feel irritated and manipulated by them. So when someone tells me I should be thankful, right here, right now, my knee-jerk response is something along the lines of "screw you."
That said, the holiday comes at serendipitous time because I just happen ...
Posted in writing | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Chang sent me this brilliant rendition of the Armored Magazine concept. Personally, I'd pick it up for the jet pack instructions. But I think the dorky dude sticking out through the "O" needs some cross hairs centered on his forehead. :-)
More seriously, Speclit has a series of ...
Posted in writing | 15 Comments »
Monday, November 19th, 2007
I just watched the promo video stuff for Amazon's Kindle, and I was struck by a couple of things. Kindle is obviously aimed at becoming something like the iPod of the reading experience, so it seems fair to compare the two. Quick reactions:
1) I'm really interested in Amazon's model of ...
Posted in writing | 7 Comments »
Saturday, November 17th, 2007
Erin Hoffman over at Homeless Moon has an interesting post on how she would try to transcend the print paradigm for magazines. Lots of stuff to chew on. I started commenting over there, and realized I was on the verge of writing another essay.
And in _Car Accident News_, Anjula is ...
Posted in writing | 5 Comments »
Thursday, November 15th, 2007
Update Nov. 19. She's up and running again. The meds were the problem. Much relief.
Update Nov 16, 1pm: We thought she was okay at the time, but now she's really dizzy and nauseous and we aren't sure if it's the pain medications the hospital gave her or if it's ...
Posted in writing | 15 Comments »
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
Good thing I backed up my novel. Right?
Right?
Posted in writing | 3 Comments »
Saturday, November 10th, 2007
Okay, after I posted my suggested boy teen focused sf marketing experiment Armored Magazine as a way of growing a new short sf mag's circulation, Shara Saunsaucie, noting with exquisite politeness the almost inherently sexist premise of Armored, posted a question about what a teen girl focused magazine might look ...
Posted in writing | 17 Comments »
Friday, November 9th, 2007
Okay, I can't seem to stop thinking about this, so I'm going to beat the dead horse one last time.
In the first three posts about Science Fiction magazines:Why Are the "Big Three" Dying?, Marketing in Meatspace, and Online Marketing, I wasn't explicit about why I was focusing on marketing ...
Posted in writing biz | 19 Comments »
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
er... website.
Prepare for turbulence.
Posted in misc | No Comments »
