Archive for June, 2009

Chris Anderson is releasing more pieces of his new book, Free: The Future of a Radical Price, which will be released on July 7th. I think he’s been talking about this book for going on three years now, so I’m looking forward to seeing what he’s got to… »

Over on his blog, Yudhishthira’s Dice, Brand Robbins lays out an interesting RPG setup that he wants to play: Law enforcement on a generation ship. The big deal is this: you have a crew that is large (between four dozen and a couple hundred people) and is human, with all the foibles that implies. They… »

I love input and reading forums has been a big source of input for me for the last decade or so. I don’t start, or participate, in threads much (i.e. I am a lurker) because [A] I discovered early on that I want to spend a reasonable amount of time thinking about what I want… »

So, I was playing around with my Google Calendar the other day and started thinking about my Gaming Calendar, which is where I keep all of the information I’ve gathered about local gaming conventions and events. Then I got to thinking that I should share that information with other people. Long story short, I’ve made… »

A while back I read Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland. It’s another one of those productivity books but geared toward creative types. Unlike the other books I’ve read like this, I found Art & Fear to actually be useful. It really provided a wonderful perspective into another person’s creative process and… »

I finished reading The Power of Less by Leo Babauta yesterday. Meh. I’ve been reading more of these productivity/self-improvement books lately and they just feel like a waste of time. Much of what they say is repetitive and, in many cases, obvious. If I want to accomplish something I should reduce distractions and try to… »

I haven’t felt much like writing for the last few days. Yesterday, I started three blog posts but the all meandered horribly and had little worthwhile to say. Less than usual, even. Maybe I’ll feel better after the… »

I was thinking about this this morning. Production in general, and publishing in specific, is moving more and more toward just-in-time and print-on-demand technologies. This is good for more than one reason. First, we tend to make too much stuff. The shear number of books, cellphones, and other crap that are produced but never used… »

If you got an email from me recently inviting you to join Spacelocker.com you are not alone. I do not recommend that you sign up for that company’s service. More specifically, if you do decide to sign up for a Spacelocker account please do not use the ‘invite your friends’ form to do so. If… »

I slept better last night but I still had crazy dreams. This time out, a Kryptonian excape capsule containing one child fell to Earth and was appropriated by the government. With some effort and no explanation, the government was able to keep the alien boy in suspended animation while attempting to map his DNA. Though… »