A 20-minute long haul. Strap in for:
- Squirrels!
- Cybernetics!
- A man with a beard!
- Neoliberalism!
- TTLY: Old posts.
Dan Davies’ ‘The Unaccountability Machine
Tag: cory doctorow
Mnemonics, Divination, and the Return of the Secret Strings
The secret strings are the means by which all is revealed…
- Microfiction, as prompts;
- Why writing tools like tarot feel a bit like Michael Rosen’s secret strings game…
- TTLY: My old posts.
Chasing the Audience
A seven-minute post on:
- Audiences, and where I (might) find them;
- Twiddling – and the dilemma up-and-coming artists didn’t ask to be put in;
- TTLY…: Old posts.
On BlueSky (In the Short Term)
An eight-minute spiel of blue-sky thinking:
- Do I join BlueSky (the real McCoy – no bridges)?
- Network effects: They explain how people move, but as to why, we need to dig a little deeper;
- Why not both?: If you’re already on BlueSky, join Mastodon – it’s not perfect, but you’ll find a place for you.
Rivals 2 Will Live or Die By Collective Action
A 9 minute read on:
- More Shields, Please, I’m a Platfighter: Rivals 1, but with shields and grabs;
- Don’t Forget – They’re Here Forever (?): Why you were at Scotland’s biggest Rivals 2 tournament last weekend;
- A Rivals Proposal: A summary of things to keep in mind as the game releases
First as Plagiarism, Then as Property
A twelve-minute read on:
- Pre-‘ramble’: Blogging about my postgrad because there’s no good reason not to;
- Who was the bad art friend?: The answer – none of them, and at the same time, both of them;
- The article’s impact: When the debate around your work doesn’t go the way you wanted it to;
- Fine distinctions: When it comes to copyright, the house always wins, and by ‘house,’ I mean ‘copyright lawyers.’
This Is Not a Linkdump
A sixteen-minute read on an assortment of topics, such as:
- An odd debate on Google’s breakup: The jury is in – Google’s a monopoly. But is it a *gasp* good monopoly???
- Moderation in early MMORPGs: Early reputation systems allowed MMO players to moderate themselves;
- Cocoanuts aren’t nuts (or cocoa!): Etymology of the word ‘coconut;’
- You NEED to play Emerald Rogue (but not before I complain about Discord once more): Another good ROM hack held hostage by the unindexable walled garden that is Discord;
- It is (no longer) Caturday, my dudes: My cat is more handsome than your cat.
The Flat Tyre
Read to the end for literary constipations such as:
- Two guys on a motorway discuss quitting their job;
- Britain’s only fully-automated luxury petrol station (powered by AI, of course);
- My commentary: how I feel being back in the saddle.
WTDWA? – An Essay For My St. Andrews Uni Application
This is a VIP (Very Important Post) with some UAE (Understanding, Analysis, and Evaluation) from an SOB (guess) on acronyms.
Continue readingFool Me Twice, We Don’t — Err, What Was That First Thing You Said?
Read to the end for good news, such as;
- Brologue is now available on Bluesky…
- …Even though I don’t trust ’em.