01 Apr 2011 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta
Check out this innovative new feature coming soon to Google Docs. Write and get exercise, too! Oh, and happy April, everyone. 🙂
28 Mar 2011 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta
Go over to SF Signal and check out Episode 37 of the SF Signal Podcast, which asks “Which 3 female authors of the last 100 years had the same impact on science fiction as “The Big Three”: Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke and Robert Heinlein?” There are a lot of smart people answering the question…
24 Mar 2011 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta
SF Signal is a nominee for the SFX Blog Award for 2011 in the category of Best Literary Blog. Anyone can vote for these awards and I’d heartily recommend a vote for SF Signal in this category. These guys provide amazing content on the science fiction and fantasy genre from news to blogs to podcasts…
22 Mar 2011 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta
Over at SF Signal, I pose the question, “Who said science fiction never predicted the Internet?” in the most recent installment of The Wayward Time Traveler column. Go forth and join the debate.
18 Mar 2011 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta
Here are some people you should be following: Juliette Wade. If you write fiction, whether you’re just starting out or a seasoned professional, Juliette has Very Good Things to say about story-telling. Oh,and she can also tell a very good story, too. Libby Heily. Another writer with interesting things to say, who posts free flash…
18 Mar 2011 » 2 min read about Blog & Site Meta
For the first time since I started using a self-hosted version of WordPress well over a year ago, I had some trouble last night. Stats broke. Not permanently, you understand, and it had nothing to do with my installation. But I used the WordPress Stats plug-in which makes use of services on WordPress.com and apparently…
11 Mar 2011 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta
Okay, this is somewhat meta, but it cracked me up when I was starting to write a post this morning. I’m not sure why I never noticed it before:
08 Mar 2011 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta
My second offering for The Wayward Time Traveler column has been posted at SF Signal. Today I discuss “Jamie’s Three Criteria for a Robot“. Go check it out and join the discussion.
08 Mar 2011 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta
Yesterday, I was contacted by the editor of the website for the Israeli Science Fiction Society, asking permission to translate “Old School Science Fiction Flame Wars“, the inaugural post for my Wayward Time Traveler column on SF Signal. The translation would be into Hebrew, of course. After checking with the good folks over at SF…
05 Mar 2011 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta, Personal & Family
I’m back home, and what a relief. It was great to see my friends and coworkers and my parents in L.A. but I’m glad I don’t have to do it again for another year. It takes a lot out of me, to say nothing of the fact that I miss Kelly and the Z-Man when…
03 Mar 2011 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta
Just a quick note/apology about the slow blogging week. With my busy work schedule in Santa Monica this week, and the fact that there have been a number of evening events I’ve attended, my blogging has not been as prolific as usual. Rest assured that it will resume its normal volume when I get back…
24 Feb 2011 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta
Last night, I upgraded the site to the production release of WordPress 3.1 and there are some definite visible improvements. One of the most convenient is the improved ability at linking within the site. I haven’t fully investigated all of the other goodies packed into this release, but I must say that since I switched…