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Joss Whedon on Humanism

27. April 2009

Joss Whedon was recently honored with the Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism at Harvard University. Part of his acceptance speech is below (link). If you know me, you know that I’ve been a long-time admirer of Whedon as a creator, thinker, and activist as well as a fan of his work, particularly Firefly/Serenity and [...]

Dreaming of Electric Cars

27. April 2009

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His vision is inspiring, as is his message: "We will lose our economy right after we’ve lost our morality."

Doctorow’s Anti-DRM Address to Publishers

23. April 2009

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Cory Doctorow spoke at the O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference1 recently and warned against allowing platforms to determine whether or not publishers would use DRM on digital works. Ultimately, Doctorow argues against DRM altogether, and this speech is a concise and convincing presentation of that argument. His message for publishers in particular is that, [...]

Celtx Update Released

23. April 2009

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Celtx has just released version 2.0.1. The 2.0 release added a number of features, including the Celtx Studios online component and the ability to add extensions. This latest version fixes a few bugs [release notes]. Celtx makes it easy to format scripts for screenplays, stage plays, AV scripts, audio plays, and even comic books. Big [...]

The Spirit of the Revolution

16. April 2009

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I’ve been reading Joseph Ellis’s Founding Brothers, a book that’s been on my shelf for a while, and I’m fascinated by the echoes between the struggles this nation faced in its early years and the ones it faces now. In chapter one, Ellis explains that America was founded in the conflict between the opposing principles of [...]

Amazon is Not Your Friend

13. April 2009

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If you don’t already know about the “#amazonfail” controversy that occurred over the weekend, these sources will get you caught up: Neil Gaiman’s explanation of his involvement Two possible explanations for the problem: thing one and thing two Publisher’s Weekly summary and Amazon’s first official response From these, it should also be clear why all of this matters: Amazon [...]

Shifting Focus

12. April 2009

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When I started blogging, it was to record my thoughts about teaching. I moved the blog around a bit in the process, from a hosted site at Edublogs to a personal domain and, finally, to its current address. Along the way, I also left classroom teaching and, in the process, my blog lost some of [...]