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Emotion Markup Language

It’s a big week in the world of technology. The W3C consortium has proposed we create markup language to capture emotion. I am <thrilled></thrilled>! “As the web is becoming ubiquitous, interactive, and multimodal, technology needs to deal increasingly with human … Continue reading

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Apple–> iWork –> Pages — > E-Pub –> NO WAY!

Lately there’s so many new developments in the world  of of publishing and e-reading, that it’s hard to keep up. You, Gentle Reader, may only be visiting this blog to see what I’ve been up to, and I can tell … Continue reading

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A Writer’s Update

This morning, a series of updates. On the writing front, I am currently working through some deep problem solving in my latest project. This one will be a novel-length work, and though I tend not to have any problems producing … Continue reading

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A blog’s evolution

Back in 2005, when I originally devised this blog as a way to chronicle my foray into becoming a published author, I imagined a fairly linear path. I envisioned posts about writing inspirations, habits, techniques. Not in my wildest dreams … Continue reading

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Great American Road Trip 2010 and MORE

Not a lot of updates around here lately. Summer vacation is in full swing, and the break from grad school, blogging, and even writing (more on this later), has been well received. This summer, as part of an exercise in … Continue reading

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Content’s Future: Not Science Fiction

What’s in a book? Language, ideas, narrative? Is that inherent to the binding and to the paper? No. What’s in a musical recording? The experience of the music? Does it matter if it’s on vinyl or MP3? No, it doesn’t. … Continue reading

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The Aether Age Approaches

No writeup needed. This is going to be good. The Aether Age approaches.

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Kevin Rose: You Know, Wouldn’t It Be Cool If…?

In the world of interaction design and also in the world of software development, it can be a dreaded phrase. Wouldn’t it be cool…? Features added for the sake of being cool features can make a system or an application … Continue reading

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The Act of Reading in the 21st Century

The 21st century is an age of literacy. As computer and Internet technologies continue to grow, more of our daily lives are dependent on being able to read to interface with these systems. During this time of change, technology is … Continue reading

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Summer Hours and New Blog Categories

How can I tell you the story of what happened to me in that wide space between the blizzards of winter and the storms of spring? We can say this: I was once a boy who worked hard at feeling … Continue reading

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