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Wil Wheaton reads chapter one of Homeland

24 maart 2014

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Here’s Wil Wheaton reading chapter one of my novel Homeland (here’s the MP3, which I paid to independently produce for the third Humble Ebook Bundle, which runs for another eight days. I’ve loved all of my audio adaptations, but Wil’s was a dream come true for me. He really, really nailed it. What’s more, because... <a href="https://craphound.com/homeland/2014/03/24/wil-wheaton-reads-chapter-one-of-homeland/" class="more-link" title="Read Wil Wheaton reads chapter one of Homeland">more </a> Lees meer

Homeland audiobook: Wil Wheaton explains how Little Brother and Homeland make you technologically literate

21 maart 2014

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The Humble Ebook Bundle continues to rock, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for a bundle of great name-your-price ebooks, including Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies, Steve Gould’s Jumper, and Holly Black’s Tithe. Also included in the bundle is an exclusive audiobook of my novel Homeland, read by Wil Wheaton. I commissioned Wil to read the book... <a href="https://craphound.com/homeland/2014/03/21/homeland-audiobook-wil-wheaton-explains-how-little-brother-and-homeland-make-you-technologically-literate/" class="more-link" title="Read Homeland audiobook: Wil Wheaton explains how Little Brother and Homeland make you technologically literate">more </a> Lees meer

Homeland audiobook behind the scenes: Wil Wheaton explains his cameo to the director

20 maart 2014

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The Humble Ebook Bundle is going great guns, with a collection of recent and classic books from both indie and major publishers, all DRM-free, on a name-your-price basis. Included in the bundle is an exclusive audio adaptation of my novel Homeland, read by Wil Wheaton, who also appears as a character in the novel. When... <a href="https://craphound.com/homeland/2014/03/19/homeland-audiobook-behind-the-scenes-wil-wheaton-explains-his-cameo-to-the-director/" class="more-link" title="Read Homeland audiobook behind the scenes: Wil Wheaton explains his cameo to the director">more </a> Lees meer

Wil Wheaton has a surreal moment reading the Homeland audiobook

19 maart 2014

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As mentioned yesterday, the DRM-free, independent audiobook of my novel Homeland is available from the Humble Bundle for the next two weeks, along with a collection of brilliant science fiction and fantasy from authors ranging from Scott Westerfeld to Holly Black. I commissioned the audiobook for the project, and paid Wil Wheaton to read it... <a href="https://craphound.com/homeland/2014/03/19/wil-wheaton-has-a-surreal-moment-reading-the-homeland-audiobook/" class="more-link" title="Read Wil Wheaton has a surreal moment reading the Homeland audiobook">more </a> Lees meer

Podcast: If GCHQ wants to improve national security it must fix our technology

17 maart 2014

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Here’s a reading (MP3) of my latest Guardian column, If GCHQ wants to improve national security it must fix our technology where I try to convey the insanity of spy agencies that weaken Internet security in order to make it easier for them to spy on people, by comparing this to germ warfare. Last year,... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2014/03/17/podcast-if-gchq-wants-to-improve-national-security-it-must-fix-our-technology/" class="more-link" title="Read Podcast: If GCHQ wants to improve national security it must fix our technology">more </a> Lees meer

Podcast: Cold Equations and Moral Hazard

3 maart 2014

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Here’s a reading (MP3) of my latest Locus column, Cold Equations and Moral Hazard which considers the way that science fiction can manipulate our ideas about the technical necessity for human misery, and how that narrative can be hijacked for self-serving ends. Apparently, editor John W. Campbell sent back three rewrites in which the pilot... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2014/03/03/podcast-cold-equations-and-moral-hazard/" class="more-link" title="Read Podcast: Cold Equations and Moral Hazard">more </a> Lees meer

Podcast: What does David Cameron’s Great Firewall look like?

3 februari 2014

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Here’s a reading of a recent Guardian column, What does David Cameron’s Great Firewall look like? which debunks the UK government’s stupid arguments for its national anti-porn firewall: David Cameron’s attempt to create a Made-in-Britain version of Iran’s “Halal Internet” is the worst of both worlds for parents like me. Kids are prevented from seeing... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2014/02/03/podcast-what-does-david-camerons-great-firewall-look-like/" class="more-link" title="Read Podcast: What does David Cameron’s Great Firewall look like?">more </a> Lees meer

Podcast: Cheap writing tricks

27 januari 2014

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Here’s a reading of my latest Locus column, Cheap Writing Tricks, which discusses the mysterious business of why stories are satisfying, and how to make them so: Plots are funny things. In the real world, stuff is always happening, but it’s not a plot. People live. People die. People are made glorious or miserable. Things... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2014/01/27/podcast-cheap-writing-tricks/" class="more-link" title="Read Podcast: Cheap writing tricks">more </a> Lees meer

Podcast: Digital failures are inevitable, but we need them to be graceful

20 januari 2014

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Here’s a reading of my latest Guardian column, Digital failures are inevitable, but we need them to be graceful, about the social and political factors that make all the difference when choosing technologies. Banshee fails gracefully because its authors don’t attempt any lock-in. When I find myself diverging from the design philosophy of Banshee to... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2014/01/20/podcast-digital-failures-are-inevitable-but-we-need-them-to-be-graceful/" class="more-link" title="Read Podcast: Digital failures are inevitable, but we need them to be graceful">more </a> Lees meer

Flowers From Al 02

14 januari 2014

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Here’s the second, concluding part of my reading of my 2003 short story “Flowers From Al,” written with Charlie Stross for New Voices in Science Fiction, a Mike Resnick anthology (Here’s part one). It’s a pervy, weird story of transhuman romance. Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com John Taylor Williams is a audiovisual and multimedia... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2014/01/13/flowers-from-al-02/" class="more-link" title="Read Flowers From Al 02">more </a> Lees meer

Flowers From Al 01

6 januari 2014

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Here’s part one of my 2003 short story “Flowers From Al,” written with Charlie Stross for New Voices in Science Fiction, a Mike Resnick anthology. It’s a pervy, weird story of transhuman romance. Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com John Taylor Williams is a audiovisual and multimedia producer based in Washington, DC and the co-host... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2014/01/06/flowers-from-al-01/" class="more-link" title="Read Flowers From Al 01">more </a> Lees meer

Christmastime daddy-daughter podcast with Poesy

23 december 2013

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Every year, there’s a day or two between the date that my daughter’s school shuts and the day that my wife’s office shuts for Christmas holidays. Those are the official seasonal mid-week daddy-daughter days, and for the past two years, my daughter and I have gone to my office to record a podcast. Last year’s... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/12/23/christmastime-daddy-daughter-podcast-with-poesy/" class="more-link" title="Read Christmastime daddy-daughter podcast with Poesy">more </a> Lees meer

Lawful Interception 04

23 december 2013

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Here’s part four of a reading of my novella Lawful Interception, a sequel, of sorts, to Little Brother and Homeland. In addition to the free online read, you can buy this as an ebook single (DRM-free, of course!) (Image: Yuko Shimizu) Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com John Taylor Williams is a audiovisual and multimedia... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/12/23/lawful-interception-04/" class="more-link" title="Read Lawful Interception 04">more </a> Lees meer

Lawful Interception 03

17 december 2013

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Here’s part three of a reading of my novella Lawful Interception, a sequel, of sorts, to Little Brother and Homeland. In addition to the free online read, you can buy this as an ebook single (DRM-free, of course!) (Image: Yuko Shimizu) Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com John Taylor Williams is a audiovisual and multimedia... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/12/16/lawful-interception-03/" class="more-link" title="Read Lawful Interception 03">more </a> Lees meer

Lawful Interception 02

9 december 2013

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Here’s part two of a reading of my novella Lawful Interception, a sequel, of sorts, to Little Brother and Homeland. In addition to the free online read, you can buy this as an ebook single (DRM-free, of course!) (Image: Yuko Shimizu) Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com John Taylor Williams is a audiovisual and multimedia... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/12/09/lawful-interception-02/" class="more-link" title="Read Lawful Interception 02">more </a> Lees meer

Lawful Interception 01

3 december 2013

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In this week’s installment of my podcast, I break my long hiatus with the first part of a reading of my novella Lawful Interception, a sequel, of sorts, to Little Brother and Homeland. In addition to the free online read, you can buy this as an ebook single (DRM-free, of course!). If you grow up... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/12/03/lawful-interception-01-2/" class="more-link" title="Read Lawful Interception 01">more </a> Lees meer

PRI’s Studio 360 on Disney parks

17 oktober 2013

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The PRI Show Studio 360 has released a great episode in its “American Icons” series, this one dealing with the Disney themeparks. I was delighted to be interviewed for it, and they’ve included our complete, unedited interview with the piece. Generations of Americans have grown up with Walt Disney shaping our imaginations. In 1955, Disney... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/10/17/nprs-studio-360-on-disney-parks/" class="more-link" title="Read PRI’s Studio 360 on Disney parks">more </a> Lees meer

Talking Little Brother on KQED’s The Forum

2 oktober 2013

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I was privileged to appear on Michael Krasny’s Forum on KQED in San Francisco this morning as part of the San Francisco Public Library’s One City/One Book celebrations for my novel Little Brother. The KQED people already have the audio (MP3) up on the Internet, which is pretty zippy production-mojo. Lees meer

Interview with South Africa’s Tech Central

13 september 2013

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I just got back from South Africa’s Internet Service Provider Association annual conference, iWeek 13. While there, I sat down with TechCentral’s Craig Wilson for an interview (MP3) — about privacy, the NSA, DRM and the future of the Internet.

Interview with Circulating Ideas library podcast

19 augustus 2013

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I did an interview with the Circulating Ideas library podcast (MP3) at the American Library Association conference this year. We talked about information politics, DRM and libraries, my own history with reading and books, and the future of librarianship. Lees meer

Podcast of “Metadata – a wartime drama”

12 augustus 2013

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In the currently installment of my podcast, I read aloud a recent Guardian column, “Metadata – a wartime drama, which imagines a dialog between Alan Turing and Winston Churchill that might have taken place if the UK Home Secretary Theresa May had been Turing’s line-manager All we can tell with this analysis is who is... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/08/12/podcast-of-metadata-a-wartime-drama/" class="more-link" title="Read Podcast of “Metadata – a wartime drama”">more </a> Lees meer

Teaching Computers Shows Us How Little We Understand About Ourselves

5 augustus 2013

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In this week’s podcast, I read aloud my latest Locus Magazine column, “Teaching Computers Shows Us How Little We Understand About Ourselves”: http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2013/07/cory-doctorow-teaching-computers-shows-us-how-little-we-understand-about-ourselves/ which concerns itself with the ways that we’re recklessly formalizing critical elements of human identity such as “names” and “families” for the convenience of corporations and their IT systems and business-models. “When... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/08/05/teaching-computers-shows-us-how-little-we-understand-about-ourselves-2/" class="more-link" title="Read Teaching Computers Shows Us How Little We Understand About Ourselves">more </a> Lees meer

There’s no way to stop children viewing porn in Starbucks

30 juli 2013

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In honour of the Great Firewall of Cameron — the UK government’s plan to force ISPs to turn on network-level spying and censorship of “adult” material — I’ve read aloud There’s no way to stop children viewing porn in Starbucks, a column I wrote for the Guardian the last time the UK government floating this... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/07/29/theres-no-way-to-stop-children-viewing-porn-in-starbucks-2/" class="more-link" title="Read There’s no way to stop children viewing porn in Starbucks">more </a> Lees meer

Interview about kids, hacking and democracy with NPR’s Here and Now

10 juli 2013

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I recently recorded an interview with NPR’s “Here and Now” about surveillance, kids, activism, and my novel Homeland. (MP3)

The NSA’s Prism: why we should care

8 juli 2013

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Here’s a read-aloud of my recent Guardian column, “The NSA’s Prism: why we should care, which sets out the reasons for caring about the recent revelations of bulk, warrantless, suspicionless, indiscriminate surveillance. Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com John Taylor Williams is a audiovisual and multimedia producer based in Washington, DC and the co-host of... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/07/08/the-nsas-prism-why-we-should-care-2/" class="more-link" title="Read The NSA’s Prism: why we should care">more </a> Lees meer

Guardian podcast on publishing with Jonny Geller and Henry Volans

14 juni 2013

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Neil Gaiman’s taken over the Guardian’s Books Podcast, and had me and agent Jonny Geller and Henry Volans, head of Faber Digital, in the studio for a wide-ranging and awfully fun podcast. The first 20 minutes are a fascinating look at weird London by Damien Walter, and then we kick off with the discussion. MP3... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/06/14/guardian-podcast-on-publishing-with-jonny-geller-and-henry-volans/" class="more-link" title="Read Guardian podcast on publishing with Jonny Geller and Henry Volans">more </a> Lees meer

By His Things Shall You Know Him (podcast)

13 juni 2013

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The Institute for the Future commissioned me to write a story about the “Internet of Things,” and I wrote them a piece called By His Things Will You Know Him, about death, networks, and computers. It’s part of an anthology called “An Aura of Familiarity: Visions from the Coming Age of Networked Matter,” which we’ll... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/06/13/by-his-things-shall-you-know-him-podcast/" class="more-link" title="Read By His Things Shall You Know Him (podcast)">more </a> Lees meer

Interview withe PRI’s The World about Orwell, Huxley and the NSA

13 juni 2013

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I recorded an interview with the PRI show The World yesterday about Orwell, Huxley and the NSA. It came out well, I think. MP3 Link

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom read-aloud part 09

28 mei 2013

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As I mentioned in my March Locus column, I’m celebrating the tenth anniversary of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by m planning a prequel. volume As part of that, planning’I going to read aloud the entire text of that first book into the podcast, making notes on the book as I go. Here’s... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/05/27/down-and-out-in-the-magic-kingdom-read-aloud-part-09/" class="more-link" title="Read Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom read-aloud part 09">more </a> Lees meer

Interview with The Pod Delusion

24 mei 2013

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I did an interview (MP3) this week with The Pod Delusion, following on from my Sense About Science lecture.

Interview on the New Disruptors podcast

22 mei 2013

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Glenn Fleishman had me on his New Disruptors podcast and we had a great conversation! (MP3)

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom read-aloud part 08

20 mei 2013

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As I mentioned in my March Locus column, I’m celebrating the tenth anniversary of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by m planning a prequel. volume As part of that, planning’I going to read aloud the entire text of that first book into the podcast, making notes on the book as I go. Here’s... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/05/20/down-and-out-in-the-magic-kingdom-read-aloud-part-08/" class="more-link" title="Read Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom read-aloud part 08">more </a> Lees meer

Sense About Science lecture

20 mei 2013

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I gave the annual Sense About Science lecture last week in London, and The Guardian recorded and podcasted it (MP3). It’s based on the Waffle Iron Connected to a Fax Machine talk I gave at Re:publica in Berlin the week before.

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom read-aloud part 07

13 mei 2013

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As I mentioned in my March Locus column, I’m celebrating the tenth anniversary of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by m planning a prequel. volume As part of that, planning’I going to read aloud the entire text of that first book into the podcast, making notes on the book as I go. Here’s... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/05/13/down-and-out-in-the-magic-kingdom-read-aloud-part-07/" class="more-link" title="Read Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom read-aloud part 07">more </a> Lees meer

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom read-aloud part 06

6 mei 2013

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As I mentioned in my March Locus column, I’m celebrating the tenth anniversary of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by m planning a prequel. volume As part of that, planning’I going to read aloud the entire text of that first book into the podcast, making notes on the book as I go. Here’s... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/05/06/down-and-out-in-the-magic-kingdom-read-aloud-part-06/" class="more-link" title="Read Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom read-aloud part 06">more </a> Lees meer

Tim Wu and I talk networks, policy and the future

6 mei 2013

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Slate’s “Stranger Than Fiction” podcast has just aired its second episode: a discussion between Tim Wu (a cyberlawyer, Internet scholar and good egg) and me (MP3)! Future installments will include talks with Kim Stanley Robinson and Margaret Atwood (as well as others) — the inaugural episode featured Tim in discussion with Neal Stephenson. Lees meer

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom read-aloud part 05

29 april 2013

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As I mentioned in my March Locus column, I’m celebrating the tenth anniversary of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by planning a prequel volume. As part of that planning, I’m going to read aloud the entire text of that first book into the podcast, making notes on the book as I go. Here’s... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/04/29/down-and-out-in-the-magic-kingdom-read-aloud-part-05/" class="more-link" title="Read Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom read-aloud part 05">more </a> Lees meer

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom read-aloud part 03

27 april 2013

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[NB: Some indeterminate screwup, which was nevertheless definitely caused by me being a stoop, caused this episode not to make it into my feed. I are a dum.] As I mentioned in my March Locus column, I’m celebrating the tenth anniversary of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by planning a prequel volume. As... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/04/26/down-and-out-in-the-magic-kingdom-read-aloud-part-03-2/" class="more-link" title="Read Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom read-aloud part 03">more </a> Lees meer

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom read-aloud part 04

22 april 2013

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As I mentioned in my March Locus column, I’m celebrating the tenth anniversary of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by planning a prequel volume. As part of that planning, I’m going to read aloud the entire text of that first book into the podcast, making notes on the book as I go. Here’s... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/04/22/down-and-out-in-the-magic-kingdom-read-aloud-part-04/" class="more-link" title="Read Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom read-aloud part 04">more </a> Lees meer

Interview on NPR’s Off-Topic

30 maart 2013

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The NPR show OffTopic aired an episode called Give and Take: Pirates, Profiteers, and Art in the Age of Appropriation, and spoke to me for it. It’s a really interesting listen! MP3 link

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom read-aloud part 02

25 maart 2013

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As I mentioned in my March Locus column, I’m celebrating the tenth anniversary of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by planning a prequel volume. As part of that planning, I’m going to read aloud the entire text of that first book into the podcast, making notes on the book as I go. Here’s... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/03/25/down-and-out-in-the-magic-kingdom-read-aloud-part-02/" class="more-link" title="Read Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom read-aloud part 02">more </a> Lees meer

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom read-aloud part 01

18 maart 2013

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As I mentioned in my March Locus column, I’m celebrating the tenth anniversary of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by planning a prequel volume. As part of that planning, I’m going to read aloud the entire text of that first book into my podcast, making notes on the book as I go. Here’s... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/03/18/down-and-out-in-the-magic-kingdom-read-aloud-part-01/" class="more-link" title="Read Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom read-aloud part 01">more </a> Lees meer

Audio from my Homeland tour presentation

18 maart 2013

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Thomas “Command Line” Gideon came out for the DC stop on my Homeland tour, at Busboys and Poets, and mic’ed me up for the event. He’s mastered the audio and posted it. It’s a 40 minute talk about the promise of technology to improve our lives, the risks from allowing technology to be used to... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/03/17/audio-from-my-homeland-tour-presentation/" class="more-link" title="Read Audio from my Homeland tour presentation">more </a> Lees meer

Ten Years On

11 maart 2013

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Here’s a reading of my recent Locus column, Ten Years On, in which I reflect on my first decade as a novelist and discuss a possible further volume related to Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, my first-ever novel: I never thought I’d write a sequel. The allure of writing books has always been... <a href="https://craphound.com/down/2013/03/11/ten-years-on/" class="more-link" title="Read Ten Years On">more </a> Lees meer

Podcast with Beyond the Book

4 maart 2013

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The folks at Beyond the Book interviewed me for a recent podcast (MP3). We talked about computer control, DRM, publishing, and my latest book, Homeland.

Interview with Rick Kleffel about Homeland

11 februari 2013

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Last week I sat down for an interview with Rick Kleffel at KQED in San Francisco. He’s put the whole interview — a long one! — up in his Trashotron podcast feed. We talked about Homeland and other things. Rick, as always, was a very astute interviewer. MP3 link Lees meer

Reading from Homeland

28 januari 2013

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Here’s a reading from my upcoming novel, Homeland, the sequel to Little Brother. It’s a rehearsal for the readings I’ll be giving at schools and libraries when I leave for my 22-city US tour next week. He fitted me with a blood pressure cuff — yeah, it was a tactical cuff, which clearly made this... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/01/28/reading-from-homeland/" class="more-link" title="Read Reading from Homeland">more </a> Lees meer

RIP, Aaron Swartz

21 januari 2013

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On today’s podcast, I read read my obituary for Aaron Swartz, and the afterword he wrote for my upcoming novel, Homeland. I met Aaron when he was 14 or 15. He was working on XML stuff (he co-wrote the RSS specification when he was 14) and came to San Francisco often, and would stay with... <a href="https://craphound.com/news/2013/01/21/rip-aaron-swartz/" class="more-link" title="Read RIP, Aaron Swartz">more </a> Lees meer

What’s entropy?

31 december 2012

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I sat down with the fascinating crew at the Titanium Physicists podcast to serve as their special physics-ignoramus guest in an episode about entropy (MP3)

Happy hols!

21 december 2012

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Today, on a very special Cory Doctorow podcast, the podcasting debut of Ms Poesy Emmeline Fibonacci Nautilus Taylor Doctorow! MP3 Link