Jo Walton’s beautiful eulogy for Le Guin.
“I emailed to say [her writing] was an inspiration, and she told me to get on with my writing, then. I did.”
Month: January 2018
Chris misses blogrolls. So do I. When I was starting to sew back in October, a few “old school” blogs with sewing blog rolls offered great starting points.
Photos from an afternoon wandering the Rauschenberg exhibit at SFMOMA.
?I’m feeling unexpectedly tender and grief stricken reading the news of Ursula Le Guin’s passing. theguardian.com
Just finished ? “Turtles All the Way Down”. Feeling unexpectedly moved by the act of closing it, like I’m leaving behind a place I would like to stay.
I’m less philosophically aligned with The Economist these days, but giving users more control seems like a good starting point.
“Just as America drew up sophisticated rules about intellectual property in the 19th century, so it needs a new set of laws to govern the ownership and exchange of data, with the aim of giving solid rights to individuals.” – How to Tame the Tech Titans
Great post on software design. Software specs are funny things; they only have long-term value if followed. Seems like it should go without saying, but…
“I’m a downhill skier. I get to the bottom. Once I’ve gotten to the end I do a lot of rewriting. I start rewriting from the front while I’m still writing at the back, just to remind myself what I’ve written.” – Margaret Atwood on writing
How to read on the web in 2018. mashable.com/2017/12/2…