I was catching up on a bunch of feeds this evening, and was struck by two posts on Boing Boing (1, 2) pointing to a couple of really terrific pieces of writing that have recently been made available free online:
“The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” by Ted Chiang is available as an mp3 (approx 75 [...]
50FootWave, Kristen (Throwing Muses) Hersh’s latest project, has released a new album, appropriately entitled Free Music. The most exciting thing about this is that they are distributing the music under a Creative Commons Music Sharing license.
With "Free Music" 50FootWave is seeking new earballs. We thought it’d be interesting to ask for your energy & [...]
Mark Forman, who has recently been reading and releasing a chapter-by-chapter podcast of Cory Doctorow’s great Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, is now reading Free Culture by copyfight hero Lawrence Lessig.
I haven’t listened yet, but have at it.
It’s payday! Why not use those hard-earned greenbacks to make a difference:
Creative Commons is holding its first annual donation drive. If you care about how artists, educators, scientists & writers can take ownership of the ownership of their work, you should support CC.
Strange Horizons is also beginning its Fall fund drive. Every Monday, Strange [...]
This morning’s commute was greatly enhanced by the free audio recording of James Patrick Kelly’s excellent short "The Edge of Nowhere." The story was a highlight in the June 2005 Asimov’s (here’s a quick rundown).
Mr. Kelly has a bunch of his fine work available for your listening pleasure, so stop over, give a listen, [...]
Robert Nagle offers some provocative and insightful thoughts on Creative Commons that should be read and considered by all of us who write on the web.
He’s responding to thoughts originally outlined by Erik Möller here, but Nagle has written well on the topic at his site idiotprogrammer (links here and here).
Nagle puts [...]
Nice piece on if:book about e-mail and its implications on literary history.
There isn’t necessarily anything less rich about email correspondence. It excels at capturing a vibrant volley of words with great immediacy, whereas paper letters permit deeper communiques, fewer and father between. But in some cases, these characterizations do not hold up. With reliable postal [...]
