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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>Cory Doctorow's craphound.com</title> <atom:link href="http://craphound.com/?feed=rss2" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>http://craphound.com</link> <description>Cory Doctorow's Literary Works</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:48:40 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item> <title>What’s Inside the Box?</title> <link>http://craphound.com/?p=3911</link> <comments>http://craphound.com/?p=3911#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:48:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Cory Doctorow</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Podcast]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://craphound.com/?p=3911</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here's a podcast of my last Locus column, What's Inside the Box?: The answer to this that most of the experts I speak to come up with is this: The owner (or user) of a device should be able to know (or control) which software is running on her devices. This is really four answers, … <a href="http://craphound.com/?p=3911">[Read more]</a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Here's a podcast of my last Locus column, <a href="http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2012/03/cory-doctorow-whats-inside-the-box/">What's Inside the Box?</a>: <blockquote> The answer to this that most of the experts I speak to come up with is this: The owner (or user) of a device should be able to know (or control) which software is running on her devices. This is really four answers, and I’ll go over them in turn, using three different scenarios: a computer in an Internet cafe, a car, and a cochlear implant. That is, a computer you sit in front of, a computer you put your body into, and a computer you put in your body. </blockquote> <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_221/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_221_Whats_Inside_the_Box.mp3">MP3 Link</a> Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com John Taylor Williams is a full-time self-employed audio engineer, producer, composer, and sound designer. In his free time, he makes beer, jewelry, odd musical instruments and furniture. He likes to meditate, to read and to cook. ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://craphound.com/?feed=rss2&p=3911</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url="http://www.archive.org/download/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_221/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_221_Whats_Inside_the_Box.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg" /> </item> <item> <title>What’s Inside the Box?</title> <link>http://craphound.com/?p=3908</link> <comments>http://craphound.com/?p=3908#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:50:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Cory Doctorow</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://craphound.com/?p=3908</guid> <description><![CDATA[Locus Magazine]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2012/03/cory-doctorow-whats-inside-the-box/">Locus Magazine</a> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://craphound.com/?feed=rss2&p=3908</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Who should know what’s happening in your computer? Who should control it?</title> <link>http://craphound.com/?p=3907</link> <comments>http://craphound.com/?p=3907#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:50:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Cory Doctorow</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://craphound.com/?p=3907</guid> <description><![CDATA[My latest Locus column is "What’s Inside the Box," a discussion of whether owners, users or third parties should be able to know and/or control what their computers are doing: The answer to this that most of the experts I speak to come up with is this: The owner (or user) of a device should … <a href="http://craphound.com/?p=3907">[Read more]</a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ My latest Locus column is "What’s Inside the Box," a discussion of whether owners, users or third parties should be able to know and/or control what their computers are doing: <blockquote> The answer to this that most of the experts I speak to come up with is this: The owner (or user) of a device should be able to know (or control) which software is running on her devices. This is really four answers, and I’ll go over them in turn, using three different scenarios: a computer in an Internet cafe, a car, and a cochlear implant. That is, a computer you sit in front of, a computer you put your body into, and a computer you put in your body. </blockquote> <a href="http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2012/03/cory-doctorow-whats-inside-the-box/">Cory Doctorow: What’s Inside the Box</a> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://craphound.com/?feed=rss2&p=3907</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Censorship is inseparable from surveillance</title> <link>http://craphound.com/?p=3903</link> <comments>http://craphound.com/?p=3903#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:49:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Cory Doctorow</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://craphound.com/?p=3903</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Guardian]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/mar/02/censorship-inseperable-from-surveillance">The Guardian</a> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://craphound.com/?feed=rss2&p=3903</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Censorship is surveillance, and privacy is a public health problem</title> <link>http://craphound.com/?p=3902</link> <comments>http://craphound.com/?p=3902#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:49:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Cory Doctorow</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://craphound.com/?p=3902</guid> <description><![CDATA[My latest Guardian column is "Censorship is inseparable from surveillance," which discusses the fact that network censorship entails surveillance, and how this exacerbates the public health problem caused by our difficulty in evaluating privacy trade-offs. There was a time when you could censor without spying. When Britain banned the publication of James Joyce's Ulysses in … <a href="http://craphound.com/?p=3902">[Read more]</a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ My latest Guardian column is "Censorship is inseparable from surveillance," which discusses the fact that network censorship entails surveillance, and how this exacerbates the public health problem caused by our difficulty in evaluating privacy trade-offs. <blockquote> There was a time when you could censor without spying. When Britain banned the publication of James Joyce's Ulysses in the 1920s and 1930s, the ban took the form on a prohibition on the sale of copies of the books. Theoretically, this entailed opening some imported parcels, and it certainly imposed a constraint on publishers and booksellers. It was undoubtedly awful. But we've got it worse today. Jump forward 80 years. Imagine that you want to ban www.jamesjoycesulysses.com due to a copyright claim from the Joyce estate. Thanks to the Digital Economy Act and the provision it makes for a national British copyright firewall, we're headed for a system where entertainment companies can specify URLs that have "infringing" websites, and a national censorwall will block everyone in the country from visiting those sites. In order to stop you from visiting www.jamesjoycesulysses.com, the national censorwall must intercept all your outgoing internet requests and examine them to determine whether they are for the banned website. That's the difference between the old days of censorship and our new digital censorship world. Today, censorship is inseparable from surveillance. </blockquote> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/mar/02/censorship-inseperable-from-surveillance">Censorship is inseparable from surveillance</a> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://craphound.com/?feed=rss2&p=3902</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Interview with WNIJ Chicago</title> <link>http://craphound.com/?p=3897</link> <comments>http://craphound.com/?p=3897#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:09:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Cory Doctorow</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Podcast]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://craphound.com/?p=3897</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here's a short interview I did last week in Chicago with WNIJ, an NPR affiliate. MP3 link]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[Here's a <a href="http://wnij.org/post/conversation-cory-doctorow">short interview</a> I did last week in Chicago with WNIJ, an NPR affiliate. <a href="http://cpa.ds.npr.org/wnij/audio/2012/02/doctorow.MP3">MP3 link</a> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://craphound.com/?feed=rss2&p=3897</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> <enclosure url="http://cpa.ds.npr.org/wnij/audio/2012/02/doctorow.MP3" length="3828113" type="audio/mpeg" /> </item> <item> <title>Interview with Suicide Girls</title> <link>http://craphound.com/?p=3893</link> <comments>http://craphound.com/?p=3893#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:37:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Cory Doctorow</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://craphound.com/?p=3893</guid> <description><![CDATA[Nicole Powers from Suicide Girls sat down with me at my office last month for a long, in-depth interview that's just been published: "You can't escape it anywhere. It's a race to the bottom all around the world right now. Canada, Germany, the US, and the UK, as well as the rest of the EU, … <a href="http://craphound.com/?p=3893">[Read more]</a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href="http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/2851/Cory-Doctorow-On-Little-And-Big-Brother/">Nicole Powers from Suicide Girls sat down with me at my office last month for a long, in-depth interview that's just been published</a>: "You can't escape it anywhere. It's a race to the bottom all around the world right now. Canada, Germany, the US, and the UK, as well as the rest of the EU, are basically locked in a race to see who can implement 1984 the fastest. The US -- obviously now you've got indefinite detention for American citizens on US soil. In Canada we're on the verge of getting this lawful intercept bill that's as bad as anything anywhere else in the world. In the UK we have the Digital Economy Act and widespread biometrics. In Germany the police just got caught deploying what they've called the 0zapftis Trojan, the government trojan where when people cross the borders and they examine their laptops they covertly put spyware on their computers so they can watch them after the fact. I mean really, at every turn there's somebody doing this, so it doesn't matter where you live. It really doesn't at this point. That's one of the things that I've really come to realize, the fight is global." ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://craphound.com/?feed=rss2&p=3893</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Digital Lysenkoism</title> <link>http://craphound.com/?p=3890</link> <comments>http://craphound.com/?p=3890#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:31:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Cory Doctorow</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Podcast]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://craphound.com/?p=3890</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here's a podcast of my last Publishers Weekly column, Digital Lysenkoism : Talking with the lower echelon employees of publishing reminds me of a description I once read about the mutual embarrassment of Western and Soviet biologists when they talked about genetics. Soviet-era scientists were required, on pain of imprisonment, to endorse Lysenkoism, a discredited … <a href="http://craphound.com/?p=3890">[Read more]</a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Here's a podcast of my last Publishers Weekly column, <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/columns-and-blogs/cory-doctorow/article/50413-with-a-little-help-digital-lysenkoism.html">Digital Lysenkoism </a>: <blockquote> Talking with the lower echelon employees of publishing reminds me of a description I once read about the mutual embarrassment of Western and Soviet biologists when they talked about genetics. Soviet-era scientists were required, on pain of imprisonment, to endorse Lysenkoism, a discredited theory of inheritance favored by Stalin for ideological reasons. Lysenko believed, incorrectly, that you could create heritable characteristics by changing a parent organism—that is, if you cut off one of a frog’s legs, a certain number of its offspring would be born with three legs. Lysenkoism was a disaster. When it was applied to food cultivation it led to ghastly famines that killed millions. So, when Soviet scientists met their Western counterparts, everyone knew that Lysenkoism was an awful absurdity. But the Soviet scientists had to pretend it wasn’t. Not unlike some of the discussions inside today’s major publishing houses when it comes to DRM. I recently solicited several writers for inclusion in the Humble E-book Bundle, for which I’m acting as a volunteer editor. The Humble E-book Bundle is the first foray into e-books by the Humble Indie Bundle project, a nonprofit that has run several insanely successful video-game distribution events in which customers got to name their own prices for a collection of independent, DRM-free games. Each of the Humble Indie Bundle projects so far has grossed around a million dollars and has made hundreds of thousands of dollars for each contributor . And I’ve recruited enthusiastic contributors from all of the big six publishers for the Humble E-Book Bundle—that is, all except one, which has an all-DRM-all-the-time policy and won’t consider publishing anything without DRM in any of its divisions. </blockquote> Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com John Taylor Williams is a full-time self-employed audio engineer, producer, composer, and sound designer. In his free time, he makes beer, jewelry, odd musical instruments and furniture. He likes to meditate, to read and to cook. <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_220/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_220_Digital_Lysenkoism.mp3">MP3 Link</a> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://craphound.com/?feed=rss2&p=3890</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> <enclosure url="http://www.archive.org/download/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_220/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_220_Digital_Lysenkoism.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg" /> </item> <item> <title>DRM is to publishing as science was to Stalinism</title> <link>http://craphound.com/?p=3885</link> <comments>http://craphound.com/?p=3885#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:48:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Cory Doctorow</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://craphound.com/?p=3885</guid> <description><![CDATA[My latest Publishers Weekly column is "Digital Lysenkoism," a look at the bizarre internal forces that causes people who work at publishers to defend DRM, even though they know it doesn't work. I also recently chatted with a big-six digital strategist, who explained to me how his employer would soon be sending out all of … <a href="http://craphound.com/?p=3885">[Read more]</a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <img src="http://craphound.com/images/20110131174000Lysenko_with_Stalin.gif" class="bordered"> My latest Publishers Weekly column is "Digital Lysenkoism," a look at the bizarre internal forces that causes people who work at publishers to defend DRM, even though they know it doesn't work. <blockquote> I also recently chatted with a big-six digital strategist, who explained to me how his employer would soon be sending out all of its digital advanced reader copies (ARCs) as DRM-crippled PDFs. We shared a moment of incredulous silence at this. Most reviewers, after all, get hundreds of times more material than they can ever use. I literally get 100 books in the post for every one that I choose to review, and the idea that reviewers like me will put up with crippled e-ARCs that must be read at one’s desk or on one’s laptop, that we can’t load onto our tablets or e-readers, that generate all kinds of failures in the wee hours of the night, on weekends, or on airplanes when no one is around to offer technical support—well, it’s beyond absurd. What will happen to these crippled e-ARCs, most likely, is that they will be ignored. This is exactly what happens to most DRM-locked screener copies distributed to voters for major film awards, like the BAFTAs and the Academy Awards. When you have 50 times more movies to consider than you could possibly watch, and when 10% of those movies require you to figure out how to connect a special player to your already overly complex home theater, well, that just makes it easy to exclude 10% of the load. </blockquote> <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/columns-and-blogs/cory-doctorow/article/50413-with-a-little-help-digital-lysenkoism.html">With A Little Help: Digital Lysenkoism</a> (Image: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lysenko_with_Stalin.gif">Lysenko with Stalin.gif</a>, public domain/Wikimedia Commons) ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://craphound.com/?feed=rss2&p=3885</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>With A Little Help: Digital Lysenkoism</title> <link>http://craphound.com/?p=3886</link> <comments>http://craphound.com/?p=3886#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:48:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Cory Doctorow</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Articles]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://craphound.com/?p=3886</guid> <description><![CDATA[Publishers Weekly]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/columns-and-blogs/cory-doctorow/article/50413-with-a-little-help-digital-lysenkoism.html">Publishers Weekly</a> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://craphound.com/?feed=rss2&p=3886</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Little Brother play, extended</title> <link>http://craphound.com/?p=3883</link> <comments>http://craphound.com/?p=3883#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:50:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Cory Doctorow</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://craphound.com/?p=3883</guid> <description><![CDATA[The San Francisco Chronicle loves the stage adaptation of my novel Little Brother, and brings the welcome news that its run has been extended by two weeks!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[The San Francisco Chronicle <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/27/DDJS1MSQI2.DTL">loves</a> the stage adaptation of my novel <a href="http://craphound.com/littlebrother/">Little Brother</a>, and brings the welcome news that its run has been <a href="http://www.custommade.org/little-brother/">extended by two weeks</a>! ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://craphound.com/?feed=rss2&p=3883</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Edited Spark interview about the “coming war on general purpose computation”</title> <link>http://craphound.com/?p=3880</link> <comments>http://craphound.com/?p=3880#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:22:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Cory Doctorow</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Podcast]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://craphound.com/?p=3880</guid> <description><![CDATA[I did an interview last week with the CBC Radio show The Spark (I podcasted the complete interview when they posted it); now they've put up the edited episode. MP3 link]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[I did an interview last week with the CBC Radio show The Spark (I podcasted the complete interview when they posted it); now they've put up the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2012/01/spark-170-january-29-february-1-2012/">edited episode</a>. <a href="http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/spark_20120129_21628.mp3">MP3 link</a> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://craphound.com/?feed=rss2&p=3880</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url="http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/spark_20120129_21628.mp3" length="52618802" type="audio/mpeg" /> </item> <item> <title>Interview with CBC’s Spark on the coming war on general-purpose computation</title> <link>http://craphound.com/?p=3877</link> <comments>http://craphound.com/?p=3877#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:32:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Cory Doctorow</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Podcast]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://craphound.com/?p=3877</guid> <description><![CDATA[I did a quick interview with the CBC Radio programme "The Spark" last week from my office in London, talking about my idea of "the upcoming war on general purpose computing." They've just posted the unedited audio in advance of airing a shorter excerpt. MP3 link]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[I did a quick interview with the CBC Radio programme "The Spark" last week from my office in London, talking about my idea of "the upcoming war on general purpose computing." They've <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2012/01/full-interview-cory-doctorow-on-the-war-on-general-computing/">just posted</a> the unedited audio in advance of airing a shorter excerpt. <a href="http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120120_13097.mp3">MP3 link</a> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://craphound.com/?feed=rss2&p=3877</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url="http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/bonussparkplus_20120120_13097.mp3" length="27895263" type="audio/mpeg" /> </item> <item> <title>Little Brother stage-play in San Francisco</title> <link>http://craphound.com/?p=3873</link> <comments>http://craphound.com/?p=3873#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:54:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Cory Doctorow</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://craphound.com/?p=3873</guid> <description><![CDATA[There's a new stage adaptation of my novel Little Brother opening in San Francisco. Charlie Jane Anders from IO9 got to go to the preview and loved it, which is incredibly heartening, since I won't get to see it! So I'll just say that the version I saw was powerful and brilliant, and the cast … <a href="http://craphound.com/?p=3873">[Read more]</a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ There's a <a href="http://www.custommade.org/little-brother/">new stage adaptation</a> of my novel <a href="http://craphound.com/littlebrother">Little Brother</a> opening in San Francisco. Charlie Jane Anders from IO9 got to go to the preview and loved it, which is incredibly heartening, since I won't get to see it! <blockquote> <img src="http://craphound.com/images/medium_5ec6fc18f81dc0e4f9ef1137049d8f73.jpg" class="bordered" align="right"> So I'll just say that the version I saw was powerful and brilliant, and the cast was note-perfect, especially Daniel Petzold as Marcus Yallow. (The other two castmembers, Marissa Keltie and Cory Censoprano, have a harder task in some ways, since they play a variety of roles throughout the show. And they're both great as well.) The stage play uses a lot of pre-recorded video and some very clever sets to create a lot of different settings, as well as giving a primer in topics like the futility of using data-mining to catch terrorists. </blockquote> <a href="http://io9.com/5876730/cory-doctorows-little-brother-becomes-a-must+see-stage-play">Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother becomes a must-see stage play</a> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://craphound.com/?feed=rss2&p=3873</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Martian Chronicles, part two</title> <link>http://craphound.com/?p=3867</link> <comments>http://craphound.com/?p=3867#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:13:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Cory Doctorow</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Podcast]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://craphound.com/?p=3867</guid> <description><![CDATA[The StarShipSofa podcast has the second installment of Jeff Lane's reading of my YA novella The Martian Chronicles (here's part one). Lane does a great job with the reading. MP3 link.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[The StarShipSofa podcast has <a href="http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2012/01/17/starshipsofa-no-221-cory-doctorow-part-2/">the second installment</a> of Jeff Lane's reading of my YA novella The Martian Chronicles (<a href="http://boingboing.net/2012/01/11/martian-chronicles-reading.html">here's part one</a>). Lane does a great job with the reading. <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/starshipsofa/StarShipSofa_No_221_Cory_Doctorow_Part_2.mp3">MP3 link</a>. ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://craphound.com/?feed=rss2&p=3867</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/starshipsofa/StarShipSofa_No_221_Cory_Doctorow_Part_2.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg" /> </item> <item> <title>Podcast: A Vocabulary for Speaking about the Future</title> <link>http://craphound.com/?p=3863</link> <comments>http://craphound.com/?p=3863#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:56:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Cory Doctorow</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Podcast]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://craphound.com/?p=3863</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here's a podcast of my last Locus column, A Vocabulary for Speaking about the Future: Science fiction writers and fans are prone to lauding the predictive value of the genre, prompting weird questions like ‘‘How can you write science fiction today? Aren’t you worried that real science will overtake your novel before it’s published?’’ This … <a href="http://craphound.com/?p=3863">[Read more]</a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Here's a podcast of my last Locus column, <a href="http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2012/01/cory-doctorow-a-vocabulary-for-speaking-about-the-future/">A Vocabulary for Speaking about the Future</a>: <blockquote> Science fiction writers and fans are prone to lauding the predictive value of the genre, prompting weird questions like ‘‘How can you write science fiction today? Aren’t you worried that real science will overtake your novel before it’s published?’’ This question has a drooling idiot of a half-brother, the strange assertion that ‘‘science fiction is dead because the future is here.’’ Now, I will stipulate that science fiction writers often think that they’re predicting the future. The field lays claim to various successes, from flip-phones to the Web, waterbeds to rocket-ships, robots to polyamory. </blockquote> Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com John Taylor Williams is a full-time self-employed audio engineer, producer, composer, and sound designer. In his free time, he makes beer, jewelry, odd musical instruments and furniture. He likes to meditate, to read and to cook. <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_219/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_219_A_Vocabulary_for_Speaking_about_the_Future.mp3">MP3 Link</a> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://craphound.com/?feed=rss2&p=3863</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url="http://www.archive.org/download/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_219/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_219_A_Vocabulary_for_Speaking_about_the_Future.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg" /> </item> <item> <title>“Martian Chronicles” reading</title> <link>http://craphound.com/?p=3860</link> <comments>http://craphound.com/?p=3860#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:49:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Cory Doctorow</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Podcast]]></category> <category><![CDATA[audio]]></category> <category><![CDATA[class war]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kids]]></category> <category><![CDATA[podcast]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[space]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://craphound.com/?p=3860</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Starship Sofa podcast has produced an excellent reading of my novella "The Martian Chronicles," which was originally published in Jonathan Strahan's YA anthology Life on Mars. The reading is by jeff Lane, who's really talented. Here's the MP3 (the reading starts around 1:50).]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Starship Sofa podcast has produced an excellent <a href="http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2012/01/11/starshipsofa-no-220-cory-doctorow-part-1/">reading</a> of my novella "The Martian Chronicles," which was originally published in Jonathan Strahan's YA anthology <a href="">Life on Mars</a>. The reading is by jeff Lane, who's really talented. <a href="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/starshipsofa/StarShipSofa_No_220_Cory_Doctorow_Part_1.mp3">Here's the MP3</a> (the reading starts around 1:50). ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://craphound.com/?feed=rss2&p=3860</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/starshipsofa/StarShipSofa_No_220_Cory_Doctorow_Part_1.mp3" length="200" type="audio/mpeg" /> </item> <item> <title>The Coming War on General Purpose Computation</title> <link>http://craphound.com/?p=3848</link> <comments>http://craphound.com/?p=3848#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:24:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Cory Doctorow</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Podcast]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://craphound.com/?p=3848</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here's a transcript of my keynote at the 28th Chaos Communications Congress in Berlin over Christmas week, "The Coming War on General Purpose Computation." Here're the relevant links: * Video * Transcript (Joshua Wise) * German translation (Christian Wöhrl) * Subtitles in German, French, Spanish and Italian (you can add more!) Mastering by John Taylor … <a href="http://craphound.com/?p=3848">[Read more]</a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ <iframe width="600" height="335" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/HUEvRyemKSg?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Here's a transcript of my keynote at the 28th Chaos Communications Congress in Berlin over Christmas week, "The Coming War on General Purpose Computation." Here're the relevant links: * <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HUEvRyemKSg">Video</a> * <a href="https://github.com/jwise/28c3-doctorow/blob/master/transcript.md">Transcript</a> (Joshua Wise) * <a href="http://achnichts.cwoehrl.de/?p=3782">German translation</a> (Christian Wöhrl) * <a href="http://www.universalsubtitles.org/en/videos/GmpBuHzEX8Jc/">Subtitles in German, French, Spanish and Italian</a> (you can add more!) Mastering by John Taylor Williams: wryneckstudio@gmail.com John Taylor Williams is a full-time self-employed audio engineer, producer, composer, and sound designer. In his free time, he makes beer, jewelry, odd musical instruments and furniture. He likes to meditate, to read and to cook. <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_218/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_218_The_Coming_War_on_General_Purpose_Computation.mp3">MP3 Link</a> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://craphound.com/?feed=rss2&p=3848</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>8</slash:comments> <enclosure url="http://www.archive.org/download/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_218/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_218_The_Coming_War_on_General_Purpose_Computation.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg" /> </item> <item> <title>The internet is the best place for dissent to start</title> <link>http://craphound.com/?p=3845</link> <comments>http://craphound.com/?p=3845#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:42:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Cory Doctorow</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://craphound.com/?p=3845</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Guardian]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2012/jan/03/the-internet-best-dissent-start">The Guardian</a> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://craphound.com/?feed=rss2&p=3845</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>Can we get cat-sharing sites to harden themselves against Iran’s secret police?</title> <link>http://craphound.com/?p=3843</link> <comments>http://craphound.com/?p=3843#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:41:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Cory Doctorow</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://craphound.com/?p=3843</guid> <description><![CDATA[In my latest Guardian column, "The internet is the best place for dissent to start," I look at Ethan Zuckerman's recent talk on the Internet and human rights, and the way that cute cats create the positive externality of a place for dissent to begin and flourish, and look at the problems this causes: Zuckerman's … <a href="http://craphound.com/?p=3843">[Read more]</a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[ In my latest Guardian column, "The internet is the best place for dissent to start," I look at Ethan Zuckerman's recent talk on the Internet and human rights, and the way that cute cats create the positive externality of a place for dissent to begin and flourish, and look at the problems this causes: <blockquote> Zuckerman's argument is this: while YouTube, Twitter, Facebook (and other popular social services) aren't good at protecting dissidents, they are nevertheless the best place for this sort of activity to start, for several reasons. First, because when YouTube is taken off your nation's internet, everyone notices, not just dissidents. So if a state shuts down a site dedicated to exposing official brutality, only the people who care about that sort of thing already are likely to notice. But when YouTube goes dark, all the people who want to look at cute cats discover that their favourite site is gone, and they start to ask their neighbours why, and they come to learn that there exists video evidence of official brutality so heinous and awful that the government has shut out all of YouTube in case the people see it. </blockquote> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2012/jan/03/the-internet-best-dissent-start">The internet is the best place for dissent to start</a> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://craphound.com/?feed=rss2&p=3843</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>