Cory Doctorow
Tag details
Welcome to the 'Cory Doctorow' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'Cory Doctorow'.
Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Cory Doctorow”
-
Cory Doctorow and the Publishing Revolution
Imperfect Clarity —
Authority: 118
Cory Doctorow, photo by Joi Ito, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 First of all, I have to admit something right up front: I have never read any of Cory Doctorow’s fiction works. Yeah, yeah, I’m still going to write this post about him though because after reading through a whole lot of articles about the man, ...3 days ago -
Audio Interview with author activist Cory Doctorow conducted by Nigel Beale: On the Future of the Book
NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS —
Authority: 471
#160;Copyright activist, speaker, teacher (how about speacher...or spreacher), columnist, science fiction novelist, short story writer, co-editor of#160; Boing Boing,#160; and the very manifestation of articulate dynamism, Cory Doctorow was in town recently to promote his novel Little Brother (free download here), a ...4 days ago -
Clay Shirky, Cory Doctorow on the future of the bookstore
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home —
Authority: 643
Clay Shirky posts on his blog about the recent open letter from the American Booksellers Association to the Justice Department, asking them to investigate Amazon, Wal-Mart, and Target for pricing best-sellers below $10. (Amazon’s $9.99 e-books in particular are singled out for comment.) The ABA believes that ...5 days ago -
Bookstore futures from Shirky and Doctorow
Futurismic —
Authority: 613
Continuing the increasingly ubiquitous discussion of the future of bookstores (in the wake of Borders in the UK going into receivership ), two heavyweight thinkers have thrown their opinions out into the ring in the last few days. First of all, Clay Shirky, who notes that there are three basic groups of people ...5 days ago -
Die Bucher (the books) – Doctorow’s Makers
The Vox Pop Log —
Authority: 110
When I read the first third of what would become Makers several years ago I was thrilled. Serialized by Salon.com around 2005, it was a weekly must read about systems being turned on their head. Specifically, the three main characters – Perry, Lester, and Suzanne – find themselves at the core of institutional ...5 days ago -
Ypulse Essentials: World AIDS Day, Fiesta Movement Awards On Current, Summit To Split Breaking Dawn?
Ypulse —
Authority: 501
World AIDS Day on BET (music countdown show, 106 & PARK, dedicates a full episode to the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic, along with other weeklong programming events. Also Alicia Keyes performs live on YouTube as global ambassador for Keep a Child Alive, a non-profit dedicated to providing life-saving ...6 days ago -
Cory Doctorow on Real World Key Escrow
Brian.Carnell.Com —
Authority: 107
This is the story of my life: Cory Doctorow and I have the same problem, only he’s actually sat down and thought of a solution while I was busy wasting my life in World of Warcraft. Anyway, the problem is encryption. Now, for the most part encryption is a solution. I have terabytes of personal data that I would ...6 days ago -
Will 2010 be the Death of Free and Open?
New Comm Biz —
Authority: 127
Image via Wikipedia Arrington, I’m really sorry, this seriously sucks. Mike Arrington can’t get a break. His Last startup, before TechCrunch became his full-time gig, Edgio, DeadPooled 2 years ago and now the CrunchPad joins it’s much older sibling in that same grave almost exactly 2 years later. ...1 week ago -
Cory Doctorow: Privacy-Is it time for a revolution?
Clunky Flow —
Authority: 104
1 week ago -
Free eBook of Makers by Cory Doctorow, 22 Free Songs from Suburban Home Records & $5 Magazine Subscriptions
Atlanta on the Cheap —
Authority: 145
Don’t miss out on these deals, which were posted on Cities on the Cheap:Free eBook: Makers by Cory DoctorowIndie Music Fans: Download 22 Free Songs from Suburban Home Records$5 Magazine...1 week ago -
Makers by Cory Doctorow
Book Calendar —
Authority: 131
Makers by Cory Doctorow This is the kind of book which will keep you up reading until you are done. It is a story of technology, creativity, and intrigue. The story is focused on digital fabricators and three dimensional printers. It describes many things which are coming very soon. You could call ...1 week ago -
Fantastic Publishers’ Training for 2010 LBF
Modjaji Books —
Authority: 104
Last week about 20 publishers/ book trade people spent 3 days at Roodevallei , north of Pretoria, getting into gear for the London Book Fair. Jane Henshall, the South Africa Market Focus Co-ordinator , organised one of the best training experiences I have ever had. The venue was fabulous, comfortable rooms, with ...1 week ago -
Tales from the Con: Philcon 2009
Geekadelphia —
Authority: 531
Last weekend I had the pleasure to attend Philcon 2009 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Cherry Hill . This will actually be my third time attending Philcon, and my first time attending Philcon at its new home in New Jersey. I had been looking forward to this con for the last couple of weeks because of their great ...1 week ago -
My e-book Thanksgiving list
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home —
Authority: 643
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! A number of other sites are doing Thanksgiving lists ( Ars Technica , Wired , another Wired , and Wired again on things not to be thankful for ), and I thought I would assay one of my own. Of course, we all know that we have a lot more to be thankful for than just ...1 week ago -
Tweets for November 25th
New Trommetter Times —
Authority: 134
“How about we leave medicine to doctors and the climate to God?” ~ Rush Limbaugh # A storm is brewing at Best Buy http://bit.ly/5OLOs8 More like a tempest in a teacup. (via @ crunchgear ) # New comment on “A storm is brewing at Best Buy” http://bt.io/AZHx # New comment on “Best Buy Ditches ...1 week ago -
Does Rupert Murdoch have an Internet strategy?
Scholars and Rogues —
Authority: 610
As a follow-on to Dr. Denny’s post on Rupert Murdoch way back on 29 August, there have been further developments worth noting in this space. There has been a flurry of headlines the past few weeks over recent comments by Murdoch, who now is making noises about removing News Corp news stories from Google. He’s ...1 week ago -
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Highly Recommended —
Authority: 123
Cory Doctorow ’s fiction elegantly dissects the contemporary social systems and structures that we take for granted. Doctorow’s Little Brother takes place in the aftermath of the destruction of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. In the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus, Darryl, Jolu, and Van are ...1 week ago -
Cory Doctorow on Copyright
Experiencing Information —
Authority: 107
David Weinberger interviews Cory Doctorow on copyright and future of books in this podcast: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediaberkman/2009/11/19/radio-berkman-137-cory-doctorow-in-defense-of-%C2%A9/ I pretty much agree with much of what Cory says. I have to admit, though, that I heard the interview at the end of ...1 week ago -
The evil that is ACTA
Corrente —
Authority: 625
As Cory Doctorow says: Heres a 20-minute, must-see lecture on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement -- the secret copyright treaty currently being negotiated, which stands to fatally wound all user-generated content sites from mailing lists to YouTube; which stands to criminalize kids for noncommercial ...2 weeks ago -
Cory Doctorow in support of copyright
Joho the Blog —
Authority: 612
In this edition of Radio Berkman, Cory Doctorow argues in favor of copyright … the part of copyright that protects the rights of readers to own (and not just license) books. It being Cory, the discussion covers topics such as the way in which books are like dogs and his sentimental attachment to his digital ...2 weeks ago
