Tech Geek
First things first. This morning, my 9 month old daughter Cassandra waved to me and said “Hi, Daddy,” her first unmistakable confirmed words in the presence of two witnesses. So far as I’m concerned, that’s way more important than any of the other stuff I’ve been blogging about lately.
That said, there have been some other things going on, starting with a pretty stellar review on Fantasy Literature.
Next up is the interview I did with Laptop Magazine, which was published on their website this morning. Not sure when the print piece will come out.
It was, I think, a really good interview. Quite different from the normal fare, as it focused mainly on the tech side of my writing, and the interviewer asked me a number of interesting questions on e-piracy, the Amazon Kindle, why I don’t use an iPhone, and a few other things. I think it’s well worth reading.
A few other tech sites picked up the Laptop story right away, including boingboing, MobileCrunch, and The Gadgets Weblog. The Daily News story was also picked up on GalleyCat and InformationWeek.
The whole “subway writing” story continues to garner worldwide attention, translating since my last post into German, Dutch (also here and here), French (also here and here), Czech, and Arabic (also here and here), in addition to more articles in Spanish on a site with the best logo ever (also here and here) and Polish (cool pic on this one). That’s ten languages.
Oh, and lest anyone think me unaware that writing books on your phone is old hat in Japan, I point you to this classic Peephole in My Skull post from January 2008.
As a side note, it’s been interesting to see mutations and errors crop up in the story with every degree of separation away from the source material as it filters through the blogosphere. It’s kind of like a game of telephone in some ways, and shows that we still have a little ways to go before blogs can truly replace traditional news as a trusted, verified, and quotable source.
Not that traditional news is perfect in any way…
Dude. It’s official. I can no longer keep up with your life.
About halfway through this post, I decided to let it go and not link to every blog that picked up the story. I left like a dozen out.
I think I’m ready to go back to blogging about 80’s comics and action figures.
Awww, you totally have to film her talking 😀
So far we haven’t been able to coax out a repeat performance for the camera. I will capture it as soon as possible.
RE: Cassie — Don’t worry about getting a repeat. Pretty soon, you won’t be able to get her to shut up. Dani will get the full babbling Alexa experience later today.
RE: Your thumbs — When all the tech companies start sending you their latest smartphones to endorse, don’t forget the faithful hangers on like me who’d appreciate a freebie 🙂
Hi Peter,
Is there a scheduled release date for book two?
Kind regards
Stewart
You need to have your PR people get you onto “Attack of the Show” — the tech angle alone is enough for them to notice you, but the fact that you used tech to write a book about murderous night demons and magic tattoos may be enough to get you within hair-sniffing distance of Olivia Munn. Chris Hardwick,at the least.