Mark the date

[serene]

If you're like me, it goes like this:

First you go here, to papersky's post.

Then you read the post she links to in sfwa.

Then you decide having an LJ or two makes you by definition a pixel-stained technopeasant.

Then you glory in it on April 23rd.

Who's in?

(Truthfully, I sympathize with those who feel the internet is Ruining It All, and I have always loved the Lead Pencil Club, especially the line in their manifesto that says "If our computers develop a virus, we will not seek a cure." But I love those things hypocritically, because being online has been huge in my life, and has helped me create the life and the art that I love.)

Comments

[klwalton.livejournal.com]

We have to work out new ways to live witht the new technologies. Andf it's damned hard.

I'll drink to that.

[wordweaverlynn.livejournal.com]

And -- for the sake of completeness -- another huge issue in newspaper revenue problems is the rise of websites like Craigslist, cars.com, and Rent.com, which have gutted classified ad revenues.