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

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

It was the Federal Prosecutor scandal, and it was effort coordinated by Joshua Micah Marshall over at Talking Points Memo. This is exactly the sort of things blogs do well. And then there was the George Allen "macaca" incident. Blogs helped make that a major story.

But yeah, it's a tough balancing act, integrating new technologies in ways that don't hurt people's livelihoods.