I’ll be spending my day off tomorrow at the Future in Review one-day conference called FiRE Global. I’ve been invited to participate in the CTO challenge, which is this case is a continued discussion about scaling energy, which may be no less than a talk about how to save the world. My belief (based on …
Strange Horizons is ten years old. I’m on my way from Seattle, WA to Bend, OR today, and stopping by Portland, OR to do a reading to celebrate Strange Horizons’ anniversary. Strange Horizons was one of our first electronic genre magazines, and I’m pretty sure it was the first to make it this long with …
Thanks to Cat Rambo for asking me excellent questions in an interview over on the Science Fictions Writers of America Site.  I don’t actually see Cat nearly as often as I like, but by coincidence we met for coffee yesterday, and I got to pick her brain to add to a guest post I did …
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Most days, I still feel pretty invisible. I’m certainly not a famous science fiction writer, and no geek household name like Cory Doctorow or Charlie Stross that gets thrown around the interwebs regularly. But today is a very pleasant writer/futurist day from the point of being engaged in the bigger community conversation. ABCnews included quotes …
I’ve missed mentioning multiple appearences of me and/or my work: The story, “My Father’s Singularity” is up at Clarkesworld in issue #45. Note that I share this issue with delightful Nina Kiriki Hoffman and her story is excellent. Two science fiction stories written by women in one issue, and in what is becoming the premiere …
I spent the Thursday – > Sunday morning is Pasco, Washington. Thursday and Friday were all about talking to students at an event called the Cavalcade of Authors, and the rest of the convention was a lovely time with friends, and my dog. On Thursday, I talked to Stevens middle school in Pasco. The school …
Places you can find me at Rustycon (Seattle Airport Marriott) this Saturday: 10:00, Moderating the panel, Palaces and Prisons? Urban Development in the 22nd Century in Evergreen I Is technology accelerating the divide between rich and poor? Will it make sense to live closer together in high-density zones optimized for transit and pedestrians, or will …
I now have a new thing for tonight’s reading at the Wayward Coffee House (8:00 PM). For geeks, the Wayward is worth going to whether you’re there to hear me read or you want to drop in another time. It’s very geekly and the coffee and atmosphere are great. So I already promised fiction set …
I leave tomorrow for the World Fantasy Convention in San Jose. I’ll be participating in a group reading on Friday night (in the Crystal room at 9:00 PM – Fairmont San Jose) for the exciting new web-based magazine called “Daybreak,” published by Jetse DeVries. Jetse is also bringing out the Shine Anthology. Shine and Daybreak …
We may have a new in place to be seen in Seattle. At the least, we have a new must-see conference, FiRe Global. Put together by Mark Anderson, FiRe Global has a clear mission: use technology to help save the world. Mark has impressive strengths. For one, he thinks well. For years he has produced …
