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Short story: "When Sysadmins Ruled The Earth"
"When Sysadmins Ruled The Earth", a comedic sci-fi story by Cory Doctorow, has just won the Locus Award for best novelette of 2007, so publisher Baen Books has done precisely what the market demands of a high-quality, highly desired item -- it's giving it away online! (Welcome to wikinomics, net-noobs.)...
Tags: System Administrator, Earth, Cory Doctorow, Software Upgrade, Enterprise Software, Software, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2007-07-05
Is self-inflicted spyware the next killer app?
Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing fired off his top picks from the O'Reilly emerging technology conference, and here's one of the new techno-jargon VC buzzwords you can expect to make the rounds over the next few months: MyWare. MyWare is spyware you deploy against yourself, to record all your own...
Tags: Cory Doctorow, Spyware, Computer, MyWare, Productivity, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2006-03-08
Libris-Lite 1.00 (Mobile)
Libris-Lite is the free version of the Libris eBook reader. It comes with a set of sample books built into the app: -"Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town" by Cory Doctorow-"Thoughtcrime Experiments" edited by Sumana Harihareswara and Leonard Richardson-"Little Brother" by Cory Doctorow-"Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen-"Accelerando" by...
Tags: Mobile, Animation, Cory Doctorow, Libris-Lite, Wiki, Online Communications
Software downloads 2009-05-28
Futuristic Tales of the Here and Now 2.0 (Mobile)
Comic Reader Mobi presents:Cory Doctorow's Futuristic Tales Of The Here And Now Writer and BoingBoing.net co-editor Cory Doctorow has won acclaim for his science-fiction writing as well as his Creative Commons presentation of his material. Now, IDW Publishing is proud to present six standalone stories adapted from Doctorow's work, each...
Tags: Comic, Mobile, Story, Cory Doctorow, Ty Landercasper, Robots, Engineering, Workforce Management, Emerging Technologies, Human Resources
Software downloads 2009-12-11

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Anda's Game 1.0 (Mobile)
An escalating conflict in a MMORPG leads a young girl to face true evil outside the game.Originally published as the Creative Commons comic "Cory Doctorows Futuristic Tales of the Here and Now" by IDW Publishing, "Andas Game" is remixed by Robot Comics to create a version specifically designed for mobile...
Tags: Game, Mobile, Robot Comics, Anda, Robots, Emerging Technologies
Software downloads 2009-08-13
After the Siege #2 1.1 (Mobile)
Second and final installment of the comic "After the Siege". Please read After the Siege #1 first.A young girl grows in a city under siege, where a war for the cure of a zombie outbreak destroys the life she once knew.After the Siege #2, a comic written by James Anthony...
Tags: Mobile, Robot Comics, Siege, Robots, Emerging Technologies
Software downloads 2009-08-03
After the Siege #1 1.1 (Mobile)
A young girl grows in a city under siege, where a war for the cure of a zombie outbreak destroys the life she once knew.After the Siege #1, a comic written by James Anthony Kuhoric, drawn by Guiu Vilanova, based on a short story by Cory Doctorow ("Boing Boing", "Little...
Tags: Mobile, Robot Comics, Robots, Emerging Technologies
Software downloads 2009-07-30
Craphound 1.1 (Mobile)
Aliens are among us, and they share our passion for used goods.Craphound, a comic written by Dara Naraghi, drawn by Paul McCaffrey, based on a short story by Cory Doctorow ("Boing Boing", "Little Brother"). Originally published as the Creative Commons comic "Cory Doctorows Futuristic Tales of the Here and Now"...
Tags: Mobile, Robot Comics, Robots, Emerging Technologies
Software downloads 2009-08-03
Dimension Hoppers 1.1 (Mobile)
Who wouldn't want a laser-guided, armor-piercing, self-replenishing personal sidearm?"Nimby and the D-Hoppers", a sci-fi comic written by Dan Taylor, drawn by Dustin Evans, based on a short story by Cory Doctorow ("Boing Boing", "Little Brother"). Originally published as the Creative Commons comic "Cory Doctorows Futuristic Tales of the Here and...
Tags: Mobile, Robot Comics, Robots, Emerging Technologies
Software downloads 2009-08-03
I, Robot #1 1.1 (Mobile)
Would you trust a robot that can kill humans and chooses not to?I, Robot #1, a comic written by Dara Naraghi, drawn by Erich Owen, based on a short story by Cory Doctorow ("Boing Boing", "Little Brother"). Originally published as the Creative Commons comic "Cory Doctorows Futuristic Tales of the...
Tags: Mobile, Robot Comics, Robots, Emerging Technologies
Software downloads 2009-08-11
I, Robot #2 1.1 (Mobile)
Second and final installment of the comic "I, Robot". Please read I, Robot #1 first.Would you trust a robot that can kill humans and chooses not to?I, Robot #2, a comic written by Dara Naraghi, drawn by Erich Owen, based on a short story by Cory Doctorow ("Boing Boing", "Little...
Tags: Mobile, Robot Comics, Robots, Emerging Technologies
Software downloads 2009-08-03
Sysadmins 1.1 (Mobile)
Can they keep the internet online as the world goes offline? "When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth", a comic written by J.C. Vaughn, drawn by Daniel Warner, based on a short story by Cory Doctorow ("Boing Boing", "Little Brother"). Originally published as the Creative Commons comic "Cory Doctorows Futuristic Tales of...
Tags: System Administrator, Mobile, Robot Comics, Robots, Emerging Technologies
Software downloads 2009-08-03
2007's best sci-fi short stories--for free
What about podcast books?May not be the "best of '07", but PodioBooks.com has a huge selection of MP3 format sci-fi books for free including Tracy Hickman's "The Immortals", "Crescent" by Phil Rossi and "Eastern Standard Tribe" by Cory Doctorow. Also, If you haven't already, definitely should check out "7th Son"...
Tags: Podcasts, Strategy, science fiction, podcast
Discussion threads 2008-05-07
Free sci-fi story - What if Google was evil?
Sci-fi writer and chief BoingBoing-er Cory Doctorow has just released "Scroogled"--a free online short story that posits what could happen if Google suddenly decided to be openly evil. You may remember that we've posted some of Doctorow's free fiction before, and that we've also theorized what an evil Google might...
Tags: Google Inc., Story, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2007-09-18
Is COCOA bad for you, or best for Google?
As well-informed netizens, most of my readership is probably aware that Google wants to add the full text of books to their search indexes so that Web surfers can identify works using mere quotations or character names. The utility of the project is obvious, though the ...
Tags: Google Inc., Author, Science Fiction, COCOA, Sales Strategy, Blogging, Sales Force Management, Sales, Internet, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2005-11-10
50 ubergeeks worth following on Twitter
Below are 50 top-shelf geeks to be found on Twitter, listed in no particular order of awesomeness. Suffice it to say, they're all cooler than me. If you don't know what Twitter is, Jason Hiner explains it here. If you do know what Twitter is, but aren't following these people...
Tags: Comic, Web, Actor, Twitter, Sci-fi Writer, Games, Channel Management, Blogging, Personal Technology, Marketing, Internet, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2009-03-24
iPod Music transfer
Does anyone know the best way to get a music library from an ipod that was originally formatted for Windows to a new Macbook?I know that there are a few programs out there: Setuni, yamipod, etc. but I have also heard that they corrupt your itunes. Is this...
Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Back-UPS, Apple iPod, How-To, ephPod, music
Discussion threads 2008-02-22
The two-edged sword of DRM
As an aspiring writer, I have fond hope that one day my trite, banal scribblings will be worth enough money to justify a copyright, so I have more than a passing interest in Digital Rights Management DRM. That said, sci-fi writers like Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross are giving away...
Tags: Resale, Digital-rights Management, Book Sale, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2005-07-28
Looking for a few good books
I'm nearing the end of my epic struggle with Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross (no fault of the book, I just haven't made time to read). Since I still have time to make out Christmas lists, I was hoping some of my regulars could post a "one...
Tags: Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2005-11-16
Demand the cons, concerts, congregations you deserve
More BoingBoing-filtered goodness from the O'Reilly Emerging Tech Conference: "Here's my [Cory Doctorow] notes from Brian Dear's presentation on Eventful at the O'Reilly Emerging Tech conference -- Brian presented on his company, EVDB, an events database that tries to do for live shows and ...
Tags: Conference, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2006-03-08
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