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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for Aug 21 2015 - DDOP 18
In this episode, I answer the question of whether there will ever be more episodes of the Reality Break Podcast. Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, August 21 2015 Links mentioned in this episode: Support this show on Patreon Reality Break podcast Updraft...
read articleThe Kindle is NOT a Closed System
I want to address one of the biggest bits of spurious push back I see on the Amazon Kindle. I see people over and over saying they don't want one because it is a "closed system." This is not the truth and I'll get to that after a little prelude. I've had mine for about seven months now...
read articleMy Dragon*Con Schedule
Here are the things I'll be doing at the upcoming Dragon*Con convention. I'm trying to get things together and have created Facebook events for them. I'm doing one live taping of Reality Break and then two of the three other panels are ones I suggested and am moderating. That's a little heavier...
read articleAt Heroes Convention
I'm here in Charlotte a few blocks from the convention center. I'm looking forward to attending Heroes Convention tomorrow. They just had a piece on the con on the 11 PM local news that makes me even more anxious to get there. I brought my full want list of comics I'm looking for, a few issues of...
read articleA Heroes Con Publicity Offer to All
I'm going to attend Heroes Con in Charlotte in 2 weeks. I'm willing to make this offer to any podcaster or anyone with stuff to promote. Send me your flyers, stickers, postcards or whatever promotional material you have. I'll take it to the convention and put it on the freebies table there. If there...
read articleNew Reality Break Episode is Live
After a long drought, a new episode of Reality Break Podcast has been posted, this one with science fiction author and memoirist William Shunn. He was game enough to do this interview long before the series was going again and this conversation has sat in the can for a very long time. As he returns...
read articleOff to Balticon
I'm heading out the door for Baltimore. I'm ahead of schedule, let's hope that's a good omen. I'm doing a Reality Break interview at 7 PM and then I'm giving my talk at 10 PM tonight. There is some talk that all programming in the room its in will be live streamed. If that's the case, I'll post the...
read articleBalticon Is Nearly Here
Next weekend, I'll be a guest at Balticon in Hunt Valley, Maryland. I've never actually been to Maryland so this will be a big adventure to me. If you are wondering what to expect from the con, this promo should give you some idea. I've got my first science fiction interview for Reality Break lined...
read articleA Decade of Ebook Arguments
In 1998, I left my job at Intel for a job with an ebook startup called JStream. It was in many ways my dream job, and of every one I've held it was the one I'd get excited on Sunday night because I got to go back in on Monday morning. It was a good fit for me because I'm a software developer and...
read articleNew Reality Break Episode featuring Tobias S. Buckell
I've recently published the most recent episode of the Reality Break Podcast, and this one is an interview I particularly liked, my chat with hard science fiction author Tobias S. Buckell. We sat down in a bar in a noisy hotel lobby at Dragon*Con and it actually sounds pretty decent. I've certainly...
read articleNew Reality Break Episode: Mur Lafferty
For those of you who don't subscribe to my other podcast project, this is just a heads up. My interview with podiobook favorite Mur Lafferty that we recorded at this year's Dragon*con has been posted at the Reality Break podcast site. If you are one of her many fans, you should check it out. It has...
read articleDragon*Con Wrapup Part 1
Here's my wrapup of this year's trip to Dragon*Con. This is probably about the latest I can do it and have my friend brain cells intact enough to remember things. It might should go without saying that there is a looooong post warning, but I'll try to spice it up with enough pictures to keep some...
read articleNew Reality Break Episode is Live: Bruce Sterling!
It is belated, but Reality Break #5 with Bruce Sterling is up and live. In order to make up ground and repay listener patience, I'm going to accelerate the timetable for the next few episodes. I aim to put up the interview with Mur Lafferty this weekend and the one with Tobias Buckell the weekend...
read articleDragon*Con Wrapup Coming
I really need to do a big wrapup of my Dragon*Con experience really soon, or else I'll start forgetting details. I had much fun this year, my first since 2002, and would like to capture some of that in a permanent form on here. I plan on making a big linky, photo-riddled post but that takes time. I...
read articleOff To Dragon*Con
This afternoon I'll be making the drive from Myrtle Beach to Atlanta for Dragon*Con. My deep hope is to get registered tonight so that I do not have to mess with that at all on Friday. I have a live taping of Reality Break with Mur Lafferty at 10 PM Friday night and my talk on "Why Podcasting...
read articleMur Lafferty Live Interview at Dragon*Con
I have an hour slot to record at Dragon*Con, which will be Friday at 10 PM. I just posted over on the Reality Break site that I've booked Mur Lafferty to be the guest for the live Reality Break episode. The plan is to do both a Reality Break and an EGC clambake episode in the allotted time. First...
read articleConvention Season
I'm thinking a lot about conventions lately. This is the first year where not only am I not going to Podcast Expo but I never for a second even considered going. I was scheduled to speak last year but when it came down not only was my day job so crushing at the time but it had been for months and I...
read articleInterview with Kelley Eskridge
Long one of my favorite people, Kelley Eskridge posts about an interview series that appears to be working down Jeff VanderMeer's list of favorite short fiction writers. Here is her interview, and it is a pretty good one. If this intrigues you at all, stick around because Kelley will be one of the...
read articleEGC Clambake for June 29, 2008 - "Reality Break Lives"
Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for June 29, 2008. I play a song from Chris Christensen and Mark Schultz; I talk about the Reality Break podcast and tell some tales from the radio show that preceded it; I mention a little bit about the class I taught and what the proceeds are...
read articleSuper Secret Project X is Live!
So I've been hinting about Super Secret Project X for a very long time. At this point it has been over a year. The delays were many and for reasons too boring to think about but now everything is straightened out and ready to be revealed. SSPX is actually the return in podcast form of my radio show...
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