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Steve’s Very Late Reactions To The XBox One

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So after all the news about Amazon, I’m going to return to what I had intended to write for the beginning of the week – my reactions to the XBox One (which is the third Xbox, try not to think about it too hard) and what it means for careers and creativity.

To say the least, the reaction to the announcement is not exactly positive, and even the Onion got in on the act. Kotaku is in their usual form on these things with a pretty good roundup of the features.

But you’re here to see what I think, and watch me talk endlessly about it and career repercussions.  So let’s get to it . . .

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Thoughts on Amazon and Fanfic, Part Two, Electric Boogaloo

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So now that Amazon is going to try and publish fanfic, now that I’ve done my anal-retentive analysis, what do I think it means? What’s going to happen? What are the repercussions?

Now it may surprise you that I’m not going to make definite predictions. I’m going to look at probabilities/possibilities with a little bit of how we can make this positive.

Now, before I go on let me state that in general I am for this idea. I like the idea of less restrictive, more supportive approach to fanfics. I do support help getting people published. I would like to see more engagement in publishing. I can think of plenty of things that are bad and that can go wrong (which I’ll address later), but I am in general, for this idea.

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Home Theater PC Speculations

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So last week I detailed my experiences with a sort-of Home Theater PC (HTPC), namely a laptop where I got experimental.  I noted that I would discuss their place in the economy and the career implications.  This of course, is that column because hey, I promised.

And here’s the answer: Not yet because there are way, way too many possible use cases and no real settled technologies, and what comes eventually will be gradual.

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