Daily Archives: July 10, 2014
Relevant to Recent Discussions
Posted on July 10, 2014 50 Comments
FTC alleges Amazon unlawfully billed parents for millions of dollars in children’s unauthorized In-App charges. To quote myself: “[B]usinesses and corporations are not your friends. They will seek to extract the maximum benefit from you that they can, and from others with whom they engage in business, consistent with their current set of business goals. This does not […]
My First Job and What it Paid
Posted on July 10, 2014 134 Comments
Via Jim Romenesko, a question from The Billfold Web site about what people’s first jobs were and what they paid, and what that particular job pays now. Romenesko’s spin on the question involves journalism (because his site is focused on that field) and as it happens, that’s where my first post-college job was. My first […]
The Big Idea: D.B. Jackson
Posted on July 10, 2014 9 Comments
There’s a system to things — especially magic. Why is there a system, and what is its function in telling a story? D.B. Jackson has a few thoughts on the matter, and how it matters to his latest colonial-era fantasy novel, A Plunder of Souls. D.B. JACKSON: Creating magic systems is to writing fantasy what […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying