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I’ve begun noodling around in Cinema 4D and created a nice winter-y wallpaper to dress up your iPhone this holiday season. Enjoy.

Two years ago, I linked to this piece from Robin Sloan, in which he looks at the idea of ‘stock’ as counterpoint to ‘flow’. It’s one of maybe two or three articles or videos I come back to, again and again. (Another is Ira Glass talking about the “Good Taste Gap”). Anybody who wants to…

I’m working on a novel right now. I think this is the first time I’ve acknowledged that in words, because I can’t stand people who endlessly proclaim that they’re “writing a novel” instead of actually getting to work and, y’know, doing it. I’ve never really written “long” before. I’ve certainly written pieces in the thousands…

Over the past couple of nights, I’ve been making way through Journey. The game is stunningly, ridiculously visually beautiful: I’ve never thought computer-generated sand could literally give me shivers. There’s also a sense of beauty, however, to the gameplay mechanics – in particular, to the way in which the game manages online multiplayer. Journey revolves…

Rumours are floating around that Apple will shortly announce plans to shake up the textbook industry. Whether or not this eventuates as rumoured, Apple devices are showing up in an increasing number of classrooms. I’m deeply ambivalent about the relationship between technology and the education system. I think Steve Jobs summed up my feelings nicely…