The Witchwood Crown – Thoughts on the return to Osten Ard – Part 5
As much as I tried to make the return to Osten Ard in The Witchwood Crown last, for there is a wait of at least a year before The Empire of Grass arrives, it had to...
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The Witchwood Crown – Thoughts on the return to Osten Ard – Part 4
As I sit on Chapter 28 of 54 chapters in The Witchwood Crown, a few random observations: Chapter Names I mentioned this in the re-read and commentary eBook that I put together, but I’ll...
The Witchwood Crown – Thoughts on the return to Osten Ard – Part 3
Binabik-isms The Witchwood Crown is set some 30-odd years after the end of To Green Angel Tower. This implies that some of the mortal characters will be around in the new series, and some...
The Witchwood Crown – Thoughts on the return to Osten Ard – Part 2
Maps I like maps. And I’m not referring to Google Maps, Waze or Apple Maps. I’m talking about paper maps. I still have the Texaco maps of states we drove through on camping trips...
The Witchwood Crown – Thoughts on the return to Osten Ard – Part 1
My personal wait for Tad Williams’ new Osten Ard novel, The Witchwood Crown, is finally over, thanks to my friend John D. who provided me the copy sent to him. I’m interrupting my goal...
RWDevCon 2017 – Notes and Thoughts
I attended the third RWDevCon March 30 – April 1 in Alexandria, VA. (Yes I know that was 10 days ago, but I had a lot of notes.) It was the third time RWDevCon...
SXSW2017 Health Technology sessions
Notes on the 2017 SXSW Health Tech sessions I attended (some with photos, some with photos of slides from the presenters) in order of relevancy to current projects. The sessions (and links to each...
SXSW2017 Equity Crowdfunding
Notes from the SXSW2017 Equity Crowdfunding session. Presenters: Slava Rubin (one of the founders of IndieGogo), Bill Clark (CEO of Microventures) First Democracy VC is their joint venture that focuses on Equity Crowdfunding that...
SXSW2017 Bruce Sterling
SXSW2017 Bruce Sterling – notes from his customary keynote at the end of the Interactive portion of SXSW titled “The Future: History that hasn’t Happened Yet.” 1st half – normal cantankerous recap Some quotes...
iTunes Match – fixing “Waiting” and un-downloadable songs
I like the idea of Apple’s iTunes Match service but I’ve had some issues getting it to work the way I think it should, especially with the copies of CDs that I own that...