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Aug. 5th, 2009 14:16Wednesday July 29, 2009 Radio discussion on the future of newspapers. One panelist said that print newspapers don't update.
I remembered that in Alfred Bester's _The Demolished Man_, newspapers have hourly editions. Which still means they don't update as often as some web news sites (including newpaper sites.)
Later, I started thinking about printed newspapers that would update without the need to buy new copies. They'd be on "smart paper" (something which looks and maybe feels like paper but operates electronically.)
***To Southwest Senior Center to use the computer lab, then back home.
***Oh, so THAT'S what interests me:
Reread Barbara Sher's _I Could Do Anything: if I only knew what it was_.
And realized that I'm greatly interested in the theory and practice of organizing groups.
Falling into place: The in-person and online groups I've been most interested in while they were forming. What I notice about politics, and about history. My dissatisfaction with certain fictional futures.
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Thursday July 30, 2009 When I woke up, I couldn't remember her name. We'd met the day before, signing up for a Scandinavian History course at the spaceport community college. We had stayed together while we worked on the take-home exam. It was a promising start to a relationship, and now I'd forgotten her name.
And I couldn't remember where I'd put the filled-out exam. I started looking around, then realized it had been a dream.
***To Southwest Senior Center, to use the computer lab. Found web bibliographies on organizing self-help groups.
***Kay Kenyon reading at DreamHaven Books. The readings are usually on Fridays; but Friday was the first day of Diversicon, at which she was Guest of Honor.
She's a native Minnesotan, but she grew up in Duluth; about as far as you can get from the Twin Cities and still be in Minnesota.
When I arrived, I saw one other person I was sure had come for the reading: Eric Heideman, who runs the readings. This was rather less than the usual attendance.
More people did show up, but fewer than usual. One factor: local writers usually attract local friends and relatives to their readings. And some people were probably resting up for Diversicon.
Kay read from her novel _Bright of the Sky_, ending on a lovely cliffhanger.
I remembered that in Alfred Bester's _The Demolished Man_, newspapers have hourly editions. Which still means they don't update as often as some web news sites (including newpaper sites.)
Later, I started thinking about printed newspapers that would update without the need to buy new copies. They'd be on "smart paper" (something which looks and maybe feels like paper but operates electronically.)
***To Southwest Senior Center to use the computer lab, then back home.
***Oh, so THAT'S what interests me:
Reread Barbara Sher's _I Could Do Anything: if I only knew what it was_.
And realized that I'm greatly interested in the theory and practice of organizing groups.
Falling into place: The in-person and online groups I've been most interested in while they were forming. What I notice about politics, and about history. My dissatisfaction with certain fictional futures.
===
Thursday July 30, 2009 When I woke up, I couldn't remember her name. We'd met the day before, signing up for a Scandinavian History course at the spaceport community college. We had stayed together while we worked on the take-home exam. It was a promising start to a relationship, and now I'd forgotten her name.
And I couldn't remember where I'd put the filled-out exam. I started looking around, then realized it had been a dream.
***To Southwest Senior Center, to use the computer lab. Found web bibliographies on organizing self-help groups.
***Kay Kenyon reading at DreamHaven Books. The readings are usually on Fridays; but Friday was the first day of Diversicon, at which she was Guest of Honor.
She's a native Minnesotan, but she grew up in Duluth; about as far as you can get from the Twin Cities and still be in Minnesota.
When I arrived, I saw one other person I was sure had come for the reading: Eric Heideman, who runs the readings. This was rather less than the usual attendance.
More people did show up, but fewer than usual. One factor: local writers usually attract local friends and relatives to their readings. And some people were probably resting up for Diversicon.
Kay read from her novel _Bright of the Sky_, ending on a lovely cliffhanger.