I leave tomorrow for the Santa Monica Book Fair where I'll be exhibiting (Booth 712a) and thought I would try something a little different.Through the wonders of modern technology (read: my iPhone), I'll be posting nearly-live updates from the fair - from set-up to break-down and everything in between, maybe even a few from the road - via both Flickr and Twitter. If you'd like to follow along, here are the links:The Santa Monica Book Fair - A Flickr Set (also available in RSS flavor)Me on Twitter (or RSS)Booth shots, interesting books, behind-the-scenes info...The next best thing to being there....
The Google Alphabet
Have you ever mistakenly typed just one letter into Google? I know I have.What if you've done it using Google Suggests?Back in 2003 in a random post on his blog Doc Searles mentioned that he accidentally typed just the letter "O" into Google and got the O'Reilly web site.Buster McLeod (aka Eric Benson) picked up on this and in 2004 the first Google Alphabet was born.In 2005 Nathan Dintenfass, a web developer and blogger posted the 2005 edition of the Google Alphabet on ChangeMedia.Now, Brady Forest over at O'Reilly Radar brings us the 2008 edition:A = amazonB = beboC =...
Shelfari Added to the Amazon Mix
Less than a month after acquiring AbeBooks, Amazon has acquired the book social networking site Shelfari.Josh Hug, founder of Shelfari, posted the news last night on Shelfari's blog and the story was quickly picked up by John Cook at the Seattle PI. Amazon has yet to issue a press release on the matter.Amazon invested $1 million in Shelfari back in February of 2007 earning them a seat on the board and a front row seat for Shelfari's now infamous and dubious astroturfing campaign.Of course, the terms of the deal were not disclosed but "sources told the Seattle P-I the financial...
Q: How do you eat a whale?
A: One byte at a time.Twittering Moby Dick.
Wanderlust: Maps of Great Journeys
Good Magazine has created a super-cool interactive map of history's greatest journeys. Sure there's Lewis and Clark and De Soto. But there's also Kerouac's ON THE ROAD, Ken Kesey's ELECTRIC KOOL AID ACID TEST trip, and even the Voyage of the Pequod. (Via).