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Tag: Cory Doctorow

  • It’s People All the Way Down

    It’s People All the Way Down

    Once again, we’re talking about moving from one major social media platform to other alternatives. This time, it’s because Elon Musk, one of the main villains of the comic book we live in, bought Twitter and everyone is pretty much sure that things will only get worse from here on. I agree with this observation and […]

  • What Really Matters Online

    What Really Matters Online

    Since the early days of July, I’ve been thinking so much about my online experience and the need for some radical changes. There was, and still are, multiple reasons behind this. But a surprising coincidence helped me to clear my head. On August 7th, I’ve published the 200th issue of the Turkish newsletter about media, […]

  • Why I Keep Coming Back to Blogging

    This is part of one of the blog chains here, titled “Rethinking the Internet” but instead of using numbered titles, I have decided to continue with unique ones. If you’re someone who writes or reads online, you know that newsletters are the hot trend for a while. While I totally understand why it’s so popular […]

  • [Read] Rapture of the Nerds

    Rapture of the Nerds – Cory Doctorow, Charlie Stross If you’re a science-fiction writer and you want to write about Singularity, you have to know how people and civilization works. If you don’t, your story doesn’t mean much and it’ll be impossible to read. Thankfully, both Doctorow and Stross knows this very well, plus, they have […]

  • [Read] Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free, Shivering Sands

    Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free – Cory Doctorow This is one of the books that we’ll need more in the near future. Doctorow collects his ideas and short writings about the copyright, future of computing and future of artists and creates this handbook for anyone interested in any of these topics. And Cory shows […]

  • DEFCON Güzeldir

    DEFCON; hacker kültürüne meraklı olan, o kültürün içinde olan ya da teknolojiyle arası iyi olan hemen herkesin ismini duyduğu bir etkinlik. Bir çoğunun da fırsatı olduğunda gittiği ya da gitmek istediği (ben de gitmek isteyenler arasındayım). Dün akşam bu belgeseli bulduğum an başına oturdum, en azından DEFCON hakkında düşündüklerimin ne kadarının doğru olduğunu görmek istedim. […]

  • Rapture of the Nerds, Homeland ve Pirate Cinema (Kitap ön incelemesi)

    (Bu yazım ilk olarak 25 Temmuz 2012’de Paslanmaz Kalem‘de yayınlandı.) Değişik bir fikir geldi aklıma, büyük ihtimalle yapan ya da yapmış birileri vardır ancak benim karşıma hiç çıkmadı. Fikre bir isim vermem gerekirse, en uygunu “kitap ön incelemesi” olur sanırım. Peki nasıl olacak bu iş? Şöyle ki, tıpkı oyunların çıkmadan önce yayınlanan demoları ya da müzik albümleri […]