Cory Doctrow
Sunday, 27. March 2005, 07:36:33
Some of you may know him, some of you have probably never heard of him.
Cory is part of BoingBoing. He's also a writer. He's also part of the EFF. Most importantly, he's in the same class of writer as Neal Stephenson.
I just finished his first book, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. This book, lots of coffee, and someone who didn't know the meaning of meme got me actually high - no fooling, buzz, buzz, buzz kind of high.
That's because my head was so much more full of ideas than it usually is while reading this I was experiencing the chemical release of a paradigm shift every few minutes - viewpoints and new angles rushing up.
If I had have been able to sit down and code, I would have knocked out quite a few killer apps, I'm sure of it. Unfortunately, I was glued to his book.
Read it. Read Snow Crash. Read Fight Club, and all other Chuck Palahnuik. Go watch Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine. Right now, I'm reading Eastern Standard Tribe.
Just, whatever you do, don't let anything stop you from experiencing the schitzophrenic madness of inspiration.
Then, once you've done that, rush off and build yourself an original concept for a website.
It's available via CrapHound under some very nice Creative Commons licencing.
Cory is part of BoingBoing. He's also a writer. He's also part of the EFF. Most importantly, he's in the same class of writer as Neal Stephenson.
I just finished his first book, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. This book, lots of coffee, and someone who didn't know the meaning of meme got me actually high - no fooling, buzz, buzz, buzz kind of high.
That's because my head was so much more full of ideas than it usually is while reading this I was experiencing the chemical release of a paradigm shift every few minutes - viewpoints and new angles rushing up.
If I had have been able to sit down and code, I would have knocked out quite a few killer apps, I'm sure of it. Unfortunately, I was glued to his book.
Read it. Read Snow Crash. Read Fight Club, and all other Chuck Palahnuik. Go watch Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine. Right now, I'm reading Eastern Standard Tribe.
Just, whatever you do, don't let anything stop you from experiencing the schitzophrenic madness of inspiration.
Then, once you've done that, rush off and build yourself an original concept for a website.
It's available via CrapHound under some very nice Creative Commons licencing.
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