The Guardian breaks a big story yesterday - a court document authorizing the FBI and NSA to secretly collect customer phone records. All of them, for all Verizon customers. Then today the Washingto…
Probably the only time outside of dining choices I’d agree with Arrington about anything.
With great pride, I get to introduce the cover to my next novel: Equinox I: Between Gods and Monsters, illustrated by Casey Burch.
If those two figures on the cover look familiar — the characters being Captain Brynn Herris and Falcon Lieutenant James Rand — there’s a reason for that. The models for the characters were Katie West and Jack Scoresby, respectively, and I couldn’t be happier that they agreed to be a part of this. I knew that I wanted them to model for the cover, but I never dreamed that their photos would end up looking as good as they did, nor that the cover itself would end up looking as gorgeous as this. That I have such a quality artist onboard is welcome, but to have two of my favorite artists — no, people — on the cover of my book is a dream fucking come true.
Between Gods and Monsters is coming out on June 24th for Kindle and e-readers. Hope to see you all when it’s out.
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The US National Security Agency (NSA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have been secretly spying on millions of Verizon wireless customers in the US for at least several months — and…
As Kafka as it gets in the US.
Notoriously, game development involves long hours, high-pressure deadlines and demanding, inexperienced bosses. But a new investigation by Kotaku has revealed allegations of bullying, sexism and…
Fore shame.
At Cingleton [sic.] and NSConference this year I spoke at length about App Store pricing and offered an analysis of the trends, problems, concerns, and recommendations for how to navigate these waters as a developer. At the urging of Craig Hockenberry , I decided to turn these into a series of blog posts so there’s a good written record and searchable form of this advice. I hope you enjoy the read.
Must read if you build things.
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Looks intriguing.
The way things are supposed to work is that we’re supposed to know virtually everything about what they do: that’s why they’re called public servants. They’re supposed to know virtually nothing about what we do: that’s why we’re called private individuals.
This dynamic - the hallmark of a healthy and free society - has been radically reversed. Now, they know everything about what we do, and are constantly building systems to know more. Meanwhile, we know less and less about what they do, as they build walls of secrecy behind which they function. That’s the imbalance that needs to come to an end. No democracy can be healthy and functional if the most consequential acts of those who wield political power are completely unknown to those to whom they are supposed to be accountable
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Thanks for all the likes and reblogs today guys. I really needed it.
Can’t wait.
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