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Doctorow on ebooks, privacy, and youth

May 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · interview

As you might now, Cory Doctorow is on a book tour right now to promote For the Win, his latest novel. He was interviewed by Aleks Krotolski of the Guardian. Here’s an excerpt: Your young adult novels are concerned with the political issues surrounding new technologies, such as questions of privacy. Why? Kids’ relationship with [...]

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Why Cory Doctorow won’t buy an iPad, pt 2 (podcast)

April 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · opinion

Cory just posted this over on Boing Boing: Last week while I was stranded by the volcano, I did an interview with the TVOntario Search Engine podcast about the iPad and why I thought that its policy and infrastructure should make it a no-go zone for publishers, users and authors. MP3 Link I still disagree [...]

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Cory Doctorow isn’t buying an iPad, and thinks you shouldn’t either

April 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Apple, opinion

Cory just posted an opinion piece over on BoingBoing. I’m going to summarize his points and discuss them one by one, because I think he’s wrong on most of them. His single biggest mistake is that he’s confusing what is being said about the iPad with the iPad’s attributes and abilities. He’s caught up by [...]

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