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Conspiraco - Scifi Dystopia Audio Short Story - Inkican
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Take a load off your mind for a few minutes with Conspiraco a new Scifi Dystopia audio short story. Things could always be worse, and we show you how.
#scifi #YouTube #dystopia #storytime #audiobooks
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New Ways to Contact Me - BlueSky and Business Cards - Inkican
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Now we have a new way to contact me, BlueSky, and some fresh business cards for my future use if I ever happen to need them.
on Wed, 3AM
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Star Wars Needs a 'Ford. v Ferrari' - Inkican
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Star Wars Needs a 'Ford v Ferrari' moment. In other words, the franchise needs to reckon with itself, and get out of its own way.
on Tue, 6PM
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Keep Your World Small - Work On You - Inkican
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I'm not going to say anything about the 2024 election. What I will say - Keep your world small - work on you. That's all you can do right now.
on Nov 7
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Notes from Eugene – 11/05/2024 – RIP Frog - Inkican
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Sad news from Eugene – our Frog is no longer with us. Old fart’s been around for years selling cheap joke books for a buck at different festivals and events. Most people don’t know he actually had a case argued in front of the State Supreme Court. Always wondered if that was gonna be me...Read...
on Nov 5
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Scifi Book Nooks - A Science Fiction Celebration - Inkican
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So as you're considering your next craft project, may I humbly suggest a scifi book nook? I'd love to see where your imagination takes you.
on Nov 4
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Predatory Creatives - SFWA and Scifi Scumbags - Inkican
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When it comes to scifi scumbags and predatory creatives - I don't have an easy answer. It's up to each of us to stay alert, safe, and helpful.
on Oct 29
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Mike Sierra Echo: Space Elevator Tech - Difficult but Worth It - Inkican
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Space elevator tech will be difficult to engineer, but worth it. Space elevators are the next step in our destiny to explore the stars.
on Oct 22
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Cybercab: Elon Musk's Lonely, Selfish Future - Inkican
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I hope Elon Musk takes this opportunity to re-write the future, not just for the Cybercab but for himself and all of us.
on Oct 19
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Sci-Friday #214 - Gates McFadden Spills the Star Trek Tea - Inkican
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Gates McFadden spills the Star Trek Tea on this Sci-Friday. A recent podcast appearance gave us next-level insight on Beverly Crusher.
on Oct 18
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Simple Ways to Fix AI - AI Permanent Fund - Inkican
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Aome simple ways to fix AI. I want to share a modest proposal to resolve complaints / concerns about AI using your data: the AI Permanent Fund.
on Oct 18
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Life Imitates Mesh: Doxing Sunglasses and Dead Internet - Inkican
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When it comes to Doxing Sunglasses and Dead Internet, there's a big idea: we can and we should feel safe to act for our safety.
on Oct 10
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Mike.Sierra.Echo - New Scifi Concept Art - Inkican
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New scifi concept art for Mike Sierra Echo - scenes from the novel - you're gonna love how this comes together.
on Oct 9
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New Scifi Short Story – Justice Heuristic - Inkican
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Hooray - a new scifi short story is here - Justice Heuristic is published / publishing on your favorite ebook platforms.
on Oct 1
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Sci-Friday #213 - Milky Way in Four Minutes! - Inkican
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What would it look like to travel across the Milky Way in four minutes? Come along for the ride as we fall in the galaxy and back out again.
on Sep 27
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Scifi Superfan Roundup - A Brief Story of Kindness and Gratitude - Inkican
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Today, we've got a Scifi Superfan Roundup. This has never happened to me before - What do you do when all of your work suddenly pays off in one simple, unexpected gesture?
on Sep 25
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Calm Down About Peter Cushing, Deepfakes and Disney - Inkican
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When it comes to Peter Cushing, Deepfakes and Disney - Kevin Francis made a mistake getting into the ring with the Mouse.
on Sep 21
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Sci-Friday #212 - Dynamo - Beautiful Cyberpunk Chaos - Inkican
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Dynamo is Beautiful Cyberpunk Chaos and it's scifi worth supporting - here's why.
on Sep 20
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Inkican in a Post-Twitter Universe - Inkican
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Elon Musk forces me to prepare for Inkican in a post-Twitter universe. If it comes down to choosing readers over platform, I pick my readers 100%.
on Sep 16
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When Big Tech Runs Out of Ideas - Inkican
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Not for nothing, but how do big companies stop understanding who their customers? Does Big Tech have a 'No Ideas' department, or what?
on Sep 14
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Yes to Main Characters - No to Main Character Syndrome - Inkican
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Old Eighties movies are an exercise in magical thinking and main character syndrome - it's a pitfall we must avoid to practice storytelling stewardship.
on Sep 11
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Mike.Sierra.Echo Rewrite is Done! Now What?? - Inkican
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Happy to say the rewrite of Mike.Sierra.Echo is done - but, now what?
on Sep 9
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Writing Implosions: NaNoWriMo and Archive.Org - Inkican
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When it comes to NaNoWriMo and Archive.Org, I couldn't help thinking 'this is the writing version of building implosions.'
on Sep 6
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Notes from Eugene - 09/05/2024 - Hot, Dry, and Stupid - Inkican
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Ninety-seven degrees today in Eugene – making us the Hot, Dry, and Stupid Capital of the World – for Thursday, at least. That means swimming down in Pioneer Park. The slithy toves of Eugene will only steal cars with functional air conditioning, and hammer-wielding desperadoes require sunscreen...
on Sep 5
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Mike.Sierra.Echo – Space Elevator Contest - Inkican
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Taking a quick break from re-writing Mike.Sierra.Echo to tell you about the super-awesome ISEC academic contest to build a space elevator!
on Aug 28
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Less Anger and More Jim Henson - Inkican
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There's an easy way to fix the bad things about science fiction and toxic fandom. I call it "Less anger, more Jim Henson."
on Aug 24
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Mike.Sierra.Echo - Scifi Novel at 45% - Inkican
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As you can see in the current draft progress window, we're half-way done on the re-write of Mike.Sierra.Echo - my scifi novel.
on Aug 15
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STL: Toxic Influencers - Inkican
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Sage Scifi is about saying 'no' to toxic influencers. Compassion and kindness aren't just altruistic, they're armor!
on Aug 11
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Life Imitates Mesh: R5N and Mesh Routing on Hostile Networks - Inkican
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Life imitates Mesh once again with the introduction of R5N and Mesh Routing to achieve a secure, decentralized network
on Aug 8
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STL: Giant Freakin Robot's Scifi Essay Misses the Point - Inkican
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You should pay attention when Giant Freakin Robot posts a Scifi Essay - it's everything you shouldn't do with scifi.
on Aug 8
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Mike.Sierra.Echo - Major Updates - Inkican
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Some of you have been asking for an update from me and here’s the answer: I’ve got major changes to make to Mike.Sierra.Echo. That means a total re-write on the novel – something I wasn’t planning on doing. Part of me is like ‘yay – I can see what’s wrong with my work and how...Read More...
on Aug 3
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Amazon's Losing Billions on Alexa and It's All Their Fault - Inkican
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Let this be a lesson to the rest of you: Amazon's losing billions on Alexa and it's all their fault. Focus on your customers as human beings
on Jul 25
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Mike Sierra Echo - Rules of Storytelling - Part One - Inkican
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As I’m re-writing my ‘space elevator’ novel I want to make sure that this draft is meeting some quality standards. Who better to ask for advice than Pixar? I’m using the ‘Rules of Storytelling’ to talk about why Mike Sierra Echo is going to be a great story. Read below for Part One: #1 –...Read...
on Jul 23
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STL: Community Lessons in a Post-Reddit Universe - Inkican
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Some quick notes on the scifi community in a post-Reddit universe - Did the scifi community grow or change as a result of the blackout?
on Jul 20
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Our New Scifi Community - Fedia.Io - Inkican
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What's Fedia.Io? Why is it our new scifi community? Join me for some notes/backstory and a formal invitation to join the party!
on Jul 19
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Scifi Thought Leader: Bridging the World of Weird Nerds - Inkican
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As a weird nerd, scifi is how I fit into the world. How do I navigate this correctly? Short answer - don't burn bridges.
on Jul 15
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No Time Travel - People Are Jerks - Inkican
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We won't get to one common form of innovation: Time Travel. There will be no time travel because people are jerks.
on Jul 11
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Hot Scifi Summer - Short Stories - Free - Smashwords - Inkican
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Welcome to our Hot Scifi Summer - excited to announce my scifi short stories are FREE on Smashwords from July 1 to 31, 2024!
on Jul 11
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What Future Mars Explorers Can Look Forward To - Inkican
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Valuable new information on future Mars explorers and the people who love them. Yes, it’s important to look before we leap onto the red planet. Determining the safest Mars caves for future astronauts is part of the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference and yes, they’re serious. Here’s why:...
on Jul 10
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Free Smashwords Short Stories - Hot Scifi Summer - Inkican
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Hot Scifi Summer is back - pick out a free short story from Smashwords through the end of the month (July 31)!
on Jul 9
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Turns Out There's a Scientific Reason People Dislike Sci-Fi - Inkican
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That’s wild. After many years of sci-fi authors complaining that ‘Hollywood hates sci-fi’ and ‘sci-fi isn’t taken seriously as a genre,’ we now have scientific evidence to support their claims. The Guardian just published this yesterday, and it’s already got my fellow sci-fi authors hopping: In...
on Jul 7
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STL: Heroes, Cowards, and Science Fiction - Inkican
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We must be heroes - not cowards - for the culture and genre and community of science fiction.
on Jul 7
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Scifi Thought Leader Archives - Inkican
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Scifi Thought Leadership is how we'll make the world better for ourselves and everyone else.
on Jul 4
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Books I Write / Stories I Tell - Jackson Allen - Scifi Author - Inkican
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I'm Jackson Allen and I'm a scifi author. Let me tell you a little bit about the books I write and the stories I tell.
on Jul 3
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The Matter of Mattering - Inkican
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Even though I’m drafting on Mike.Sierra.Echo like there’s no tomorrow – I want to speak for a moment on the Matter of Mattering. Yes, of course you matter. I matter. Yes, I’m writing like a madman – I want to finish this draft by 12/31! Yet, I don’t want to forget that working on me...Read More...
on Jul 2
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Solarpunk - High Speed Rail Moves Forward in California - Inkican
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I'm super-happy to see HSR moving forward in California and another part of Mesh coming to life for all of us.
on Jul 2
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About Me - Jackson Allen - Scifi Author - Inkican
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I'm Jackson Allen and I'm an author of scifi stories. Here's a quick story on how I got here, plus some free stuff to say 'thank you.'
on Jul 2
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Life Imitates Mesh: Lambda School - Inkican
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'Life imitates Mesh' moment - Lambda School went from 'hottest start-up' to 'failure' in a little under seven years. How did it happen?
on Jul 1
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Sci-Friday #211 - Dark Side of Empire Strikes Back Set Visit - Inkican
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So when it comes to this visit to the set of Empire Strikes Back, we can look with appreciation but we're also compelled to recognize the dark side of these historical mementos.
on Jun 28
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Understand AI Companies: Think Like a Psychopath - Inkican
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My advice for AI companies is, if you want to understand them, just think like a psychopath. It'll make that much more sense.
on Jun 26