Books

Introducing MagCloud and the Future of Magazine Publishing

In Books, Internet, Magazines, Publishing, Technology on 16 June 2008 with 25 comments

Short attention span version: For the last year, I’ve been working with HP Labs on a very cool new project. It’s called MagCloud, and it’s the future of magazine publishing. Go see.
Longer attention span version: If you know me at all, you know I’m obsessed with publishing. My mom tells a story about me, in [...]

Busted Hardcover Edition

In Books, Fray, Publishing on 21 February 2008 with 5 comments

One of Fray’s awesome sponsors for Issue 1 is Blurb. If you’re a creative sort (and I know you are), and have ever thought about publishing your own book, give them a try. They produce beautiful print-on-demand books.
In fact, if you’d like to give Blurb a spin, they’ve given Fray a promo code to pass [...]

Fray Issue 1 Ships!

In Books, Fray, Magazines on 28 January 2008 with 5 comments

Fray Issue 1 is coming soon to a mailbox near you! These packs went out to contributors on Saturday - they get a few copies each - and the single issues will go out to subscribers today. Mad props to May at the Portola Post Office for dealing with our many boxes with a smile.
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Upcoming Appearance: TOC in NYC

In Books, Conferences, Crowdsourcing, Event, Magazines on 3 January 2008 with Comments Off

I’ll be speaking at O’Reilly’s Tools of Change conference for the second time on 11 February 2008. If you’re involved in publishing, this is one conference not to miss. Register with the code “toc08em6″ for 10% off. Here’s my talk topic:

Audience as Authors: Creating, Managing, and Sustaining a Community of Contributors
“When the going gets weird, [...]

I told you it was only on hiatus

In Books, For Sale, Fray, Hooray, Love, Magazines on 26 November 2007 with 5 comments

Yes, that Fray.
Illustration by the enormously talented Kevin Cornell.

Getting the Band Back Together

In Books, Fray, Invitations on 16 September 2007 with 11 comments

Fray launched on September 16, 1996. It was a totally different time, online and off.
Online, everyone was quite excited about the web, but the era of the blog was still a way off. The idea that web was good at personal storytelling was still a bit weird. Offline, I was 23, single, and just [...]

My First Blurb Book

In Books, For Sale, Fun, Photography on 24 July 2007 with 4 comments

I’ve been playing with Blurb and their print on demand tools. Very cool. Here’s my first little photo book.

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How to Write a Book in Three Easy Steps

In Books, How to, Writing on 6 November 2006 with Comments Off

My book, Design for Community, has just gone out of print. It lives on as a download, but it’s just not the same. There’s just something special about those dead trees.
After I finished writing the book, back in 2001, I wrote a little story about what it was like. It was published online in a [...]

New Photo Book: Apple Sweat

In Books, For Sale, Fray, Life, Photography, Travel on 8 August 2006 with Comments Off

What do you do when your trip to New York City just happens to coincide with the biggest heat wave since 1936? Make some photos, of course!
I took my favorite Lomo shots and put them together in a book I’m calling Apple Sweat: The 2006 Heat Wave from NYC Streets. Take a look!

My new book, same as the old book

In Books, Clips, For Sale, Powazek, San Francisco on 21 April 2005 with Comments Off

San Francisco Stories started out as a website, then became a book published by So New Media. It went out of print there a year ago. I finally got around to republishing it, thanks to the good folks at Lulu. I got my copy today and it looks great. Check it out!
Cross one thing off [...]