also authors like bruce sterling are asking for money to keep his weblog up and running. i assumed at least he is on the safe side. financially.

update: he didn't ask, he says, it was the publisher of the weblog. but nobody gave her money, though.

sometimes it is not too bad to be en viena. haven't listen to bruce sterling before. even i am not so sure if i am interested in his topic: 'gray markets and information warlords'. i imagine something he wrote in this article.

going through material from "block"talk

david weinberger (application/octet-stream; name="weinberger.mp3", 319 KB) : publishing is build around the notion that there is a moment in time when a document is done ... weblogs are build on a different idea how time works.

"editors may have a problem with publishing first drafts of people thoughts." i wouldn´t be too sure on that. you find it less in "copy and paste" land, but otherwise ... it sounds a little bit like taking this crowd too serious. com' on. it's always a compromise because of time - and knowledge.