Alexander Besher's Blog

• Manga Man, the sentient QR Code multimedia novel T-shirt has gone viral

  November 21, 2008

  • Just returned from speaking at the Microsoft-sponsored MobileCamp NYC3 seminar in New York where "Manga Man" was one of the most popular presentations among the geekerati.

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• The Manga Man Premiere - Winksite teams up with Sci-Fi Author Alexander Besher In Meta-Multimedia First

  October 27, 2008

  • Greets, Fellow Red Roomies!

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• Early Tibet, Early to Rise

  July 23, 2008

  • 
    Chinese warned on 'eight don't asks' when dealing with foreigners (AP)--O.K. to ask:
    
    1) “Is your mother Tibetan?”
    2) “Is your mother the Dalai Lama?”
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• Day To Remember

  May 26, 2008

  • Probe lands on Mars, NASA says (CNN)--But they can’t make Martians confess until they discover water.

    from http://alex-de-talkville-america.blogspot.com/

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• Forbes Thinks Amazon is the Future of Publishing

  May 17, 2008

  • Quoted from Media Bistro:

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• Happy Birthday William!

  April 23, 2008

  • Today is Shakespeare's birthday. Happy Bard Day to you! Happy Bard Day to you! Happy Bard Day, dear William! Happy Bard Day to you!

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• Stoned on the water

  March 12, 2008

  • Paglia: Hillary campaign has 'set bad precedent for future women candidates' (Salon)—The question isn’t about the devaluation of feminism today.

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• MADE MAN SEEKS REMAKING AFTER MAKING FINALIST IN SCRIPTAPALOOZA SCRIPT COMPETITION

  February 15, 2008

  • So I'm a little floored.

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• Brave New Season's Premiere

  February 11, 2008

  • Writing's On The Wall After WGA Strike: ‘Strategies are in flux’ . . . ‘There's no real game plan’ . . .
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• The Tin Drummers

  February 7, 2008

  • Foreclosure Hits Renters (SF Chron)—The 'R' word, but a new one for our times: We're in the "Great Repression."
    
    
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• Born to be mild

  February 5, 2008

  • Hillary turns on the tears again (NY Post)—It's Obama by a tearslide.
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• "Kick It"

  January 29, 2008

  • Dear Patry,
    

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• "Flowers Under the Sand": Looking for Literary Translator from German to English

  January 25, 2008

  • We have a couple of stories originally written in GERMAN that we're planning to include in "Flowers Under the Sand: An Anthology of Contemporary Arabic and Muslim Science Fiction and Fantasy.&

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• Gone with The

  January 21, 2008

  • Thumbs race as Japan's Best Sellers go Cellular (NYT)--Lit-o-Suction? When the reviews are longer than the book.
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• The Bland leading the Bland

  January 17, 2008

  • Steve Jobs: "People Don't Read Anymore;" Jobs's disdain for the Amazon.com Kindle (Galley Cat)—What do you expect from an illiterate?
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