Tech Writer Clive Thompson: “The world of fanfiction is the most technologically explosive thing I’ve ever seen in my life.”
The leading flank in discovering how to use technology in cool, interesting, thoughtful ways will generally always be the amateurs. […]
I have a whole theory, actually, that the world of fan fiction is the most technologically explosive thing I’ve ever seen in my life. Every single technology that has come along, fan fiction people have come along and colonized it and stress-tested it and found the most amazing things. They were the first people to realize the potential of meta-tagging and bookmarking sites. Like, here’s a link with four tags, and then you go to a fan fiction person, and they have a link, and it has 70 tags. They are pushing this to absolute limit, and they are finding these amazing ways to sort knowledge.
It’s all because they’re passionate and nobody is making any money off of it and they don’t want to make any money off of it. They get some amazing stuff done. If you’re ever wondering about a future technology, just drop what you’re doing and find out what fan fiction people are doing with it. What are fan fiction people doing right now with WhatsApp? I don’t know. But, whatever it is, it’s the future.
– SXSW Interview: Author Clive Thompson Explains FOMO, the NSA, and His Latest Book, “Smarter Than You Think” (x)
wow!
conductoroftardislight replied to your post “˜¢ — other: you came to tell me about your Superwood fics after I was complaining there weren’t enough… I think you found me through awabubbles?”
eyyyyyy (also you might have read one of my fics I think that’s how you found me)
That would make sense too
guixonlove replied to your post: guixonlove said:☁ I had seen you …
Not as awesome as you, my dear!!!!
You keep saying that!
☢ — other: you came to tell me about your Superwood fics after I was complaining there weren’t enough… I think you found me through awabubbles?
Probably. I consider awabubbles and jazzforthecaptain my superwood godparents, so I do love spreading the superwood love.
☢ — other (specify) Should I really tell you? Really? Shall I mention the long painful late night hours turning blood and sweat into 50k words during the cold, lightless month of November? Should I tell the gruesome tale of ink stains and harsh computer glare, or how the NaNoWriMo chat was the only light in the darkness? Huh? Do we really want to bring back those dismal memories?
Nanowrimo made my life better 😉
☁ I had seen you on my dash a few times and then I checked out your page and realized that I had read a few of your fics before and knew I had to follow you!
You’re awesome
☢ i found you through commenting on your fics! lol
And now we make beautiful porn music together…
