NECon has come and gone for another year. It was a mix of the old and the new. Old faces and new. Familiar activities and new ones. Similar programming topics and contemporary ones. One thing I noticed with most of the panels—and I’ve observed this at other conventions as well—is that, for the most part, [...]
This Essay Sucks So You Should Never Read Anything Ever Again
It’s not entirely true that comments sections are where brain cells go to die in agony. It’s only mostly true. Yes, there are some online forums (or fora, or foraminifera if you’re feeling shellfish) where there is reasoned, respectful debate, and the original content is as meritorious for sparking inspired followup debate as it is [...]