mvalkenberg

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Inappropriate attempts at humour resulted in severe disturbances of the work environment. Employee - Brought unicorn poop cookies* to the office party - Provided residual human resources with Little Tree Air Fresheners - Inserted class 2 occult symbols into the...
Commented on Competition Time!
Modified the boss' PowerPoint presentation to fast-track promotion by survival....

Common Misconceptions About Publishing—a series of essays about the industry I work in.
How I Got Here In The End —my non-writing autobiography, or what I did before becoming a full-time writer.
Unwirer—an experiment in weblog mediated collaborative fiction.
Shaping the Future—a talk I gave on the social implications of Moore's Law.
Japan: first impressions — or, what I did on my holidays
Inside the MIT Media Lab—what it’s like to spend a day wandering around the Media Lab.
The High Frontier, Redux — space colonization: feasible or futile?
“Nothing like this will be built again”—inside a nuclear reactor complex.
Old blog—2003-2006 (RIP)