Werd I/O

And now for something completely different: I was interviewed about my plans for #NaNoWriMo. https://medium.com/nanowrimo/nanowrimo-superhero-on-medium-ben-werdmuller-fa0a2ed8c024

I'm live-publishing my #nanowrimo draft this year. It's a story about the internet. This is the third part. https://medium.com/decision-tree/looks-good-to-me-269b7c9faa63#.fz2rl7brb

This month, I'm live-publishing my #nanowrimo draft. It's a story about the internet. This is the second part. https://medium.com/decision-tree/an-open-letter-b33a2e1aea53#.7wrjx2cpe

This year, I'm writing #nanowrimo in public again. Here's the first part. https://medium.com/decision-tree/thank-you-for-joining-us-on-our-journey-d70046c7e035#.ycxxdj9e8

I feel like #nanowrimo might be something my #edtech friends might be into.

I'm doing #nanowrimo again this year. A great creative project run for a good cause. Anyone else? http://nanowrimo.org

To everyone starting #NaNoWriMo today: good luck! It's not easy, but it's so much fun.

In this year's #nanowrimo story (which I sadly had to abandon), a virus is spread from handset to handset over inaudible sound because they've got always-on microphones. When I started writing, I wasn't sure how plausible this was going to be, but now I see that a bunch of phones - the Moto X, for example - actually do have always-on microphones waiting for voice commands. Which means that my out-there plot about phones as stealth listening devices - and the potential to hack the surveillance state by subverting that information channel - isn't so far-fetched after all. I might go back and write it properly.

Having given up on #nanowrimo, I'm wondering about "make a feature length film using consumer hardware and software in six months." Keep those challenges small, y'know?

Sadly abandoning #nanowrimo this year. Not enough time, or brain. Here's how far I got: http://benwerd.com/openbrace

I go to bed feeling smug for being over par; I wake up under par. #nanowrimo is rough. Wrote about Love Actually and ultrasonic networking yesterday.

I'm writing this year's #nanowrimo story in public again. The first installment is up: http://benwerd.com/openbrace/

Looking forward to using <a href="http://poetica.com">@poetica</a> for #nanowrimo this year.