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International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day!
Second annual, even.
The first International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day was declared last year by author Jo Walton, in response to a statement by by Howard V. Hendrix who said that he was opposed "to the increasing presence in our organization [the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America] of webscabs, who post their creations on the net for free."
Ms. Walton said, "In honour of Dr Hendrix, I am declaring Monday 23rd April International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day. On this day, everyone who wants to should give away professional quality work online. It doesn't matter if it's a novel, a story or a poem, it doesn't matter if it's already been published or if it hasn't, the point is it should be disseminated online to celebrate our technopeasanthood."
As a person who participates in the production of a podcast (read: creations posted on the net for free) I like the whole International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day. Our podcast, Variant Frequencies, honors the notion on a regular basis. We like putting our creations out there, and we can't help but notice that podcasting has been very beneficial to the writing careers of folks like J.C. Hutchins, Scott Sigler, and Matt Wallace.
So the podcast is my contribution to International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day.
Where the hell did the year go?
The first International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day was declared last year by author Jo Walton, in response to a statement by by Howard V. Hendrix who said that he was opposed "to the increasing presence in our organization [the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America] of webscabs, who post their creations on the net for free."
Ms. Walton said, "In honour of Dr Hendrix, I am declaring Monday 23rd April International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day. On this day, everyone who wants to should give away professional quality work online. It doesn't matter if it's a novel, a story or a poem, it doesn't matter if it's already been published or if it hasn't, the point is it should be disseminated online to celebrate our technopeasanthood."
As a person who participates in the production of a podcast (read: creations posted on the net for free) I like the whole International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day. Our podcast, Variant Frequencies, honors the notion on a regular basis. We like putting our creations out there, and we can't help but notice that podcasting has been very beneficial to the writing careers of folks like J.C. Hutchins, Scott Sigler, and Matt Wallace.
So the podcast is my contribution to International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day.
Where the hell did the year go?
I know that it's "pixel" and not "pixie" but I always imagine a group of pixel-stained technopeasants squeaking with joy every time another "e-scab" puts free content on the interwebtubes.
SQUEAK!