I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

  • DewiMorgan

    I still keep reading it as README, rather than REAMED.

    • http://twitter.com/deejayeetee Jesse Tokarz

      It’s neither of those. REAMDE (the actual title of the book) is an intentional misspelling of README, and in the book is the name of a computer virus that sets much of the plot in motion. The misspelling supposedly makes it more likely that people will click on and open the virus, if I recall correctly.

      • http://twitter.com/joberama Jober

        Also, the author was not a native English speaker, and he goofed it. (Also, hey man!)

  • Paul Renault

    Neal Stephenson is a lawyer?  (note that he didn’t raise his hand at the 1:20 mark.

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  • invisiblemonkey

    Jdownloader is handy for grabbing MP3 rips of YouTube videos. If you’re not careful, it’ll grab every quality level of video too, which, if you’re into that, is cool too. 

    • ldobe

      I just use flashgot and mediacoder. Doesn’t save time, but is very flexible.