For Borg Like Me, I thought it would be fun to look through the entire corpus of my 12 years of editing Wired’s “Jargon Watch” column and identify the terms that actually become a part of my everyday vocabulary. Here are 23 terms that I still use on a fairly regular basis. Backgrounding: The practiceContinue reading “The “Jargon Watch” Terms That Stuck with Me”
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First Review of Gareth’s Tips on Sucks-Less Writing
Cool, it’s the first mini-review of Gareth’s Tips on Sucks-Less Writing, (from Roy Christopher’s blog): Gareth’s Tips on Sucks-Less Writing (Sparks of Fire Press, 2013), an excerpt from Gareth Branwyn‘s forthcoming book, Borg Like Me, & Other Tales of Art, Eros, and Embedded Systems (Sparks of Fire Press, 2014), is a handy guide for writersContinue reading “First Review of Gareth’s Tips on Sucks-Less Writing”
“Gareth’s Tips on Sucks-Less Writing” is here!
Hot off the presses! It’s a print version of “Gareth’s Tips on Sucks-Less Writing.” 20-page booklet, color cover on cover stock. $6 postpaid (US and CND), $9 elsewhere. Inscribed by me. Paypal or Amazon Payments to garethbranwyn@mac.com. Back cover copy: First released on the eve of the blogging revolution in the late 90s, “Gareth’s TipsContinue reading ““Gareth’s Tips on Sucks-Less Writing” is here!”
The Internet is Punk Rock!
Finally closing in on all the content for my book, Borg Like Me. Here is an excerpt from an essay about working with Billy Idol on his ill-fated Cyberpunk record. The piece is called “The Internet is Punk Rock!” It’s the kind of bizarre life moment that makes reality suddenly go all funny round itsContinue reading “The Internet is Punk Rock!”
I’m Doing a Reading at SXSW
I”m thrilled to announce that I will be attending SXSW and will be doing a reading from Borg Like Me at the “Cyberpunk Retrofest” after party, sponsored by EFF/EFF-Austin. Here are the deets. If you’re going to be at SXSW, come to this event and say “hi.” A Cyberpunk Retrofest presented by EFF/EFF-Austin An OfficialContinue reading “I’m Doing a Reading at SXSW”
Back to the Future with Gareth Branwyn
The following interview was conducted for the French “ezine for digital mutants,” La Spirale. Since there was no English version of it, La Spirale’s editor, Laurent Courau, gave me permission to publish an English translation here. Merci, Laurent! Interview by Soizic Sanson and Laurent Courau. Translation Soizic Sanson and Laurent Courau. Back to the futureContinue reading “Back to the Future with Gareth Branwyn”
The Day I Blew My Four-Year-Old Son’s Mind
In going through my 1997 book, Jamming the Media, looking for content to pull for Borg Like Me, I came across this little anecdote in the introduction. Blake was FOUR! #borglikeme My four-year-old son, Blake, and I had just finished a father and son project. He’d created a picture on our Macintosh, using a paintContinue reading “The Day I Blew My Four-Year-Old Son’s Mind”
Life on the Fringes of Cyberculture: An Interview with Gareth Branwyn
Vice Magazine’s Motherboard did an interview with me last week. You can read it in fill here. Motherboard: You’ve described yourself as “Cyborg-in-Chief” in the past, and your new book is called Borg Like Me. Why the cyborg label? Branwyn: I am literally a cyborg. I have a cobalt-chrome and titanium hip, a rebuilt heart,Continue reading “Life on the Fringes of Cyberculture: An Interview with Gareth Branwyn”
We Did It! Thanks to All My Backers
What a TRIP! Thanks to all my Borgie pals for making this happen. Final total $20, 776. DECENT! I can work with that. Really touched by all of your generous pledges, your help in getting the word out, and all of the general good vibes I’ve enjoyed over the past 30 days. It means aContinue reading “We Did It! Thanks to All My Backers”
Parts of “The Eros Part”
Several people have asked me exactly what’s going to be in Borg Like Me’s “The Eros Part,” the additional bundle of previously published and new pieces that I’m offering as a PDF (for an $85 Kickstarter pledge). I haven’t finalized the exact table of contents yet, but here’s what I’ve been thinking: * Confessions ofContinue reading “Parts of “The Eros Part””
Mind Bone: Gareth Branwyn's Blog 