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syncope at 12:38pm on 22/02/2009
syncope at 12:38pm on 22/02/2009I'm listening to an awesome interview with Daniel Barenboim. If you don't know him, I assume you're not into classical music. Check him out if you're modestly interested in piano music. He's one of those singular characters that pops up all too infrequently in the world--a prodigy who didn't implode but instead got increasingly unique as he aged. He's controversial for his political opinions (PUTTING IT MILDLY), but I really respect him for standing up for what he thinks is right, whether you agree with his positions or not, he's still a musical genius.
If you're wondering what the genesis of all the header discussion is coming from, go here. Or here. I find pronouncements on fannish topics without links annoying. All you have to do is dig around a bit, if you're going to directly allude to something, link to it, for christsake. Obviously, I don't even use headers, so I don't care when you link to my fic what you say about it. My further two cents is that if you post something on the internet, you lose control of it. I know people really disagree about that, but I guess perhaps my feelings on that are influenced by a deeper belief that WE OURSELVES are taking something put out there and doing all kinds of things to it, so how is linking with information you do not provide yourself somehow wrong in light of the (hahaha) transformative nature of what we're already doing? I can write a story where I take Pete Wentz's persona, turn him into a vampire, have him eat a baby, and you can't link to that with commentary like Warning: crying fangirls because I don't warn for it myself? I don't find that a logical train of thought. Obviously, I hesitate to say anything about my fic on my own journal when posting it (read at your own risk or don't at your leisure), but when someone else interacts with it, they are as free to do as they like as I am.
I think the issue at work with the above fracas is that it's going on in what's seen as an "official" space, that being a newsletter type place. I was under the impression that newsletters got to set the agenda, not the other way around. I know my fic doesn't get listed in the spn newsletter (even though it was invented and run by my friends) because I don't use a header. Newsletters are services for the readers not for the authors.
Oh! My aunt just almost set her house on fire making Brunswick Stew, time to check in with that! Must be Sunday.
If you're wondering what the genesis of all the header discussion is coming from, go here. Or here. I find pronouncements on fannish topics without links annoying. All you have to do is dig around a bit, if you're going to directly allude to something, link to it, for christsake. Obviously, I don't even use headers, so I don't care when you link to my fic what you say about it. My further two cents is that if you post something on the internet, you lose control of it. I know people really disagree about that, but I guess perhaps my feelings on that are influenced by a deeper belief that WE OURSELVES are taking something put out there and doing all kinds of things to it, so how is linking with information you do not provide yourself somehow wrong in light of the (hahaha) transformative nature of what we're already doing? I can write a story where I take Pete Wentz's persona, turn him into a vampire, have him eat a baby, and you can't link to that with commentary like Warning: crying fangirls because I don't warn for it myself? I don't find that a logical train of thought. Obviously, I hesitate to say anything about my fic on my own journal when posting it (read at your own risk or don't at your leisure), but when someone else interacts with it, they are as free to do as they like as I am.
I think the issue at work with the above fracas is that it's going on in what's seen as an "official" space, that being a newsletter type place. I was under the impression that newsletters got to set the agenda, not the other way around. I know my fic doesn't get listed in the spn newsletter (even though it was invented and run by my friends) because I don't use a header. Newsletters are services for the readers not for the authors.
Oh! My aunt just almost set her house on fire making Brunswick Stew, time to check in with that! Must be Sunday.
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