Today I have a special guest post from Zoe Philpott and the creators of Ada.Ada.Ada. What’s that, you ask? Read on!
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To coincide with the bicentenary of Ada Lovelace’s birth, Philpott Design have created Ada.Ada.Ada. Combining interactive storytelling, wearable technology and an immersive setting to celebrate Ada as mathematician, collaborator on Babbage’s Analytical Engine, author of the world’s first computer program, and inspiration to both women and men in STEM fields today.…
Misfits is officially released, and available for free on all major online bookstores.
For non-Amazonian bookstores, the landing page has all the links.
Paymonia, an autistic day-trader on the probability exchange, can’t believe her feed: Steve Jobs, Ada Lovelace, and William Shockley have returned.…
To promote my new book Misfits, I’m running a fun contest. The winner can name a character in the Time Travel Geek-out series. Put your name–or come up with another name–in the story alongside Ada Lovelace and Marie Curie.
This particular character name turns out to be an alias for what will be a recurring evil character throughout the series.…
I’m trying out a new piece of software called KingSumo Giveaways. I learn by doing, so I’m setting up a giveaway.
The item is one of the most amazing books I’ve read all year, Sydney Padua‘s The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace & Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer .…
Hollywood movies have “teaser” trailers, so why not books? Read on for a limited-time offer to get your hands on it before everyone else.
Not long after Steve Jobs passed, someone said (and if you find a citation for this, please comment below) that Steve Jobs would soon be filling the same role in fiction that Nikola Tesla had long occupied.…
New podcast debuts today, and I’m on it. Top Geak. It includes an excerpt from the latest Comp-Sci-Fi story, and a brief interview with moi. My skills at impersonating a human are improving. 🙂
On the same episode are interviews with Sylvester McCoy (My favorite Doctor!)…