Comments on: Will You Read My Blook After I’m Dead? http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/12/will-you-read-my-blook-after-im-dead Hacking Publishing Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eli James http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/12/will-you-read-my-blook-after-im-dead/comment-page-1#comment-5873 Eli James Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:32:40 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/12/will-you-read-my-blook-after-im-dead#comment-5873 :( I really hope Chris's family has taken his work and kept it in paper form, for posterity. It would be a shame if his work disappears because of his death. I don't know. I kind of miss him. May Lethe Bashar live on. :( I really hope Chris’s family has taken his work and kept it in paper form, for posterity.

It would be a shame if his work disappears because of his death. I don’t know. I kind of miss him.

May Lethe Bashar live on.

]]> By: Chris Poirier http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/12/will-you-read-my-blook-after-im-dead/comment-page-1#comment-5872 Chris Poirier Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:05:52 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/12/will-you-read-my-blook-after-im-dead#comment-5872 According to the WordPress URL I checked, the site was removed at the author's request. Possibly, a family member is planning a print version? However, The Internet Archive still has it. According to the WordPress URL I checked, the site was removed at the author’s request. Possibly, a family member is planning a print version? However, The Internet Archive still has it.

]]> By: Jan Oda http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/12/will-you-read-my-blook-after-im-dead/comment-page-1#comment-5871 Jan Oda Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:43:13 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/12/will-you-read-my-blook-after-im-dead#comment-5871 3 years after date, I find this sadly to the point. Chris Al-Aswad Novel of Life seems to have dissapeared, and I have no idea if there's a back-up of it somewhere. It's sad really. 3 years after date, I find this sadly to the point.
Chris Al-Aswad Novel of Life seems to have dissapeared, and I have no idea if there’s a back-up of it somewhere.

It’s sad really.

]]> By: CrazyDreamer http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/12/will-you-read-my-blook-after-im-dead/comment-page-1#comment-1497 CrazyDreamer Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:44:37 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/12/will-you-read-my-blook-after-im-dead#comment-1497 I'm a moderate, as usual. I neither suggest that everthing will change or that nothing will; rather, I presume that, assuming that you engage in good data preservation practices (offsite backups, that sort of thing) and use a publicly-developed, widely-supported standard for your encoding, you'll always be able to access your data and any major changes to the standard will be accompanied by (semi-)automatic conversion tools. I do think that the gold standard of data preservation should probably be printing stuff out on archival-quality paper and locking copies in geographically remote archive vaults. I would suggest for bloggers and bookers that if they want to preserve their output, printing it out once a year and locking it in their safety-deposit box or similar wouldn't be amiss. (Of course, I'm new to these things and am not sure how easily a print version may be accomplished, but some CSS hacks should make things look okay to start with.) Engaging in all of the usual backup practices such as downloading your blog monthly, making sure that your usernames and passwords are kept in your safety-deposit box, and putting as much as possible on automatic or pre-payment plans should be routine as well, of course. I’m a moderate, as usual. I neither suggest that everthing will change or that nothing will; rather, I presume that, assuming that you engage in good data preservation practices (offsite backups, that sort of thing) and use a publicly-developed, widely-supported standard for your encoding, you’ll always be able to access your data and any major changes to the standard will be accompanied by (semi-)automatic conversion tools.

I do think that the gold standard of data preservation should probably be printing stuff out on archival-quality paper and locking copies in geographically remote archive vaults. I would suggest for bloggers and bookers that if they want to preserve their output, printing it out once a year and locking it in their safety-deposit box or similar wouldn’t be amiss. (Of course, I’m new to these things and am not sure how easily a print version may be accomplished, but some CSS hacks should make things look okay to start with.) Engaging in all of the usual backup practices such as downloading your blog monthly, making sure that your usernames and passwords are kept in your safety-deposit box, and putting as much as possible on automatic or pre-payment plans should be routine as well, of course.

]]> By: Eli James http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/12/will-you-read-my-blook-after-im-dead/comment-page-1#comment-1494 Eli James Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:54:18 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/12/will-you-read-my-blook-after-im-dead#comment-1494 Oh my. That sounds like one heck of a party to attend. Which camp are you on, CD? Oh my. That sounds like one heck of a party to attend. Which camp are you on, CD?

]]> By: CrazyDreamer http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/12/will-you-read-my-blook-after-im-dead/comment-page-1#comment-1492 CrazyDreamer Sun, 30 Dec 2007 08:31:41 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/12/will-you-read-my-blook-after-im-dead#comment-1492 You should hear some of the discussions we have about this (well, about safeguarding our paper-to-digital conversions) in professional circles (such as [digital-text] over at Yahoo! Groups) where most of us can count on a certain level of support for the forseeable future. It runs the gamut from the "even ASCII may die!" doom-and-gloom crowd to the "PDF/A is god" supporters. (To be fair, one of the latter is the editor of the PDF/A ISO standard and PDF Standards Evangelist for Adobe, so he's entitled and expected to be that way.) You should hear some of the discussions we have about this (well, about safeguarding our paper-to-digital conversions) in professional circles (such as [digital-text] over at Yahoo! Groups) where most of us can count on a certain level of support for the forseeable future. It runs the gamut from the “even ASCII may die!” doom-and-gloom crowd to the “PDF/A is god” supporters. (To be fair, one of the latter is the editor of the PDF/A ISO standard and PDF Standards Evangelist for Adobe, so he’s entitled and expected to be that way.)

]]> By: Eli James http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/12/will-you-read-my-blook-after-im-dead/comment-page-1#comment-1356 Eli James Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:07:27 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/12/will-you-read-my-blook-after-im-dead#comment-1356 And that sounds like a plan to me, Required. =) The rest of us may want a little posterity, especially if we've worked hard to spin our yarns and record our lives. But to each his own, and I must admit your comment made me smile. And that sounds like a plan to me, Required. =)

The rest of us may want a little posterity, especially if we’ve worked hard to spin our yarns and record our lives.

But to each his own, and I must admit your comment made me smile.

]]> By: Required http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/12/will-you-read-my-blook-after-im-dead/comment-page-1#comment-1355 Required Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:44:22 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/12/will-you-read-my-blook-after-im-dead#comment-1355 Well it was fun, served it's purpose well. What do I care what it does after I'm dead ? :) I used it as a tool, poked people with it, juggled it, generally used it to entertain myself on my long train journey through life. It's served me well, it will probably retire when I do. :) Well it was fun, served it’s purpose well. What do I care what it does after I’m dead ? :) I used it as a tool, poked people with it, juggled it, generally used it to entertain myself on my long train journey through life.

It’s served me well, it will probably retire when I do. :)

]]> By: Eli James http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/12/will-you-read-my-blook-after-im-dead/comment-page-1#comment-1336 Eli James Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:29:44 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/12/will-you-read-my-blook-after-im-dead#comment-1336 Same here, Lee, same here. As much as digital content evolves, I still place a lot of trust in paper. Same here, Lee, same here. As much as digital content evolves, I still place a lot of trust in paper.

]]> By: Lee http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/12/will-you-read-my-blook-after-im-dead/comment-page-1#comment-1332 Lee Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:20:24 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/2007/12/12/will-you-read-my-blook-after-im-dead#comment-1332 Yes, you have a good point. I've decided, for example, to POD copies of my novels (and possibly short stories) to give to my children. At least then they can show their children what Grandma spent hours and hours doing ... Yes, you have a good point. I’ve decided, for example, to POD copies of my novels (and possibly short stories) to give to my children. At least then they can show their children what Grandma spent hours and hours doing …

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