jomc

jomc, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

I'm writing about personal digital archiving practices for my next Filmmaker magazine column.

For this piece, I plan to interview artists, filmmakers, musicians, game developers, etc with unusual habits around archiving their own work (especially less traditional, less than perfect methods) including the time and costs involved. Any suggestions of people I should reach out to?

(I don't normally crowdsource material but in this case fediverse seems like a good place to start). Thanks!!

jomc, 10 months ago to random

How do we salvage generative art and its long history from the LLM-based "AI art" clogging up the internet at the moment?

I spoke with @aparrish for my latest in Filmmaker magazine.

https://filmmakermagazine.com/121867-joanne-mcneil-large-language-models-allison-parrish/

jomc, 6 months ago to random

WRONG WAY is out TODAY! I put my heart into this novel and it's been my greatest joy to see responses like this on Goodreads and social media. Please order a copy from your local independent bookshop

https://www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9780374610661

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5628686025

https://www.instagram.com/p/CzWj7AOLBFU/

jomc, 5 months ago to random

:blobuwu:
https://www.newyorker.com/best-books-2023

jomc, 5 months ago to random

this feels at once obvious and also important to reiterate: the continued deterioration of social media platforms means we need alternatives and the the most reliable alternatives are what we used to keep in touch before social media.

jomc, 13 days ago to random

Amazon has, for some reason, changed the release date for the Lurking paperback from Feb 21, 2021 to....March 7, 7431
does this mean it plans to hold any orders for over SEVEN THOUSAND years as preorders — probably!!!

anyway, please consider picking up a copy from Bookshop dot org or your local independent bookseller https://bookshop.org/p/books/lurking-how-a-person-became-a-user-joanne-mcneil/10354946

jomc, 7 months ago to random

WRONG WAY, my novel on gig economy future depths of hell, is out 🔺next​:tetris_z: 🔻month​:tetris_l: (​and the pre-pub anxiety ramps up each passing day :blobcatsurprised:).

If you pre-order a copy from an indie bookstore & have an address where I can ship US media mail, I'll send you a signed copy of LURKING in the meantime. I've got nine copies left (email me at my name at gmail). Thank you!!

https://massivebookshop.com/products/9780374610661

https://www.booksaremagic.net/item/f10yIDkbWsuD-TcMbyrf_g

https://www.skylightbooks.com/book/9780374610661

jomc, 5 months ago to random

If you are on Mastodon (all of you) and in New York (some of you), and free on Monday evening (hopefully some of that some) please come out to WONDERVILLE!!! 🚦

Dec 4, 7pm 🎈

Come say hi!! 💫

https://www.wonderville.nyc/events/wrong-way-by-joanne-mcneil-ny-book-launch

jomc, 9 hours ago to random

With renewed interest in the future of the web at the moment: I’d love to do more reporting* on network protocols, the W3C, Common Crawl, etc—and bring historical perspective to the subject— but I can’t currently make it work $$$-wise

If anyone hears of grants or other opportunities, please let me know!

More reporting like this:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/06/email-inbox-anxiety-work
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/aol-facebook-america-online/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/21/yahoo-answers-eccentricity
https://medium.com/@jomc/we-dont-need-corporate-social-media-f93ba128ebb5
https://bookshop.org/p/books/lurking-how-a-person-became-a-user-joanne-mcneil/10354946?ean=9781250785756

jomc, 11 months ago to random

had a mini-meltdown when I realized I had no backup to my old Wordpress site, which I deleted from my personal site a couple months ago (thinking I had a backup).

Which would have* meant, I lost this (and several other files) on why "any honest discussion about the future of technology has to be talking about worker protection and the decentralization of power." https://web.archive.org/web/20180925194737/http://www.joannemcneil.com/the-influence-of-technology-ica-london-digital-talk/ (from 2014)

*past tense, bc after navigating several past website designs, Wayback Machine came through

jomc, 8 months ago to random

My debut novel, WRONG WAY, is out in two months. It's about a self-driving car scam and how "AI" makes our jobs even more alienating.

If you preorder a copy, I'll send you a copy of LURKING to read in the meantime while supplies* last.

*I've got 13 copies in my apartment that I can ship out immediately (and more in storage in NH but that will take a little longer) https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374610661/wrongway

jomc, 6 months ago to random

WRONG WAY is out in 2 weeks! 🚦 🚧🚘😳
Pre-order from Massive Bookshop and 40% of the cover price goes to MAAP, a material aid group that supports the Greater Boston unhoused community. We’ve raised $691.20 with 96 copies pre-ordered. https://massivebookshop.com/products/9780374610661

Would love get to 100. I’ve got five copies of LURKING that I’m happy to personalize and ship to anyone in the US who pre-orders from Massive—just message me here or at joanne dot mcneil at gmail

jomc, 3 months ago to random

San Francisco Mastodon! Come out tonight I’d love to see you!!

kissane, 5 months ago to random

My copy still isn't here yet but I am EXTREMELY SO PSYCHED about @jomc's WRONG WAY, which is getting top spot on my holiday-break GTR* stack

It's @EndlessBookshelf's book of the year and an excellent holiday gift contender 🎁

Coverage:

https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780374610661

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a45823821/joanne-mcneil-wrong-way-interview/

https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2023/11/wrong-way-joanne-mcneil-book-review/676028/

Powell's still has copies! https://www.powells.com/book/wrong-way-9780374610661

(* Get To Read)

jomc, 1 month ago to random

🚗✨

The audiobook for WRONG WAY is currently on sale for $2.99 on Audible. No idea how long this sale will go on, but I can say the performer, Jennifer Jill Araya, did an incredible job—and biased as I am—I can't recommend her work enough.

https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Wrong-Way/dp/B0CJ3WYRTL/

https://www.audible.com/pd/Wrong-Way-Audiobook/B0CJ459RL7?qid=1714176884

jomc, 4 months ago to random

finally made this small but critical change to improve my quality of life in the new year

jomc, 5 months ago to random

goodreads would not be the drama nexus it is, if people there followed the Uber rule — give 5 stars or nuthin.

No book was written for you, personally. that's the humbling joy of reading books.

jomc, 2 months ago to random

just typed the word "dune" into google maps because i want to watch dune like i'm an ninety year old using a smartphone for the first time in my life

jomc, 2 months ago to random

Amazon shipping shitty print-on-demand copies of my book is not even the worst of the supply chain issues I've encountered. But it's ugly and unreadable and feels symbolic of how the release of this novel has gone for me

jomc, 28 days ago to random

I have no idea what to do right now other than listen to WKCR (yes, through the jazz breaks) and fume that it's the lesser of two evils party that brought us to this moment.

jomc, 6 months ago to random

We’re all doing great!

jomc, 8 months ago to random

Feel like he’d be a hit if you put him on a Paris runway. Can’t really see it in the photo but he’s got little speckles on his feet like rhinestones too

jomc, 3 months ago to random

Internet! I have a virtual book event w/ Sarah Jaffe hosted by the internet Archive on leap day. It's an incredibly fun series and I'd love to see you there.

Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-wrong-way-tickets-824083354497