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Academic, software developer, occasional writer

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Technical Articles

I've published numerous technical articles on digital watermarking, digital rights management, privacy, and other topics. See my university page for details. I also publish occasional research briefs under the name A Little Research.

Society for Creative Anachronism

I've written a number of articles on the history of science and mediaeval geography, published in Cockatrice and Stefan's Florilegum. See my SCA page for details.

Fiction

I love novels and always wanted to write one or two when I grew up, but instead found myself writing scientific articles as part of my PhD and postdoctoral research. More recently I've turned out some flash fiction for AntipodeanSF and SciPhiJournal, and a few essays about fiction for Aurealis.

2022

  • Who Owns the Universe? (essay), Aurealis #151, June 2022.

2021

  • The Gold Farm, AntipodeanSF #279, December 2021.
  • Machines (novella), available from Smashwords, November 2021.

2020

  • Visitations From God Leave Us As Confused As Ever. SciPhiJournal 2020/1, March 2020.
  • The Tyranny of the Majority. AntipodeanSF #258, March 2020.
  • Policy Challenges for a Wise Monarch (essay). Aurealis #129, March 2020.

2018

  • Science Fiction and the Economics of Utopia (essay). Aurealis #109, April 2018.
  • Satisfaction. AntipodeanSF #236, March 2018. Reprinted in We, Robots (2020), edited by Simon Ings.

Earlier pieces

  • Do Not Reply. AntipodeanSF #229, August 2017.
  • The Theory of Everything. AntipodeanSF #226, May 2017.
  • Guesswork. AntipodeanSF #182, August 2013.
  • A Future For Despair. AntipodeanSF #132, June 2009.

Technology and Society

  • Social network neutrality, anyone? IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, June 2016, pp. 28,45.
  • If copyright's a dud, what business models do work for creatives? The Conversation, 19 February 2015.
  • Digital copyright protection — some success but mostly failure. The Conversation, 12 August 2014.
  • Information pretends to be free. The Social Interface, 7 August 2014.
  • Cyberspace? Well, sort of. The Social Interface, 20 September 2013.
  • Digital media and the, ahem, business model of the future. The Social Interface, 19 February 2013.

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