One of the things I learned, pretty early on, is that I don’t want people in my space. Maybe a single person, and then only on the grounds that there are certain relationships one can’t easily conduct when one doesn’t let anyone into the house. You can come over for coffee, or for anime, or for whatever it is we’ve decided to do. Then, you will have to get out, because it is my bloody space.
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"Any female[…] has had to work ten times as hard as her male counterpart to be accepted in their organization. She will be more able, will react quicker, and will generally be much more dangerous. Kill her first." — Starr, "One Man’s War," Preacher
Girl geeks may never have had it better, but that doesn’t mean we’re altogether finished yet. Continue Reading
Last month, we spoke of arcane wonders. We learned what XML-based web content syndication is, how it works, and a few ways in which webcomic creators might make use of it. In this installment, we’re going to expand on the possibilities raised briefly in the last article, and hopefully correct some misperceptions about how syndicated feeds are used by readers.Last month, we spoke of arcane wonders. Continue Reading
Previously on Comixpedia, Xavier Xerexes provided us with a brief overview of syndication methods for online comics. Today, we’re going to be looking at XML-based syndication methods, such as RSS, in a bit more detail.
What?!
Let’s get our baseline terminology out of the way first. RSS is a markup language based on XML, but what does that even mean?
You’re loyal. You know this game. You’ve got at least one example of this sort of thing bookmarked, regardless of whether or not it drives you batty. The beast keeps calling you back to places where you know it lurks, and you keep going, dammit. You know you shouldn’t, but you do it anyway, over and over again. Dammit.
The drill is pretty simple. Here’s a comic, here’s a rant, here’s a button, and here’s a plea: "Vote for my comic on such-and-such a top list!" Little context is provided, but one is bound and determined to show support as requested. One clicks, one votes. Then, one is confronted by a list of other comics which have all, presumably, asked for the same thing.
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When Josh Lesnick wrapped up Wendy and Cutewendy a while back, fans despaired. Continue Reading
(LJ users can clearly skip this.) If you have a LiveJournal account, you can get Comixpedia headlines by adding its syndication account to your friends list. You’ll still need to click through in order to read full stories, of course, but the URL is always handily provided at the start!
LJ uses a points system for its syndicated accounts. The more people there are who subscribe this way, the lower the points cost is to one’s fellow users. As of this writing, only five people read the feed in this fashion! Continue Reading
A recent thread in Teresa Nielsen Hayden’s Making Light blog, Varieties of insanity known to affect authors, might prove equally useful and amusing to comix writers.
Warning: comments are often important parts of Making Light threads, and that’s certainly true here. Continue Reading
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