1.08: How Victor Hugo Could Afford to Live

Show NotesIn which we talk about the drive to publish all the time and the value of publishing more substantive content at a slower pace. We talk about the way the internet has driven us toward rapid-fire publishing models and how long-form and high-quality content is difficult (if not impossible) to publish on this model. We look at how to build an audience via quality and the slow route instead of the click-driven model, note that this is difficult to sustain as a means of income, and even think a bit about the history of long-form and serial publishing.
Chapters

• Intro (1:23)
• Peak Stream (1:23–6:44)
• Winning Slowly Quickly (6:44–11:14)
• Winning Slowly Slowly (11:14–23:33)
• Conclusion (23:33–24:35)

Music

• “Seasons” from Palm Ghosts by Palm Ghosts
• “Winning Slowly Theme” by Chris Krycho. Mmm. Piano.

Links

• “2013: The Year the ‘Stream’ Crested” – the Atlantic
• Chris’ favorite podcasts (the ones he gets sad if they come out late):
• The Incomparable
• Accidental Tech Podcast
• Independent Clauses – Stephen’s independent music site, with reviews that work as press quotes for small indie bands.
• Stephen’s review of Palm Ghosts
• Craig Mod
• Post-Artifact Books & Publishing
• Subcompact Publishing
• Hack the Cover
• John Siracusa

• OS X 10.9 “Mavericks” Review
• iBooks
• Kindle
• Hypercritical
• Obduction Kickstarter – the new game from the folks behind Myst
• Elite: Dangerous – a crowdfunded space sim currently in development
• the Kickstarter project
• Star Citizen – another crowdfunded space sim
• the Kickstarter project
• Shigeru Miyamoto: A rushed game is forever bad
• Longform
• Medium
• Entitlement issues… – Neil Gaiman on George R. R. Martin’s writing pace
• Previous episodes referenced on the show:
• 0.09: Humility Please
• 1.05: Ars Moriendi
• 1.07: They Both Start With a ‘T’

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