Jason Chervokas is writing a novel on the web. I've always enjoyed hanging out with Jason, and reading his material. I've read the first few chapters, and I'm hooked. Hey, Jason - I want more.

Dean Landsman has a new blog, and his current entry discusses Moveable Type's new distribution.

Freeware? Shareware? Open Source Development and the Economic Distribution Model Over at Doc Searls' IT Garage, in a piece called Applying Freedom, Doc began a conversation about "Freedom Zero." Mark Pilgrim had originated the Freedom Zero discussion on his blog. An abundance of passionate discussion was prompted by Six Apart's decision to introduce a pricing matrix for Movable Type. Prior to this matrix, MT had been freely distributed to the majority of its users. The discussion can be broadened to Open Source as a model for both development and pricing....