My ‘list of what I published this year” and my “most recent publication” list happen to be identical, so…<\/p>\n
\u201cA Working Dog\u201d, \u00a0published by Analog Science Fiction and Fact<\/a>\u00a0 in the January\/February 2021 issue (which came out in December 2020).<\/p>\n Megan had programmed the autonomous collective units to used bird flock dynamics. She\u2019d intended to keep the rabbits from get- ting destroyed by coyotes or cats without in- juring whatever wildlife was in the area.<\/p>\n The rabbits danced. They weaved together in complex patterns, broke apart in two or three groups, came back together, and sepa- rated again. They flowed like a liquid.<\/p>\n Keith ran after them, following program- ming of his own.<\/p>\n A feral cat or a coyote would\u2019ve quit when it got tired. They had the sense to know that burning too much energy on a failed kill left nothing for the next attempt.<\/p>\n Keith was not that kind of hunter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n If you\u2019re more of the User Experience or Design wonk, you may be interested in my list of posts<\/a> on The Interconnected<\/a>, where I\u2019ve published numerous articles on UX, Design, and being a human in the internet age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My ‘list of what I published this year” and my “most recent publication” list happen to be identical, so… \u201cA Working Dog\u201d, \u00a0published by Analog Science Fiction and Fact\u00a0 in the January\/February 2021 issue (which came out in December 2020). Megan had programmed the autonomous collective units to used bird flock dynamics. She\u2019d intended to … <\/p>\n\n
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