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Comment on Design Dump: Eurydice Photographs by Flossy

Flossy — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:55:03 +0000

r5SdYz Good point. I hadn’t tohuhgt about it quite that way.

Comment on Radical Media by Mike

Mike — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 21:46:34 +0000

Yay!

(This is the value in not having deleted you from my RSS feed long ago.)

Comment on Contact by Traci R.

Traci R. — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:37:50 +0000

That class you took with John L. Jackson at Penn sounds so interesting. I’m doing some research on connections between the film medium and spirituality which is actually how I happened upon your blog. I’m dying to know what other texts you worked from in that class. I know he is (was) working on a book project of the same name but it seems as if it indefinitely ongoing. Would you by chance happen to have a electronic copy of his syllabus for that course? I’d appreciate you taking a quick look-see on your hard drive lots! Or if you could toss out patches of names or books that you can recall that would do as well. I am already familarity with the John Peters book that you mentoned by the way. Thanks.

Comment on Cannon’s Ready to Fire by Levine Communications Office

Levine Communications Office — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:25:49 +0000

Great post! Colette Carr is a new addition to NCredible Entertainment. Have you seen her music video for “Back It Up”?? http://lcoonline.wordpress.com/2010/08/17/are-you-a-carrgoer-yet/

Comment on Tickle Me Typo by T-Rex

T-Rex — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:53:29 +0000

I still use the’ speak-and-spell’ when I have trouble sounding out a word. Those new devices are great but they still don’t replace a book’s tangibility or the sense of accomplishment felt by a child after finishing a book. I’d argue that the child who reads more books will have a higher IQ but there is also a correlation between tech-savvy kids and their success in math and science. Can a child read about iPiglet on the iPadlet? –probably so

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Comment on Design Dump: from Model to Reality by Design Dump: from Model to Reality »Coolweather

Design Dump: from Model to Reality »Coolweather — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:07:34 +0000

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Comment on Where Have all the Books Gone? by Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:20:46 +0000

Lan, did you read about this//did we talk about it?

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/09/04/a_library_without_the_books/

Comment on Where Have all the Books Gone? by lanazp

lanazp — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:36:45 +0000

I’m neither heralding the demise of books nor bemoaning the rapidity of technological change. Really just wanted to show the picture. That I can still recall the scent of the 2nd edition Descent of Man on the bookshelf at home might even indicate that I stand somewhere closer to the latter. Thanks for the comment; it’s always nice to know someone’s reading. Raises the stakes and makes me work harder…

Comment on Where Have all the Books Gone? by nick

nick — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:26:05 +0000

Empty bookshelves are still not enough to shake a romantic… however hopeless. E-books are revolutionizing the way people read and yes, I’ve seen Dunder-Mifllin’s reports and paper’s future is dismal but there will always be a place for the immortal book in libraries and in homes, in desks and shelves, on toilets or under wobbly table legs. The photograph is a tragedy for books but other mediums have endured technological advances yet still seem to never be forgotten. e.g.– The LP record player might need a dusting and a new needle but people still find joy in the physicality and the actuality of “putting on the music.” No touchscreen has yet to capture the sense of accomplishment that accompanies putting the arm in the perfect groove and hearing track #3. Books still require the act of turning the page and marking the chapter which can not be imitated by an E-book. Another medium that is still used, more closely related to writing/reading, is the typewriter… realizing this is a bit of a stretch but writers still enjoy the tangibility of an instant hard-copy. Copies are edited and reedited until a first edition is published. What’s a 1st edition book look like on an E-book? (Another example of the same would be the tangibility associated with a Polaroid… why did Kodak stop making the film…why?) Lastly, your own blog shows two techies comparing different e-books, ironically in a library, that end with them ridiculing their own expertise and essentially praising the book. And still… my Mother wants one for Christmas and I’m inclined to get one for her.