Playing with Puma
One of the best experiences of my life was working with a puma in South America. It required me to run in the jungle for close to 8 hours a day through the most hazardous “trails” imaginable. The point was … Continue reading
A Gentler Kind of Nationalism
Nationalism appears to be on the rise again. But this time around, it looks to be a gentler breed: proud, pragmatic and less antagonistic. The world feels like it’s slowly congealing, not into a sort of gray homogeneous mush, but … Continue reading
Re: Putting the Creativity Back in Creative Capitalism
But Google depends crucially and directly on the content created by users and more generally on the goodwill of the Internet community. Equally, so do the many products Google creates and gives away, with no obvious path to future profit. … Continue reading
Joshua Heineman started an interesting p…
Joshua Heineman started an interesting project called Reaching for the Out of Reach. The basic idea is to bring new life and a new audience to interesting works of our past. He’s using the New York Public Library website as … Continue reading
Future of the Book Archives and New Plugin
I imported my posts from the Future of the Book. I haven’t had a to chance to import the comments but I will possibly do that at some point in the future. I’ve also been developing a new WordPress plugin … Continue reading
Traveling South America
I’ve just returned from an amazing trip through South America. I started in Argentina and made my way north, through Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Peru, eventually flying back home from Lima. But now, I am back in the States … Continue reading
Map of Online Communities
I live in Facebook land, but frequent a summer home in the Wikipedia islands. Where do you live?
Modern Zoos
I’ve never been a big fan of zoos. When I visit them I feel horrible for knowing what these animals must endure (like the polar bear I saw in Central Park licking a block of ice on a hot summer … Continue reading
New (Social) Structures for New (Networked) Texts
CommentPress has been getting really nice attention: Kathleen Fitzpatrick recently published “CommentPress: New (Social) Structures for New (Networked) Texts” with the Journal of Electronic Publishing at University of Michigan this fall. This connection, in CommentPress, of an experiment into the … Continue reading
The Chronicle of Higher Education: CommentPress
The Chronicle of Higher Education recently published an article on CommentPress! Here is a quote: With CommentPress, released in July by the Institute for the Future of the Book, designers have endeavored to help digital books capture the immediacy and interactivity of … Continue reading