Monday, April 6th, 2009
Thing 20: Books 2.0
I believe you’re really reading online, simply because I had the idea that reading is looking at a series of symbols somehow representing sounds, converting them into words in your head, and then converting those sounds into sentences conveying meaning.
Whether reading online is enough like reading a book to satisfy stodgy academics is another matter [...]
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Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Thing 13: LibraryThing
I set up a new account at LibraryThing and added a dozen books. Two of them were incredibly popular (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell) but the rest weren’t nearly as popular (including The Complete Maus).
Some of the reviews on show were brilliant, very perceptive [...]
