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How Interactive Can A Book Become Before It Stops Being a Book?
After the positive replies I received regarding my 5-minute mini story project, I decided to work on something longer while still staying true to the principle of keeping things short and digestible. The result of which I would like to present today. Text is Great, But Context Is Better It all started about one month…
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The Role Of Reading In The Age Of Constant Digital Distraction
While some people still entertain themselves with the predictable mudfight of “ebook vs paper book”, I find another question far more interesting, namely the role of reading in the age of continuous partial attention. How do we read in the 21st century? What do we read? Or do we read, at all? As Seth Godin…
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Has Content Curation Become A New Creativity For The Masses?
When I first heard the term “digital content curation” I thought of Picasso-peddling online arts merchants, vernissages on Facebook and high heeled iPhone users staggering through Italian designer boutiques. But what does it really mean? Traditionally, the term curator refereed to a person who selects, manages and collects works of art or (cultural artifacts of any…
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Kindle & Co: Between The Revolution and Degeneration of Reading Ebooks
The first ebook I ever saw (it was at the end of the 90s) was one of these “How To Make Money Online” schemes. It came with all the obligatory gratuitous images of bank notes, long sales letter including “social proof” of how Anne and Herbert became millionaires by following the “three step guide” and…
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6 Tips For A Modern Study Space
1. Learning On the Go Once upon a time, the student trudged to a big brick building where he sat secluded away from sights, sounds and mocha lattes. There he buried himself in books, note cards and oversized reference materials. Fast forward. Think of today’s study spaces. Can you picture just one? Of course not,…
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3 Things To Do Instead Of Facebooking
To those who’ve been reading this blog for a while, it will not come as a surprise that my relationship to Mr. Zuckerberg’s all-seing Social Network is… well… complicated. I haven’t yet deleted (sorry, it’s not possible to delete one’s Facebook account, I meant of course “temporarily deactivated”) my Facebook account. The only reason I still…
