Fin—Shirkey, Cognitive Surplus

“Study after study in the 1990s asked potential users what they would do with the internet if they got access to it, and the commonest answers always clustered around ‘I’ll use it to find information,’ ‘I’ll use it to help me with my schoolwork,’ and so on. Whenever a poll asked people already online what [...]

Portfolio #2

So…somehow I completely forgot about this portfolio. I’m going to childishly blame it on my preoccupation while in New Orleans…

For this portfolio, the theme seems to focus primarily on electronic writing and where writing will turn in the future. We touched on ebooks, epublishing, memes, blogging and old school text adventure games.

Depth: I [...]

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore tugs at our heartstrings

“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” is more than just an App or a short film. It is the future of children’s books. Although the short film was effective and provides an excellent interpretation of the intertwined relationship between authors, books and readers, the actual app provides words to accompany short strips [...]

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