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Thursday, May 29, 2008
A lovely informal review of Mad Hatters' Review
From Martha Engber, MARTHA ENGBER:
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
A New Animal
My dad in Connecticut likes to send me articles he clips from the Wall Street Journal. While eating my lunch today — toasted banana walnut bread with a healthy schmeer of peanut butter — I read yet another article about the coming, and irreversible, tide of change from the printed word to that of digital.
In this article, The Digital Future of Books by Gordon Crovitz, he refers to how new electronic gadgets have put us on a diet of info-snacking, whereby we nibble here and there at tasty, but nutrition-less content. He longs for a day when electronic readers like the Kindle allow us to once again absorb richer and more enduring literature.
But rather than be books in digital form only, Crovitz, and the experts he cites, predict the combination of digital literature and the Internet will create a new animal, one that will not eat us whole like T Rex by crushing what's left of our time and attention span with the grinding power of even more information. Rather, this new combination will blanket us in a Bambi-like charm by incorporating more of our senses. Some ideas bandied about involve the ability to store favorite passages, send them to friends and clink on links that allow us to see videos and find more information regarding the subjects we're reading about.
While the last seems like more information glut, I do believe we're moving toward a place where reading will be an all-sensory experience, as evidenced by forward-thinking online journals that have gone beyond just posting stories you can read from a website. Instead, they pair stories with artwork, animation, mood music and the option to hear the author read the work.
One such online journal is Mad Hatters' Review, which besides standard material — short fiction, flash fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction and drama — accepts what the journal calls "Whatnots," or multi-genre work "including vispo (visual poetry), audio recitations, collages and texts that defy easy categorization."
Rather than find myself overstimulated, I was surprised by how much I liked the music that opens the issue, the video collages, video interviews with artists and the option to listen to the music that accompanies each story like that of Delvaux Centennial by Jason Everett.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
A New Animal
My dad in Connecticut likes to send me articles he clips from the Wall Street Journal. While eating my lunch today — toasted banana walnut bread with a healthy schmeer of peanut butter — I read yet another article about the coming, and irreversible, tide of change from the printed word to that of digital.
In this article, The Digital Future of Books by Gordon Crovitz, he refers to how new electronic gadgets have put us on a diet of info-snacking, whereby we nibble here and there at tasty, but nutrition-less content. He longs for a day when electronic readers like the Kindle allow us to once again absorb richer and more enduring literature.
But rather than be books in digital form only, Crovitz, and the experts he cites, predict the combination of digital literature and the Internet will create a new animal, one that will not eat us whole like T Rex by crushing what's left of our time and attention span with the grinding power of even more information. Rather, this new combination will blanket us in a Bambi-like charm by incorporating more of our senses. Some ideas bandied about involve the ability to store favorite passages, send them to friends and clink on links that allow us to see videos and find more information regarding the subjects we're reading about.
While the last seems like more information glut, I do believe we're moving toward a place where reading will be an all-sensory experience, as evidenced by forward-thinking online journals that have gone beyond just posting stories you can read from a website. Instead, they pair stories with artwork, animation, mood music and the option to hear the author read the work.
One such online journal is Mad Hatters' Review, which besides standard material — short fiction, flash fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction and drama — accepts what the journal calls "Whatnots," or multi-genre work "including vispo (visual poetry), audio recitations, collages and texts that defy easy categorization."
Rather than find myself overstimulated, I was surprised by how much I liked the music that opens the issue, the video collages, video interviews with artists and the option to listen to the music that accompanies each story like that of Delvaux Centennial by Jason Everett.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
A PR Approach I never thought of ... for MHR!
Ok. We have my dentist's daughter, rabbit Miss Bitsy, as our mascot. She's really hip hop, but these 3 cats here are seething, so I'm going to put them to work. Forget web optimizers, Google rankings. The cats are going to get us the advertisers we knead. Meow meow and how! Thanks to Marja!
BBC NEWS
Cat puts Japan rail firm on track
A loss-making Japanese railway company is back on track thanks to the popularity of a stray cat.
Wearing a black cap and posing for photos with passengers, Tama the tabby is credited with boosting Wakayama Electric Railway's revenue by 10%.
The firm had to axe all staff at Kishi station in western Japan two years ago.
But Tama stuck by her post and was rewarded with promotion to station manager. The pet mascot even has her own office, a former ticket booth.
The feline, who was born and raised at the station in the city of Kinokawa, Wakayama prefecture, is living proof of the Japanese belief that cats are good luck.
"She never complains, even though passengers touch her all over the place. She is an amazing cat. She has patience and charisma. She is the perfect station master," said Yoshiko Yamaki, a spokeswoman for the rail company.
The nine-year-old - who receives cat food in lieu of a salary - won national stardom last year when the firm formally appointed her as "station master".
Since then passengers have been gradually returning, recently rising 10% to about 2.1 million a year.
The cat has spawned a range of popular merchandise, including a picture book called: "Diary of Tama, the Station Master."
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7421259.stm
Published: 2008/05/27 12:36:34 GMT
© BBC MMVIII
BBC NEWS
Cat puts Japan rail firm on track
A loss-making Japanese railway company is back on track thanks to the popularity of a stray cat.
Wearing a black cap and posing for photos with passengers, Tama the tabby is credited with boosting Wakayama Electric Railway's revenue by 10%.
The firm had to axe all staff at Kishi station in western Japan two years ago.
But Tama stuck by her post and was rewarded with promotion to station manager. The pet mascot even has her own office, a former ticket booth.
The feline, who was born and raised at the station in the city of Kinokawa, Wakayama prefecture, is living proof of the Japanese belief that cats are good luck.
"She never complains, even though passengers touch her all over the place. She is an amazing cat. She has patience and charisma. She is the perfect station master," said Yoshiko Yamaki, a spokeswoman for the rail company.
The nine-year-old - who receives cat food in lieu of a salary - won national stardom last year when the firm formally appointed her as "station master".
Since then passengers have been gradually returning, recently rising 10% to about 2.1 million a year.
The cat has spawned a range of popular merchandise, including a picture book called: "Diary of Tama, the Station Master."
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7421259.stm
Published: 2008/05/27 12:36:34 GMT
© BBC MMVIII
A Kinder, Gentler Torture -- In These Times
Watch for an article by civil rights attorney H. Candice Gorman in our next issue. Follow the sidebar link to her
Guantanamo Blog. Good for you, Candice!
A Kinder, Gentler Torture -- In These Times
Guantanamo Blog. Good for you, Candice!
A Kinder, Gentler Torture -- In These Times
Monday, May 26, 2008
Media hype: How small stories become big news - John F. Harris - Politico.com
"Clinton's RFK comments provide a vivid example of how modern journalism has become a hyperkinetic child." (This is an understatement -- more like a nest of vipers. - CN)
Media hype: How small stories become big news - John F. Harris - Politico.com
Media hype: How small stories become big news - John F. Harris - Politico.com
Saturday, May 24, 2008
The Bush-McCain Challenge
Can you tell the difference between Bush & McCain? Visit this site for the essential dope on McCain.
The Bush-McCain Challenge
The Bush-McCain Challenge
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