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Gutenberg’s PC: The Espresso Book Machine

December 17, 2008

The Espresso Book Machine brings the flexibility and ubiquity of digital media to the old medium of printed paper books, extending the transformation that Gutenberg’s press began, and putting the final say on publishing a book firmly in the hands of the authors and readers. So what will happen when everybody has one of these?

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Shelved with: Science & Technology|| The History & Future of Books|| The Reading Life
Tagged With: Clay Shirky, e-ink, e-reader, Espresso Book Machine, Gutenberg, iLiad, Jason Epstein, Kindle, POD, Readius
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There’s Something Happening Here…

August 5, 2008

Nicholas Carr says, This is your brain online. You’ve been warned. Now go forth and read.

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Shelved with: Mind & Society|| Science & Technology|| The Reading Life
Tagged With: Books, Buffalo Springfield, Clay Shirky, Digital Literacy, Google, Kevin Kelly, Media, Nicholas Carr, Psychology
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Civility on the Web (or, If you talk, be polite)

August 3, 2008

The New York Times explores calls for a Code of Conduct (like this from Jimmy Wales, or this from Tim O’Riley) on the web, as well as the motivations and secret lives of the Trolls Among Us; and Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody, explains why A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy.

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Shelved with: Margin Notes|| Mind & Society|| Science & Technology|| The Reading Life
Tagged With: Civility, Clay Shirky, Conversation, Digital Literacy, Jimmy Wales, The New York Times, Tim O'Riley, Trolls
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