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Go Read This | On Wikipedia, Cultural Patrimony, and Historiography | booktwo.org

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September 6, 2010

I’ve long been struck by how, despite the ease of creation, publication and distribution, much digital text, from email to blog posts, is in fact essential ephemeral rather than permanent. James Bridle hits on some of this in a wonderful post today that covers his talk at dConstruct2010 in Brighton.…
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Things I Like | Liffey Ships and Shipbuilding – Pat Sweeney | The Irish Catholic

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September 4, 2010

Nice review in The Irish Catholic for Pat Sweeney’s Liffey Ships & Ship Building, one of my commissions while at Mercier Press. The book is not only the result of very detailed archive research, it shows too the benefit of Pat Sweeney’s skills as a professional photographer in recording so…
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Future of Publishing

Go Read This | FastPencil Launches FastPencil Premiere Imprint Designed Specifically for Top-Tier Authors

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September 3, 2010

This is interesting. At first glance it doesn’t seem like much. But digging deeper it gets more radical. FastPencil today announced FastPencil Premiere (http://premiere.fastpencil.com), a new and exclusive line of general interest titles that provides top-tier and best-selling authors a publishing home with all the benefits of FastPencil’s integrated suite…
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Future of Media

Quick Link | How Apple Just Disrupted the Cable Guys | Epicenter | Wired.com

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September 3, 2010

Interesting view. Personally, I’m not sold. Maybe it’s the non-US based thing. In the Apple TV ecosystem, the phone is not just an iOS controller, it is the hub of a new personal mobile media center. Don’t get distracted by Apple’s video rental service. It sucks, for now, and won’t…
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Go Read This | The Great App Bubble | Fast Company

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September 2, 2010

A very wise young woman I know has been saying this for ever. Why spend on an app for the Apple devices when you can for much less, make your websites faster on EVERYONE’s mobile. I agree wholeheartedly. Marketers are spending money on iDevice apps at the expense of improving…
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Go Read This | On Wikipedia, Cultural Patrimony, and Historiography | booktwo.org

Things I Like | Liffey Ships and Shipbuilding – Pat Sweeney | The Irish Catholic

Go Read This | FastPencil Launches FastPencil Premiere Imprint Designed Specifically for Top-Tier Authors

Quick Link | How Apple Just Disrupted the Cable Guys | Epicenter | Wired.com

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