Distant Witness: Social Media, the Arab Spring and a Journalism Revolution
We’re looking forward to reading Andy Carvin’s new book! (@acarvin)
Eagerly.
A mosaic for the cover of “Ghost in the Wires”, the latest book by the world’s most wanted hacker Kevin Mitnick. (Photo by tsevis)
Read more about the book at here and here
Here is Kevin Mitnick’s “Wanted” poster issued by U.S. Marshals, 1992.
Print Is Dead? Not on Tumblr
There’s been talk that the lit world is in crisis. That, as a society, we’re reading less, texting more, without the patience to pick up — let alone stick with — a good book. But oh, that’s all wrong: Reading is alive and well. In fact it’s flourishing, at least if you ask Benjamin Samuel, co-editor of Recommended Reading, the Tumblr lit magazine from the folks at Electric Literature. Each week, Samuel and his team bring the crème de la crème of today’s best fiction to a computer screen near you — via previously unpublished short stories as chosen by popular authors and editors. We asked Samuel what it means to read and write in the digital age.
How is new technology affecting the literary world?
Technology has certainly had a massive influence on the way readers engage with literature, but I’m not sure recent developments have changed literature itself. You can look at the rise of self-publishing, but, again, I’m not sure that’s a change in literature as much as it is a change in publishing. The real change brought on by technology is the way we can now discover and read literature.
(via infoneer-pulse)
How to consume tailored, bite- sized content from multiple sources? To be precise, how to be a smarter consumer of information? Read this book for that purpose: The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption
The e-books will only be available in English at first, covering the US and UK editions, however the site indicates that French, Italian, German and Spanish editions will follow imminently. (via Harry Potter Finally Arrives in Digital Format)
The Adventures of You and I, a one-of-a-kind children book, customized on demand to each kid, printed individually, and hand-bound. Illustrated by Bryony and written by Armin.
“You get a little moody sometimes but I think that’s because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up.” ~Pat Conroy
(Source: youmeandbooks, via greenandgray)
Three-story tower of books in Ford’s theatre center
The centerpiece of the museum and learning center is a towering three-story sculpture made of 15,000+ books written about Lincoln which stretches from the ground floor to the third floor in ramshackle fashion.
