August 2010
7 posts
“The next edition of the OED… will never be printed because of the impact of the internet on book sales.” http://ping.fm/pvQpD
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“There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.”
– Christopher Morley
Better World Books →
“Buy new / used book to fund literacy worldwide … free shipping in the USA, $4 worldwide” (recommended by my friend @DancingPigPots)
“When you say ‘wordsmithing,’ I hear ‘construct a plausible-sounding lie’.” - @Preed
studying @bit101’s microscopic photos comparing text on an iPad, Kindle, newsprint, magazine and book. http://ping.fm/Fj6L4
reading in O’Reilly @Radar “how hyperlinks created new context in the ebook edition” of a 25 year old book. http://ping.fm/qDuiV
Editing a script on the set today, I wrote 2 words which the client liked so well, I think I earned my day rate with a 2 second intuition.