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Literature’s business model explained, with special reference to the age of the Internet
mostlysignssomeportents: What is particularly crucial to understand is that books were not dragged kicking and screaming into each new area of capitalism. Books not only are part and parcel of consumer capitalism, they virtually began it. They are part of the fuel that drives it. The growth of the chain model in books offered everyone…
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Hello Barbie: Hang on, this Wi-Fi doll records your child’s voice?
Hello Barbie: Hang on, this Wi-Fi doll records your child’s voice? Toymaker Mattel has unveiled a high-tech Barbie that will listen to your child, record its words, send them over the internet for processing, and talk back to your kid. It will email you, as a parent, highlights of your youngster’s conversations with the toy.…
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p5art: theimaginaryinstitute: View the high-quality gif – Get the source code One of the sites I recommend on my tutorials page is the ‘Imaginary Institute’. I liked its ‘total beginner’ approach a lot at the time and I also had a nice e-mail conversation with Mr Glassner about Bézier curves. He had very, very helpful…
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hyperallergic: Victor Moscoso picked up color theories while studying with Josef Albers at Yale University in the late 1950s, and soon turned that abstract harmony into a psychedelic friction. Pairing intense hues in a way that almost shakes your eyes — a “vibration” of colors — he majorly influenced the aesthetic of the acid-hued 1960s…
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nprplays: From KQED: In Violent Video Games, the Gameplay Sends its Own Message By Carolyn Petit We like to think that games that feature violence as a core mechanic can be critical of violence, and in fact a piece was recently published on Paste Magazine called 10 Violent Games That Comment on Violence. (Hotline Miami is…