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Post-Artifact Books and Publishing — by Craig Mod
http://craigmod.com/journal/post_artifact/For those of us looking to shape the future of books and publishing, where do we begin? Simply, these are our truths: The way books are written has changed. The canvas for books has changed. The post-published life of a book has changed. To think about the future of the book is to understand the links between these changes. To think about the future of the book is to think about the future of all content. So intertwined are our words and images and platforms, that to consider individual parts of the publishing process in isolation is to miss transformative connections. These connections shaping books and publishing live in emergent systems behind the words. Between the writing and the publishing, publishing and consuming, consuming and sharing.
Tags: books, publishing, ebooks, digital, media, via:packrati.us, writing, design, book, history Saved by: admin
@font-face: The Potential of Web Typography
Firefox 3.5 is out. And the more users download it, the more designers will be able to take advantage of the @font-face CSS rule. How can @font-face be used with currently implemented CSS selectors to create engaging, nuanced and more mature typography? Let's find out.
http://craigmod.com/journal/font-face/
Tags: typography, css, webdesign, firefox, fonts, @font-face, css3, font-face, font, design Saved by: admin
Firefox 3.5 is out. And the more users download it, the more designers will be able to take advantage of the @font-face CSS rule. How can @font-face be used with currently implemented CSS selectors to create engaging, nuanced and more mature typography? Let's find out.
http://craigmod.com/journal/font-face/
Tags: typography, css, webdesign, firefox, fonts, @font-face, css3, font-face, font, design Saved by: admin
Panasonic Lumix GF1 Field Test — 16 Days in the Himalayas
A GF1 outfitted with the 20MM lens represents the following: a compact, beautiful little machine capable of producing archival quality photographic RAW data. It’s always with me. Almost never a burden. And every time I dump a day’s worth of shooting into Lightroom, I feel like that little kid so long ago, rediscovering why I became infatuated with photography in the first place.
http://craigmod.com/journal/gf1-fieldtest/
Tags: photography, camera, gf1, panasonic, travel, inspiration, photo, design, article, lumix Saved by: admin
A GF1 outfitted with the 20MM lens represents the following: a compact, beautiful little machine capable of producing archival quality photographic RAW data. It’s always with me. Almost never a burden. And every time I dump a day’s worth of shooting into Lightroom, I feel like that little kid so long ago, rediscovering why I became infatuated with photography in the first place.
http://craigmod.com/journal/gf1-fieldtest/
Tags: photography, camera, gf1, panasonic, travel, inspiration, photo, design, article, lumix Saved by: admin
Books in the Age of the iPad
Lots here. "The canvas of the iPad must be considered in a way that acknowledge the physical boundaries of the device, while also embracing the effective limitlessness of space just beyond those edges. We're going to see new forms of storytelling emerge from this canvas. This is an opportunity to redefine modes of conversation between reader and content. And that's one hell of an opportunity if making content is your thing. … here's my take on the print side of things moving forward. Ask yourself, "Is your work disposable?" For me, in asking myself this, I only see one obvious ruleset: Formless Content goes digital. Definite Content gets divided between the iPad and printing. Of the books we do print — the books we make — they need rigor. They need to be books where the object is embraced as a canvas by designer, publisher and writer. This is the only way these books as physical objects will carry any meaning moving forward."
http://craigmod.com/journal/ipad_and_books/
Tags: ipad, books, design, publishing, apple, ebooks, technology, book, ebook, article Saved by: admin
Lots here. "The canvas of the iPad must be considered in a way that acknowledge the physical boundaries of the device, while also embracing the effective limitlessness of space just beyond those edges. We're going to see new forms of storytelling emerge from this canvas. This is an opportunity to redefine modes of conversation between reader and content. And that's one hell of an opportunity if making content is your thing. … here's my take on the print side of things moving forward. Ask yourself, "Is your work disposable?" For me, in asking myself this, I only see one obvious ruleset: Formless Content goes digital. Definite Content gets divided between the iPad and printing. Of the books we do print — the books we make — they need rigor. They need to be books where the object is embraced as a canvas by designer, publisher and writer. This is the only way these books as physical objects will carry any meaning moving forward."
http://craigmod.com/journal/ipad_and_books/
Tags: ipad, books, design, publishing, apple, ebooks, technology, book, ebook, article Saved by: admin