Armchair Astronauts: Designing for the Post-Book Era
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The separation of content from container affords publishers and developers an enormous creative opportunity. What was once ‘book content’ now can be delivered by well designed, open ended, interactive experiences. In the post-book era, readers become users, navigating the frontier from their armchairs via a seamless collusion of multimedia assets. In the post-book era, user-centered interaction design will pave the way for new content shapes, novel experiences, fresh business models, and a revitalized industry.
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- 17. To Publish (v) : early 14c., "to make public," from M.E. publicen (c.1300), altered (by influence of banish, finish, etc.) from O.Fr. publier, from L. publicare "make public," from publicus "public"
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- 21. “Whatever they may do, authors do not write books. Books are not written at all. They are manufactured by scribes and artisans, by mechanics and other engineers, and by printing presses and other machines.”
- 22. “Whatever they may do, authors do not write books. Books are not written at all. They are manufactured by scribes and artisans, by mechanics and other engineers, and by printing presses and other machines.” “There is no comprehension of any written piece that does not at least in part depend upon the forms in which it reaches its reader.”
- 25. This is not a book
- 26. Content ≠ experience Text ≠ object
- 27. Content ≠ experience Text ≠ object The space between content and experience is where much meaning is constructed
- 28. Content ≠ experience Text ≠ object The space between content and experience is where much meaning is constructed We are post-book. Not eBook.
- 29. “Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready made with a mesh of associative trails running through them… There is a new profession of trail blazers, those who find delight in the task of establishing useful trails through the enormous mass of the common record.”
- 31. “Man will see around the world. Persons and things of all kinds will be brought within focus of cameras connected electrically with screens at opposite ends of circuits, thousands of miles at a span… The instrument bringing these distant scenes to the very doors of people will be connected with a giant telephone apparatus transmitting each incidental sound in its appropriate place.”
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- 33. Alphabet, radio, TV all encourage the dominance of a single sense - a form of hypnosis. Media that encourage the interplay of all senses provide the “haptic harmony” of the old days.
- 34. Alphabet, radio, TV all encourage the dominance of a single sense - a form of hypnosis. Media that encourage the interplay of all senses provide the “haptic harmony” of the old days. “...our new electronic culture provides our lives again with a tribal base.”
- 36. The artist is the person who invents the means to bridge between biological inheritance and the environments created by technological innovation. _M.M.
- 37. The artist is the person who invents the means to bridge between biological inheritance and the environments created by technological innovation. _M.M. Interaction Design (IxD) defines the structure and behavior of interactive products and services. Interaction Designers create compelling relationships between people and the interactive systems they use. _IXDA Website
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- 41. The Post-book Era: Armchair Astronauts Experiencing multifarious curated content in intentionally designed containers. Immersive | Nontrivial
- 42. The Post-book Era: Armchair Astronauts Experiencing multifarious curated content in intentionally designed contexts. Publisher Provided User Generated Copy Notation & Commentary Interactives Highlighting & Marking Bookmarking Video Reading Activity Audio Social Annotation Social Activity
- 43. The Post-book Era: Armchair Astronauts Experiencing multifarious curated content in intentionally designed contexts.
- 44. The Post-book Era: Armchair Astronauts Experiencing multifarious curated content in intentionally designed contexts.