Pick of the Week – ATF 12 August 2010
August 28th, 2010 by Jim
Mao, King Kong, and the Future of the Book
Triple Canopy • Issue #9
A trip down memory lane. Bob Stein, founder of the Institute for the Future of the Book, reminisces about his days with LaserDiscs, HyperCard and CD-ROMs.
Read this. If you weren’t around when these were happening then you’ll be amused and amazed at what Stein and others were doing (did Alan Kay really draw those pictures of an “iPad” in 1967!?) and the extent to which we stand on their shoulders. The reminder about Laurie Anderson’s “Puppet Motel” was particularly laden. I remember having that and thinking it was brilliant. Of course, it’s now unobtainable and likely unplayable. The music without the immersive, weirdly unsettling environment can be purchased, and you can see the Voyager demo for the CD-ROM.
(Michalko)
Related posts:Triple Canopy • Issue #9
A trip down memory lane. Bob Stein, founder of the Institute for the Future of the Book, reminisces about his days with LaserDiscs, HyperCard and CD-ROMs.
Read this. If you weren’t around when these were happening then you’ll be amused and amazed at what Stein and others were doing (did Alan Kay really draw those pictures of an “iPad” in 1967!?) and the extent to which we stand on their shoulders. The reminder about Laurie Anderson’s “Puppet Motel” was particularly laden. I remember having that and thinking it was brilliant. Of course, it’s now unobtainable and likely unplayable. The music without the immersive, weirdly unsettling environment can be purchased, and you can see the Voyager demo for the CD-ROM.
(Michalko)
September 3rd, 2010 at 5:14 am
[...] Wanna see drawings of the iPad from 1967!?! Read this conversation with Bob Stein, founder of the Institute for the Future of the Book, who speaks about the conception of “user-driven media,” and how it has shifted the ways we think about the printed word [via hangingtogether.org]. [...]