The last post that I did was about why I write this blog and as luck would have it, I read two interesting articles on blogs that I wanted to share.
The first one, I think I’ve referenced before. It is about an author, Noah Wardrip-Fruin, who wrote his book in blog format. In [...]
As I was listening to the radio this past weekend, I heard about abook that sounded very interesting. It is called “Sundays in America: A Yearlong Trip in Search of the Christian Faith” by Suzanne Strempek Shea. After seeing the reaction of many people to Pope John Paul II’s [...]
I just came across this great artwork by Brian Dettmer called Book Autopsies. He carves into books to create a 3-d sculpture of sorts. It kind of reminds me of a project that the University of Iowa did when I was at school there with their old card catalog cards called cARTalog. [...]
Here’s something that I thought was kind of interesting - wikitextbooks. One professor at Boston College is using wikis as a textbook and collaboration tool.
This professor uses wikis as a way for students to submit papers and have their peers edit (and hopefully improve) them before submitting them. And, the BC professor [...]
Here’s a good story for you. Instead of having books sent by camel, in Venezuela they’re sending books by mule (bibliomulas). You really can’t go wrong hearing about children who are excited to read. This paragraph from the BBC News website is excellent:
“Bibilomu-u-u-u-las,” they shouted as the bags of books were unstrapped. [...]
