Bukowski, his Mac IIsi, eBooks and the Internet

· Andre Hoffmann · Culture

It turns out that Charles Bukowski, novelist and poet, famous for reflecting on and out of the american working class, was open to new technologies at least in his later years, if not eager to delve into them. In general Bukowski kept abreast of new innovations that would further his writing. In a letter to …

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Sagmeister at TED

· Andre Hoffmann · Culture Design · 2 comments

Smooth Zarathustra of Design Stefan Sagmeister held a brilliant note at TED recently. It's about his sabbaticals and funny and informative. This is the second fantastic video I saw today (actually the third, but the third one does not belong here).

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RiP: A remix manifesto

· Walter Jenner · Culture

In RiP: A remix manifesto , Web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century and shattering the wall between users and producers. The film is open for remixes, and there should be a version 2.0 released in 2010. The current …

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