Books and Interfaces
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Sometime late last year -- I don't remember when, exactly -- I noticed I was having trouble sitting down to read.
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Lecture for the first Creative Writing Theory Working Group of the EACWP (European Association Creative Writing Programs) in Turin (Italy) on may 6, 2011
Transcript of Books and Interfaces
Sometime late last year -- I
don't remember when, exactly
-- I noticed I was having trouble
sitting down to read.
books and interfaces
EACWP Meeting in Turin
stories and tools for the digital era
welcome to a temple of books and writers
books = narrative
professional writers the ministers
my job is to
create strategies
of communication
within the digital eraweb sites
social networks
mobile apps
events
i work with
interfaces
in-ter-faces: a common boundary of
interconnection between systems,
equipment, concepts, bodies,
spaces, phases, and human beings
a common ground
the skin
a keyboard
a web site design
a blog
interfaces help users to
interact with contents
Radiohead
Lotus Flower
a content
without interface
a content with interface
the book interface
The cover:a beginning
Rear coverthis is the end
Printed text: the only activity allowed is
read
White Margin:interactions allowed is just
take few notes
Page number: one single direction
a beginning
an end
activities
allowed:read
interactions allowed:take few notes
starting point
many consequences
activies allowed:read,
write, click, move, stop,
resume
interactions allowed: comment, modify, reuse, transform, abuse
BOOKS (Radio,Cinema, TV) DIGITAL (Interactive)
allowed, I act
BeyoncéSingle Lady
Mikis TeodorakisZorba the Greek
the content is no more in the hands of the author
jonathan safran foer - Tree Of Codes (Bruno Schultz)
thanks to interfaces
“readers” are no more
passive: they can be
involved in the creative
process.
whether they are good
“author” or not
In 2000, in some science fiction forums appears john titor. he
claims to be a soldier coming from 2036 with a time machine to
save the world. his character is so consistent and credible that
other users start to ask him questions about life in the future
did they believe him?
talking with him they contribute to the credibility
we are surrounded by unprofessional storytellers and
they are crazy to live and tell stories
interfaces allow them to express themselves
in a short, quick, easy way (like in the social networks)
the Twitter status makes us get used to summarize our feelings and events in one
sentence (140 characters)
daily fragments make
long stories
or shorter stories
;)
why we (teachers)
have to deal with
interfaces?
we have to face a brand new way
to deal with stories.
readers are changing
Sometime late last year -- I
don't remember when, exactly
-- I noticed I was having trouble
sitting down to read.
David Ulin
Book editor of Los Angeles Times
“readers” are busy
in the long run a medium’s
content matter less than the
medium itself in influencing how
we think and act.
The Shallows: How the Internet is Changing the Way We
Think, Read and Remember
Nicholas Carr
“readers” are
immersed in a
faster,
wider,
and more
complicated world
“readers” want to be part of a creative process
books are not dead, nor
dying, or ever will die
but they are no more alone
in collecting, sharing and
conserving stories
New opportunities will come to pass only if control of the technology is taken from the technologist and given to those who
understand human beings, human interaction, communication, pleasure and pain. It is time for engineers to go back to engineering. To develop these
new technologies, we need a new breed of creative individuals, most likely those
associated with poetry, writing, and theatrical direction
Donald Norman 1991
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