Well, now the two books, Paradigms Shifts: Typewritten Tales of the Digital Collapse and Escapements: Typewritten Tales from the Post-Digital World, have been released into the world. The initial call for submissions for the project, then conceived as one book, was November 7th of 2018. It took only seven months for vision to become a…
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Paradigm Shifts: Typewritten Tales of Digital Collapse, the first book of a two-volume work, has been published.
As Richard Polt announced today, Paradigm Shifts: Typewritten Tales of Digital Collapse came out this week. It’s a tremendous success, but I would like to qualify what I mean by that. How we define success is at the heart of the issue. The book, along with its sibling volume, Escapements: Typewritten Tales from Post-Digital Worlds (coming…
Typewriter Tattoo Courtesy of My Niece
I’m visiting family for a couple of days. My niece, with whom I’ve always shared creative interests, offered to give me a tattoo for my right bicep. I remember her early days. She had and has an independent spirit. We would work on art and build Lego structures all day long. Legos became a tradition,…
There Is Only One Issue Today: The Environment
UN Report: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/05/nature-decline-unprecedented-report/ More on UN Report: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/opinion/united-nations-extinction.html A Way to Buy Food without Plastic: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/plastic-pollution-terracycle-loop-sells-brand-name-products-without-plastic-containers/ Loop Store: https://loopstore.com
How to Say Thanks Beyond the Digital World.
I recently was bedridden for a few days–just a little post-op recovery. Many of my colleagues were kind enough to give me a helping hand. I needed to say thanks in a personal way–no easy email or texts. It was time to put some stationary and sincere thought to use. These are just a few…
My Cold Hard Type Story: From Analog to Digital.
Well, I’m happy and sad to say that my typescript has been scanned. Part of the story incorporates collage (by my girlfriend), notations (by a character), and poetry (hers and his). I slipped a lot of forensic elements into the story, too. For example, this shift key on the typewriter does not work when she…
The Untimely Typewriter:Daily Writings Against the Tides of Distraction 