…[another] cognitive problem is: Every single thing you see is future trash. Everything. So we are surrounded by ephemera, but we can’t acknowledge that, because it’s kind of scary, because I think ultimately it points to our own temporariness, to thoughts that we’re all going to die.
So says Robin Nagle [anthropologist-in-residence at New York City’s Department of Sanitation (DSNY), since 2006]…
Joel Johnson (Gizmodo) says the “gild is ever so slightly off the lily…” and the lilly is an ipad.
But it’s a pretty frustrating feeling to know that your data is inside the device you’re using but because of its closed system troubleshooting options are limited. It’s a little like being sick at Disneyland and getting stuck at the top of Space Mountain. Suddenly the veneer of blinking lights stops looking like the future and starts feeling like being trapped in a tiny car in the dark inside a warehouse.
I still really like the iPad for travel. I suspect even if I buy an Air—even the tiny version—I’ll still bring the iPad along for books, video, etc. I mean, hell, I already own it. Might as well.
But the gild is ever so slightly off the lily. And instead of being impressed with how capable the iPad can be compared to a traditional computer, today I’m missing traveling with a machine that gives me more flexibility when my expected path dead ends.
Do you agree? Want more info? Read the rest of his post here: my ipad let me down
Melville House (an indy publisher) has withdrawn from future participation in the Best Translated Book Awards citing Amazon’s “predatory and thuggish practices…â€
Big news, and worth noting, considering this house publishes more in translation than Knopf or Farrar, Strauss and Giroux.