Writer. Experience Designer. ITP Grad Student. Publishing a digital notebook for writers at Open Loop Press. I seek and create new ways to experience literature and culture. See more of my work at www.CarlinMWragg.net.
I joined Hans-Christoph Steiner’s Programmatic Audio class, in part, to learn how to talk to programmers. Since coming to ITP I’ve felt flummoxed by code, …
Who wants a letter, via snail mail, every month from a favorite author? The Rumpus says, “We do.” For $5/month, you can get one too. ~CMW
If enhanced digital books like ‘The Wasteland’ come with a $120,000 price tag, are editions like these possible for the emerging writer?
‘Chopsticks’ by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Correal is the latest of the bunch. Is this the future of literature, or the next CD-ROM? ~CMW
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An anonymous sculptor has been leaving gorgeous carved-book sculptures in Scotland’s libraries, along with little notes of encouragement. Some are left out in the open; others are hidden away and may have sat a long time before being discovered.
In the history of writing technology, The Writing Ball (1865) wins first prize for Most Elegant Typing Gadget. ~CMW
Numabookface = indie bookstore inspiration. Eye-catching display design and hand-picked custom book bundles make this a pop-up shop to watch. ~CMW
Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity: “Ole to you nonetheless for having the sheer human stubbornness to keep showing up.”
Look for stories in your everyday life. How, for instance, did the middle-aged man with the operatic voice wind up working the counter at your local deli?
Think about a secret you’ve kept — about yourself. Give the mystery to a character unlike you
To speak more generally, the ultimate goal of technology, the telos of techne, is to replace a natural world that’s indifferent to our wishes — a world of hurricanes and hardships and breakable hearts, a world of resistance — with a world so responsive to our wishes as to be, effectively, a mere extension of the self.
ee cummings revealed ~ Experiments in the visualization of poetic meter by Jennifer Ho. ~CMW
A poetic innovation ~ Motionpoems : poetry, meet animation. Now fundraising on Kickstarter. Lend your support! ~CMW