This is my last note on the essay, made today – Since then, I’ve visited New York, been to the Met, and seen all the things that inspired these thoughts, and things around them.īut to me, writing is the greatest tool humans have ever conceived, and the mark of a great writer is that by the time they’re done telling you about their ideas, you believe them and adopt them. When I started reading this essay, I had little idea of what Camp is. Ī sensibility (as distinct from an idea) is one of the hardest things to talk about Susan Sontag, Notes on “Camp” Many things in the world have not been named and many things, even if they have been named, have never been described. These are safely tucked away for now, but there was something interesting that happened, which I’d like to note – I’ve really enjoyed slowly working my way through it, and taking down notes and interesting quotes from it. I’ve been reading Susan Sontag’s Notes on “Camp” these past few weeks. in general, reading | Aug| 231 Words | Comment Quote It is perhaps just as well that, in this case, wishful thinking prevailed over unpleasant, if not unjustified, fearsįinal thought – not really a war but a battle that was quickly lost. However distasteful a character Filippo de Strata may seem, his polemics against printing hence serve to illustrate that, amid the fog of change, the line between progress and peril can appear blurred, even to the most keen-eyed observer. Exactly what’s happening to science right now around the world but specifically in the US. Unable to understand the Latin language, they relied on priests to explain the meaning of scripture and the practices appropriate to a Christian life.īut also, religious expertise is being challenged at this point by less educated fools who haven’t thought thoroughly about things but are overconfident. Previously, Filippo observed, the inaccessibility of the Bible and other devotional works helped keep the common people on the straight and narrow. In 1468, the bishop of Aleria, Giovanni Andrea de Bussi (1417–75), hailed it as a ‘holy art’ (sancta ars).ĭoes Ars Technica mean Art of Technology?Checked Wikipedia and yes! It does! To some, in fact, it seemed almost divine.
Almost as soon as the first presses were established in Italy, learned men rushed to sing its praises. Everyone’s blog, RSS feed, and Google Reader shares can become a curated content zine for Kindle users.For many, printing was an overwhelmingly positive innovation. Instead of following a Twitter feed of links to article someone likes I could just read the articles in a daily newsletter on my Kindle.
This collection of tools could also be used as a simple digital publishing model for serialized eBook content. Take a bit of care on how you organize them into “recipes” as these will be treated as separate magazines on your Kindle. If you want the Kindle to replace your RSS aggregator add all of your feeds as Custom News Sources.
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Now create a customized news source using your feed from Instapaper, schedule how often you want “news” to download (I’m using daily) and confirm that you have “autosend” checked in the sharing preferences.
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You want to associate the eBook manager with your Kindle and provide your email from part 1 don’t forget free in the email address.
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Download and install the Calibre eBook Manager. Look around while you’re there, you will soon discover that you love Instapaper’s tool set.ģ. Take note of your Instapaper “feed for this folder” link. This growing collection of articles that you want to read later will be jumping to your kindle when we’re through. Instapaper lets you capture stories on the internet that you don’t have time to read with their Read Later browser button. It should look like Register at the previously reviewed. Register it through Amazon (look for manage your kindle) and take note of your Kindle email address remember to prepend it with “free.” to avoid 3G transmission charges. Buy a Kindle, or download free kindle emulators for other devices via Amazon. Here is the process I used to easily curate content for my Kindle:ġ. Not only does it help organize content, but it seamlessly exports it all in a plethora of different formats making it easy to use numerous devices and file types. It works great and leverages the capabilities and value of my Kindle far beyond a simple e-reader. I put together a collection of tools to get just what I wanted out of the previously reviewed Kindle a customized daily design, innovation, and anthropology newspaper combined with a collection of all the internet reads that I didn’t get through during the day.Ĭalibre is the last piece of the Kindle puzzle for me.
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