Comments on: How is an unbook different? http://theunbook.com/2009/02/27/how-is-an-unbook-different/ it's not a book — but it is a book Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:57:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Catalogue of an Exhibition : clusterflock http://theunbook.com/2009/02/27/how-is-an-unbook-different/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Catalogue of an Exhibition : clusterflock Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:01:40 +0000 http://theunbook.com/2009/02/27/how-is-an-unbook-different/#comment-372 [...] you are wondering what the heck an unbook is, this is a good place to [...] [...] you are wondering what the heck an unbook is, this is a good place to [...]

]]> By: David Locke http://theunbook.com/2009/02/27/how-is-an-unbook-different/comment-page-1/#comment-126 David Locke Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:58:13 +0000 http://theunbook.com/2009/02/27/how-is-an-unbook-different/#comment-126 The unbook idea is directly related to user interfaces. All too often we consider interfaces to be unlimited collections of functionality. We do this without regard to the realities of users and cognition. We need to keep cognative limits in mnd when we build interfaces. The unbook idea is directly related to user interfaces. All too often we consider interfaces to be unlimited collections of functionality. We do this without regard to the realities of users and cognition. We need to keep cognative limits in mnd when we build interfaces.

]]> By: Intent and Content: Unbooking the Book « Design Dialogues http://theunbook.com/2009/02/27/how-is-an-unbook-different/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Intent and Content: Unbooking the Book « Design Dialogues Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:58:36 +0000 http://theunbook.com/2009/02/27/how-is-an-unbook-different/#comment-108 [...] Dave Gray on The Unbook: [...] [...] Dave Gray on The Unbook: [...]

]]> By: Michael Lang http://theunbook.com/2009/02/27/how-is-an-unbook-different/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Michael Lang Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:43:19 +0000 http://theunbook.com/2009/02/27/how-is-an-unbook-different/#comment-43 Thanks for the illuminating post. The consequences of the unbook had remained opaque until focusing hard on what makes it different from the wiki. A few thoughts - The introduction of physical objects admits different social interactions relating to the unbook. I.E. I can meet someone for a cup of coffee and loan someone an unbook artifact, and that passing of a physical object has a immediate, direct quality that sharing the url of a wiki does not have. While a wiki can only be a channel where ideas are passed between individuals, the unbook presents itself as not only a channel, but an object as well. As I look for what implications this may have on community, I yield to the complexity of the problem, throwing my hands up in the air saying "I haven't any clue", but at the same time I am hopeful such interactions over an unbook highlight the fact that people, flesh and blood, not avatars, bits and pixels, are the constituents of community. Also I gleefully point out that part of #6 - the constraint that an unbook may contain no motion - may be defied as the techniques of the flipbook may be employed. I suppose this form takes on more of a quality of the play of exquisite corpse Thanks for the illuminating post. The consequences of the unbook had remained opaque until focusing hard on what makes it different from the wiki.

A few thoughts –

The introduction of physical objects admits different social interactions relating to the unbook. I.E. I can meet someone for a cup of coffee and loan someone an unbook artifact, and that passing of a physical object has a immediate, direct quality that sharing the url of a wiki does not have. While a wiki can only be a channel where ideas are passed between individuals, the unbook presents itself as not only a channel, but an object as well. As I look for what implications this may have on community, I yield to the complexity of the problem, throwing my hands up in the air saying “I haven’t any clue”, but at the same time I am hopeful such interactions over an unbook highlight the fact that people, flesh and blood, not avatars, bits and pixels, are the constituents of community.

Also I gleefully point out that part of #6 – the constraint that an unbook may contain no motion – may be defied as the techniques of the flipbook may be employed. I suppose this form takes on more of a quality of the play of exquisite corpse

]]> By: Dave Gray http://theunbook.com/2009/02/27/how-is-an-unbook-different/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Dave Gray Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:02:08 +0000 http://theunbook.com/2009/02/27/how-is-an-unbook-different/#comment-33 Great point. Anything that might be considered an "evolving narrative" would, I think, be perfect for an unbook project. Great point. Anything that might be considered an “evolving narrative” would, I think, be perfect for an unbook project.

]]> By: Bryan Thao Worra http://theunbook.com/2009/02/27/how-is-an-unbook-different/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Bryan Thao Worra Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:16:05 +0000 http://theunbook.com/2009/02/27/how-is-an-unbook-different/#comment-32 Although I'm just starting to consider the possibilities of an unbook, I am thinking that this is an approach that can have great significance for oral histories, especially regarding events where there's significant debate and new information becomes declassified or discovered. Intriguing. Although I’m just starting to consider the possibilities of an unbook, I am thinking that this is an approach that can have great significance for oral histories, especially regarding events where there’s significant debate and new information becomes declassified or discovered. Intriguing.

]]> By: theunbook.com » On the changing roles of authors and readers http://theunbook.com/2009/02/27/how-is-an-unbook-different/comment-page-1/#comment-27 theunbook.com » On the changing roles of authors and readers Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:36:01 +0000 http://theunbook.com/2009/02/27/how-is-an-unbook-different/#comment-27 [...] commented “I don’t see how an unbook is different than a wiki” (I have attempted an answer to that question and look forward to a continued dialogue on that [...] [...] commented “I don’t see how an unbook is different than a wiki” (I have attempted an answer to that question and look forward to a continued dialogue on that [...]

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