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Comment on ipad: redefining media consumption by iowa lawyer

iowa lawyer — Thu, 13 May 2010 16:43:48 +0000

Great review, you might be right about tech writers directing their insights towards a tech savvy audience, and that this creates an issue when most people read their articles. Also the story of your Aunt is a true testament to the usability of the Ipad.

Comment on well, back in my day we used to… by Paul Galbraith

Paul Galbraith — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:05:34 +0000

Good topic for a post. It does sometimes feel like the web has been around forever, though thinking back I remember the days of dial-up and waiting for hours to download a file, only for the connection to drop and have to start from scratch again. Oh, the good old days! Paul Galbraith's First Ever Blog Post.. Are there too many Design Blogs?

Comment on ipad: redefining media consumption by Geeee

Geeee — Thu, 06 May 2010 23:29:38 +0000

I like the way you reviewed your experience with the iPad :) I love the way it look and how it works but I think most of us (advanced techi users) would wait for upcoming versions with more apps and functionalities like multitasking. Good post Brian :) congratulations for your iPad

Comment on the philosophy of typography book by Steven Acres

Steven Acres — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:22:00 +0000

PS: (also to SCAD grad): When you said “neither part of the actual body copy constitutes original thought, but rather the opposite. Therefore reproducing this particular book for monetary gain is essentially profiting off of plagiarism,” I meant to note that the word “plagiarism” only applies to academic dishonesty. Copyright is something different. :)

Comment on the philosophy of typography book by Steven Acres

Steven Acres — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:12:24 +0000

lol I guess there’s a second response I didn’t quite expect. I just sent Zoran an email, so hopefully all is right in the world now.

As for the content of the book (this is aimed mostly at SCAD grad), the lectures he gave were approximately 4 hours a week over 4 weeks. The amount of information I had in my notes was not comprehensive enough for me to write multiple pages on (some of that due to my poor note-taking skills) so I spent a lot of time doing my own research on the subjects. “Word-for-word summary” is most definitely an oxymoron: his lectures weren’t quite comprehensive (I’m sure Zoran would love to give a comprehensive 10 week course for the subjects we’ve studied, but he gave us more of an overview/crash course) so I ended up supplying much of my own research (which Zoran also suggested we do.)

Interestingly enough, the people I talked to in emails wanted the book due to its design, not the content. But this was many months ago, and that time has passed. Now it’s time to focus on graduating.

Comment on the philosophy of typography book by Ms. Law-Savvy Reader

Ms. Law-Savvy Reader — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:40:06 +0000

Hey may or may not have signed a contract: that I do not know. But if a contract is signed under duress (especially in a school environment) it becomes immaterial.

And as for “allow[ing] someone else to claim Mr. Acres book as his/her own for the sake of a moment of fame”, that’s simply outside the point. First, as I mentioned, Mr. Acres has in fact credited you (see my previous post as well as your name at the top of the page), therefore he isn’t claiming the content as his. And as it seems from his responses, he didn’t do it for the “sake of a moment of fame.” It seems that was merely happenstance.

Comment on the philosophy of typography book by zoran belic

zoran belic — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:40:53 +0000

It looks like the Law-Savvy Reader is not as knowledgeable as s(he) assumes.
Mr. Acres may have as many moments of glory as long as he does not brake his contractual obligations, and Mr. Acres did sign a contract, didn’t he?
Historically, however, many individuals have achieved notoriety by violating contracts, laws, moral and ethical principles.
Should we desire for Mr. Acres to become famous in such a manner?
I assert not.

Best regards,

Zoran Belic

P.S.
On a more cynical note, dear Law-Savvy Reader, many disciplines have been practiced for centuries, including typography and book making, which does not make a few practitioners less authors in their fields of expertise and their ideas less authentic and innovative.
Isn’t this exemplified by your defendant’s historical precedent in the book design realm? Perhaps, you would allow someone else to claim Mr. Acres book as his/her own for the sake of a moment of fame.

Comment on the philosophy of typography book by SCAD grad

SCAD grad — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:48:09 +0000

Lawsavvy – It’s easy to make such claims, especially when you don’t know what the assignment was. So having being a student of Zoran’s (and having completed this exact project myself) I will explain:

The text used as body copy in the books we were assigned is two-fold. The first part is a word-for-word summary of 5 weeks of Zoran’s lectures, while the other half of the book is a summary of The Robert Bringhurt’s “Elements of Typographic Style” (which I recommend wholeheartedly to anyone.)

However interesting Seth’s layout is (and it is undoubtedly beautiful) the content does not belong to him. Per the assignment (which is to focus on layout design) neither part of the actual body copy constitutes original thought, but rather the opposite. Therefore reproducing this particular book for monetary gain is essentially profiting off of plagiarism.

This is the reason we were required to sign the aforementioned contracts, not to hinder any future successes on the part of the student.

Comment on well, back in my day we used to… by Rodrigo Seoane

Rodrigo Seoane — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:04:39 +0000

My first contact with the net was before the internet , i already use little TELNET and BBS … and also used the gopher !! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol))

But for start I used internet to serach forum to get cheats to play games like Doom or Day of Tentacle … lol

Comment on well, back in my day we used to… by Ron Lipke

Ron Lipke — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:48:26 +0000

I got my first real computer in the spring of 1995…one of the first flight Pentium 100s. I mainly used it for school, playing Privateer and AOL. My friend and I figured out how to exploit the free Terms of Service area to talk without being charged (this was when an hour of AOL cost as much as a gallon of gas does today), so AOL smartly redesigned the page with a ton of graphics instead of quickly downloadable text. Our plans foiled, we both moved to Netcom and discovered the real Internet. The rest is history =)