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Novelists Are Working Hard To Create Apps That Are Deliberately User-Unfriendly
A decade ago, cutting-edge writers/publishers were crafting books that were physically works of art, in response to the rise of ebooks. Now, those same people are making apps. Miranda July, creator of the instant-messaging app Somebody, talks to Russell Quinn, co-creator (with Eli Horowitz) of The Pickle Index and The Silent History, about making apps…
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A Crazy-Making Day In The Life Of An Apple Store Creative
I didn’t know this until I went to work for Apple Retail, but their credo is “Enriching Lives”. I never had a job with a philosophy attached to it. I know the Marines have one. It’s Semper Fi. If you see that on a bumper sticker, it’s Latin for “Mess with this car, and you’re…
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Microsoft Word Problems
The only thing harder than maths is maths about real life. These Microsoft Word problems from our friends at McSweeney’s are impossible.
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Welcome To My Rare And Antiquarian Ebook Shop
Why, hello there! I was just appraising some rare PDFs in the back room when I heard you come in. Feel free to peruse our inventory, and if you have any questions, please allow me — one of the world’s foremost authorities on and purveyors of fine electronic books — to act as your steward…