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Comment on Cardboard glasses, channel 4 3D week – and a trip to Sainsbury’s by Jenny Williams

Jenny Williams — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:19:42 +0000

Many thanks for the comment and links! Hadn't come across YouTube's 3D Viewer. I will put a new 'aside' out on Witch Tech's new site.

Comment on Cardboard glasses, channel 4 3D week – and a trip to Sainsbury’s by 3DMurch

3DMurch — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:30:01 +0000

It’s also worth pointing out that YouTube now has an integrated 3D Viewer into it’s standard player – that way users can view the 3D content based on whatever glasses they have available (within certain limits).

All of Channel 4’s user generated 3D content was submitted using their YouTube channel and this standard 3D player.

An example of one of my 3D animations that was submitted to Channel 4 3D Week can be seen here – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViqDh0xL3Pk

Comment on Tech news round-up by Jenny Williams

Jenny Williams — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:38:56 +0000

No worries – adore Dork Adore!

Comment on Tech news round-up by Emma Cossey

Emma Cossey — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:26:13 +0000

Thank you for the PoGo review mention

Comment on Latest gadgets website launches by Tim Holmes

Tim Holmes — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:08:11 +0000

Thanks for this Jenny – Xmas pressies ahoy!

Comment on Musings | Twitterature by Jenny Williams

Jenny Williams — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:55:54 +0000

Nice point about all of us having a personal approach to literature, conventional or not. Yes – we need to encourage all forms of expression to maintain our diverse literary culture and allow everyone to form their own interpretations.

This reminds me a little of the Plain English campaign. While they “believe that everyone should have access to clear and concise information” – and have helped even the government write their reports – perhaps expression via contemporary means (Twitterature or the like) can help everyone have access to literary ideas in a clear, concise and accessbile manner.

Comment on Musings | Twitterature by Bob

Bob — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:39:21 +0000

Thanks for your kind response. This book at heart seems like nothing more than two smart students saying, “Hey! We’ve read all these books. Twitter’s all the rage. Let’s have some fun. Maybe someone would even publish it.” I’d say their instincts were dead on. As for some people trying to use Twitterature as a replacement for the original texts … well, the minute they see the book they’d have to abandon that lame idea, wouldn’t they? (Without having read it, I suppose any sort of speculation and knee-jerk reaction based on the absence of any facts is possible.) We are asked to read the classics in school and some of us take to them instinctively. Others have to find their own way to the same appreciation in a variety of ways. Twitterature can only help. If nothing else, based on what I’ve read online and the authors’ interviews, there has been a wide ranging response to the book — which is always nice — and (you are correct) the celebration, challenge, and debate lives on.

Comment on Musings | Twitterature by Jenny Williams

Jenny Williams — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:26:24 +0000

Thanks for linking! Enjoyed reading your review on Twitterature.

Comment on Musings | Twitterature by Jenny Williams

Jenny Williams — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:14:57 +0000

Thank you for your comment. I agree, the book celebrates literature through humour and exemplifies the students’ literary understanding.

The worry is, some people may use this parody as a replacement for texts and see the ability to reduce vast texts to a few tweets as proof of the redundancy of reading literary classics.

Regardless, the various interpretations and responses that the book has incited is testimony to the fact that literature is intrinsic to our culture and something so many are willing to celebrate, challenge and debate.

Comment on Musings | Twitterature by Bob

Bob — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:23:12 +0000

The thing to remember is that the book is HUMOR. The overwrought and overinflated intro is intentionally so. The intent is arch. These kids are much more clever than anyone suspects. They are having a laugh and hope the reader does as well. The book mocks Twitter and literature and celebrates both as well. Bottom line: they love these books and read nary a York Notes along the way. Instead they actually read each parodied book before getting the idea for their book. They love to read. Nothing wrong with that.