Browsing

Browsing Is Dead

Claire Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Claire Gordon

If I want to watch a movie now, I just search and download or stream on Netflix. My browsing is limited to the genres "end-of-the-world" and "suburban dysfunction," which Netflix says are my favorites.

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"Thank You" Redefined... Online

Gil Laroya | Posted 11.17.2011

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Gil Laroya

The online "e-card" is probably the closest to an actual "thank you" while still being virtual. Yet in my mind, how close does a real greeting card even get to being sincere?

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City Lights Becomes a Waxworks

Gerald Sindell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gerald Sindell

Busy as the store was, cashiers had nothing to do but chat with each other and answer the occasional reference question. City Lights had become a free browsing service for Amazon.

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Borders Grasps at Circuit City Gameplan

Gerald Sindell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gerald Sindell

If you're just interested in what's new, you now need to visit twenty or thirty categories all over the store to see what's new in each one. Behold the art of browsing, enhanced.

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GOLDEN NOTEBOOK: Plugging Into The Future

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supernovel, Guitar, Technology, Online, Les Paul, Novel, Internet Literature, Internet, Browsing, Internet Art, Computers, Web, Multi-Media, Media News
Michael Conniff

The conventions of the book require an obvious organizational structure. The multi-media web is the new book--the Supernovel --and it is inherently open-ended.

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