Archive for the “Books” category

Growing up as a digital native

by kartooner on October 16, 2011

From the video’s descrip­tion: Tech­nol­ogy codes our minds, changes our OS. Apple prod­ucts have done this exten­sively. The video shows how mag­a­zines are now use­less and impos­si­ble to under­stand, for dig­i­tal natives. It shows real life clip of a 1-year old, (…)

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The Boy Who Lived

by kartooner on August 18, 2007

It was ten years ago when I first saw Harry Pot­ter and the Sorcerer’s Stone sit­ting on the shelf at Bor­ders. I dis­tinctly remem­ber the front cover illus­tra­tion, how col­or­ful it looked from afar and think­ing how geeky the boy on (…)

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Book Meme

by kartooner on July 20, 2005

Either peo­ple are anx­ious to see fresh con­tent or I’m just read­ing into it, either way, I’ve been passed a book baton by Greg, Phu and Khaled. Num­ber of Books on Shelf Oh wow. Truth­fully, there are about 100 books on the (…)

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The State of Animation

by kartooner on March 28, 2005

My wife and I were watch­ing the mak­ing of Disney’s Oliver and Com­pany on DVD. Unlike today’s exten­sively (and some­times exhaus­tively) researched “making-of” fea­turettes, you could tell this one was used more so as a mar­ket­ing tool. Halfway through the fea­ture, the (…)

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