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Title:

The Book is Dead. Long Live the Book!

Your vote:
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Organizer:
Dave Gray, XPLANE
Description:
The book has been a stable technology, unchallenged for a thousand years, but times are changing. As we enter a post-industrial society, we are starting to see a more fluid, networked book, curated by individuals and small groups. What does that bode for the future of the book?
Questions
Answered:
  1. What is core -- what is and isn't a book?
  2. What lessons can be learned from the book's technological history?
  3. What's going on out there? Who's experimenting with forms and what are they doing?
  4. What might a post-industrial book look like?
  5. What is obvious that we haven't seen yet?
  6. What are the roles in a "book community?"
  7. What is an unbook?
  8. As the book changes, what happens to publishers?
  9. What dies in a new form? What survives? What thrives?
  10. What's exciting about the new forms, and what is frightening?
Level:
Beginner
Category:
Community / Online Community, Content Management, Design Thinking, New Technology / Next Generation, User Generated Content
Type:
Panel
Event:
Interactive 2010
Dave Gray
on 17/8/09
This panel's got some great thinkers and heavy hitters on it:

Adam Greenfield (Nokia, author of Everyware), Alex Wright (NYT, Author of GLUT), Ben Vershbow (New York Public Library), Alex Itin (Experimental author), Lou Rosenfeld (Founder and publisher, Rosenfeld Media), Russell Davies (Author, Wired columnist)

... and, well, me! :)
Dwayne King
on 17/8/09
Great topic Dave, very timely.
Russ Unger
on 17/8/09
Can't miss Dave Gray.
Dan Willis
on 19/8/09
"Post-industrial books," "unbooks," and Dave Gray. This panel sounds intriguing and timely as hell. Really looking forward to seeing it.
Fred Lakin
on 19/8/09
Thanks to the net, making a book can be a guided group process, like making music. From trios to orchestras. Dave may well be the visual Count Basie of unbook band leaders (or maybe Sun Ra).
Bill DeRouchey
on 23/8/09
Love this one!
Kate Rutter
on 24/8/09
Saw a pre-version of this at VizThink and it was wonderful. With the panel speakers, this promises to be a think-worthy and mind-opening panel. Can't wait!
Giles Colborne
on 31/8/09
Gets my vote!
David Kadavy
on 2/9/09
This looks great - thumbs up from me!
Lloyd Davis
on 2/9/09
yes yes yes yes yes (please)
Dan Roam
on 3/9/09
Dave Gray *is* Mr. Viz. I'm going to this panel.
Eric Reiss
on 5/9/09
A truly important panel - one that could actually encourage me to attend SXSW.
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on 24/10/09
Saw a pre-version of this at VizThink and it was wonderful. With the panel speakers, this promises to be a think-worthy and mind-opening panel. Can't wait!
Convert MTS Files
on 27/10/09
This would be a great asset to your programming schedule!
MTS Video Converter
on 29/11/09
You know I can't wait to hear about this topic!
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