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Monday 24th February 3216 steps (bad), 6 hrs 44 screen time (also, bad) Started journey to self-improvement by widening mind with new knowledge. First piece? “María Mencía’s e-Poetry: A Conversation Exploring Her Work,” an interview between Mencía (e-poet, scholar) and Yolanda De Gregorio Robledo (also scholar). Discovered so much about Mencía’s journey and practice, the importance of showcasing women’s work, and technology’s influence on literary evolution.   Wednesday 26th February 3458 steps (bad), 8 hrs 10 screen time (v. bad), minutes spent considering free fall of democracy and rise… continue

The sun had already set in Atlanta, Georgia when the attendees of the Digital Arts and Culture ’99 conference descended on the towering Sheraton Colony Square Hotel. It was Friday—the last day of a three-day conference packed full of discussions and demonstrations of art at the cutting edge of technology—and the conference banquet offered a final chance to unwind before traveling home. Robert Coover—novelist, short story writer, and academic—was the keynote speaker. His address? A lament of end of the Golden Age of hypertext fiction and the arrival—thanks to the rising cacophony of the World W… continue

EXTRA, EXTRA! ELECTRONIC BOOK REVIEW PUBLISHES BRAND NEW CONTENT! READ ALL ABOUT IT!   WE GOT BRAIDS, GHOSTS, AND READING MACHINES! In “The Praxis of the Procedural Model in Digital Literature, Part 2: Applications”, Philippe Bootz applies his procedural model to different conceptions of digital literary reading, outlines the role of semiotics in the model, and discusses the ramifications of his findings for the preservation of digital literature. ARGUS, ALFRED, ALGORITHMS, AND AI! What do a giant from Greek mythology, a robot vacuum cleaner, precise sets of computational rules, and machi… continue

The story is loading . . . Where are you? We cannot know. Maybe you’re at home, relishing your final hours of freedom when your smartphone pings. Maybe you’re in the middle of your morning commute, swaying in a bus or a train or (inadvisably) your car, catching up on admin. Maybe you’re in the office, sitting down with a cup of coffee and preparing for another long day. All that matters is that you’re here. THE TEXTPOCALYPSE SURVIVAL GUIDE A Barely Interactive Short Pseudo-Fiction Your Inbox An inbox indistinguishable from any other, aside from the emails inside. Towards the top of your messag… continue

HOW DO YOU DO. PLEASE TELL ME YOUR PROBLEM I’m the Barker. I’m trying to discover an interesting and witty way to inform electronic book review’s readers of this month’s amazing new essays, reviews, and articles. IS IT BECAUSE YOU ARE THE BARKER THAT YOU CAME TO ME It is. ELIZA, I need your help. WHAT WOULD IT MEAN TO YOU IF YOU GOT MY HELP It’d mean a lot to me—I’ve learned a lot about you this month, thanks to David M. Berry and Mark C. Marino. Their article “Reading ELIZA: Critical Code Studies in Action” documents their arduous journey to obtain your source code, the notable aspects within… continue