fabianmohr + reading 25
A Simpler Page // A List Apart
january 2011 by fabianmohr
"The physical book is something designers get. It’s got a lot going for it, not the least of which is the fact that it’s physical. The boundaries are there, right before us. No guess work is necessary. And so there are a lot of great examples of well designed books. You needn’t look far to uncover a mountain of beautifully typeset and balanced pages. But what about digital books?"
ipad
design
typography
usability
ebook
book
reading
from delicious
january 2011 by fabianmohr
Smories - new stories for children, read by children
may 2010 by fabianmohr
".. free original stories for kids, read by kids. 50 added every month. Submit yours!"
video
children
reading
audio
storytelling
social
literacy
stories
may 2010 by fabianmohr
Lying about books // Kottke
march 2009 by fabianmohr
"From the Guilty Secrets survey by Spread the Word, the top ten books that people say that they've read but haven't."
reading
life
march 2009 by fabianmohr
LibriVox
august 2008 by fabianmohr
"LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back onto the net. Our goal is to make all public domain books available as free audio books. "
audio
opensource
mp3
podcast
ipod
community
reading
culture
august 2008 by fabianmohr
60 Second Shakespeare - Insult Generator // BBC mobile
february 2008 by fabianmohr
"Thou indigest paltry companion!"
bbc
mobile
smile
reading
february 2008 by fabianmohr
Institute for the Future of the Book
november 2007 by fabianmohr
"We are a small think-and-do tank investigating the evolution of intellectual discourse as it shifts from printed pages to networked screens"
reading
print
digital
november 2007 by fabianmohr
Brijit - Great content in 100 words or less
october 2007 by fabianmohr
"Simply, Brijit aggregates the world's best long-form content and abstracts it in 100 words or less, providing (...) readers with rich, qualitative summaries as well as better guideposts for what to read, watch or listen to now."
aggregation
print
reading
onlinejournalism
digital
community
mobile
october 2007 by fabianmohr
amazon book text stats - data visualization & visual design // information aesthetics
october 2007 by fabianmohr
"each book in Amazon's Search Inside!™ program now features statistics computed from the text. next to a word cloud illustrating the most frequently used terms in a book, the statistic data include indicators about a book's readability & complexity..."
infographics
usability
business
reading
amazon
october 2007 by fabianmohr
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