Books as Social Objects, Ignite talk during Books in Browsers 2011

Hello, I’m

Henrikfrom

Readmill

“The Social Object, in a nutshell, is the reason two people are talking to each other, as opposed to talking to somebody else.”

— Hugh Macleod, @gapingvoid

“The Social Object, in a nutshell, is the reason two people are talking to each other, as opposed to talking to somebody else.”

— Hugh Macleod, @gapingvoid

?Personal Public

? = Your experienceof a book. Your reading.

“Marginalia are scribbles, comments, and illuminations in the margins of a book.” “The book is extremely complex. It’s a high gravity and low frequency social object.”

— Jyri Engeström

high gravity“The book is extremely complex. It’s a high gravity and low frequency social object.”

“If you go home with

somebody and they don’t have

books, don’t f*** them.”

“The book is extremely complex. It’s a high gravity and low frequency social object.”

low frequency

“Average american reads six

books per year”

“Marginalia are scribbles, comments, and illuminations in the margins of a book.”

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