You can not select more than 25 topics
Topics must start with a letter or number, can include dashes ('-') and can be up to 35 characters long.
36 lines
1.9 KiB
36 lines
1.9 KiB
~~~
|
|
~~~
|
|
~~~
|
|
~~~
|
|
\~~
|
|
*Plain text: a file format and a frame of mind.* |
|
|
| |
|
|
| 🕮 https://monoskop.org/media/text/tenen_2017_plain_text/ 🕮 |
|
|
| |
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||D|e|n|n|i|s| |T|e|n|e|n|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
*I appeal to the idea of plain text in the title of this book
|
|
to signal an affinity with a particular mode of computational
|
|
meaning making.*
|
|
|
|
*Plain text stands in opposition to “fancy text,” that is,
|
|
“text representation consisting of plain text plus added
|
|
information.” In the tradition of American textual criticism,
|
|
plain text alludes to an editorial method of text transcription
|
|
that is both “faithful to the text of its source” and is
|
|
“easier to read than the original document.” Combining these
|
|
two traditions, I mean to build a case for a kind of a
|
|
systematic minimalism when it comes to our use of computers,
|
|
a minimalism that privileges access to source materials,
|
|
ensuring legibility and comprehension. I do so in contrast to
|
|
other available modes of human–computer interaction, which
|
|
instead maximize system-centric ideals such as efficiency,
|
|
speed, performance, or security.*
|
|
|
|
|
|
- - -
|
|
a systematic minimalism(?)
|
|
a matrix based X-Y minimalism(?)
|
|
a rigid minimalism(?)
|
|
an intimate minimalism(?)
|
|
- - -
|
|
|