Category Archives: theory

A Friendly Response: Fuck theory and leave Derrida Alone

A friend sent me this video on Derrida this morning. It is funny, and I encourage my friend and others to send me such things. But I do want to make a response, a response perhaps too serious for the … Continue reading

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Steven Johnson Interview

While his new book doesn’t sound as appealing to me as some of his other work, one of my favorite writers is back. Found a link to a very cool interview today. Good stuff. I like Johnson’s work because he … Continue reading

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TagCrowd

Came across this webtool on Colin Brooke’s blog: good, clean fun. It will read any plain text document (and you can just cut and paste from a Word document). Here’s what my prospectus looks like as a tag cloud: already … Continue reading

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Derrida’s “The Book to Come”

When researching / reading, I usually write notes in text-edit. Usually this stuff never sees the light of day (especially when I’m working off of 4 hours sleep), but today I feel like sharing. Up until now, I’ve made this … Continue reading

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