http//www.room535.org/news/reading.html
"Re-reading" downloads the front page of newspapers as essentially raw
data, enabling users to reformat it to their own specifications. The raw
data appears in one browser window, reformatting occurs in a second. It
sees the newspaper's format as a tendentious metaphor, an interface for
controlling our responses. "Re-reading" interrupts with this effort at
control,
offering the raw data out which we can form our
own patterns, placing us back at the center of confusion from which
the desire for metaphor (and interface) springs. The project
makes extensive use of the W3C Document Object Model.
Re-Reading the News
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Type: discussion