Tuesday, October 02, 2007
System upgrade update
Working with the new system at work is like, well, it's like reading the Bible! Best to take it seriously, but not literally!
Files aren't "sent" anywhere. They are always everywhere, yet nowhere. "Stories" aren't "stories," but are "content." Files aren't files but are folders.
Some things are incredibly simple now, but others are now insanely difficult. To create a bullet, for example, takes doctoral-level knowledge of Klingon computer programming or something.
You can't tell by looking at copy whether it's coded for a drop-cap.
The system as a whole is a string of similes and metaphors, parables and object lessons, gray areas and situational suggestions.
Dealing with art is a lot easier and cooler.
But it's all plumb wack.
--ER
Files aren't "sent" anywhere. They are always everywhere, yet nowhere. "Stories" aren't "stories," but are "content." Files aren't files but are folders.
Some things are incredibly simple now, but others are now insanely difficult. To create a bullet, for example, takes doctoral-level knowledge of Klingon computer programming or something.
You can't tell by looking at copy whether it's coded for a drop-cap.
The system as a whole is a string of similes and metaphors, parables and object lessons, gray areas and situational suggestions.
Dealing with art is a lot easier and cooler.
But it's all plumb wack.
--ER
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Oh, I don't have any choice. It actaully is a multimedia platform -- that's what's cool about it. On a given "story," I can assign/request text, audio, video, still photo -- whatever -- and it keeps it all in one tidy "folder." A lt of of it's still theory right now, but the whole shootin' match is going to be totally integrated before long, and this new system is the ground floor of it. Very cool.
And, I b'lieve you were tryin' to say "Interactive media." :-)
And, I b'lieve you were tryin' to say "Interactive media." :-)
During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the director what the criterion was which defined whether or not a patient should be institutionalized.
"Well, said the director, "We fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup, and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the bathtub."
"Oh, I understand," said the visitor. "A normal person would use the bucket because it's bigger than the spoon or the teacup."
"No." said the director, "A normal person would pull the plug. Do you want a bed near the window?"
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"Well, said the director, "We fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup, and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the bathtub."
"Oh, I understand," said the visitor. "A normal person would use the bucket because it's bigger than the spoon or the teacup."
"No." said the director, "A normal person would pull the plug. Do you want a bed near the window?"
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