Dis is Mimeo
Why can't poetic texts consist of critical investigations of themselves? Why can't poetic texts be bundled with a body of commentary upon commentary on a poem, Talmud-style?
Automated PDF formatting makes wonderful things possible. It would, for example, be possible to dynamically generate LaTeX code (like source code for a PDF) from RSS feeds, Google searches, phone listings, WHOIS listings, Google image searches, OCR'd scans, or texts generated by voice recognition software. Or you could just make a 9-page PDF chapbook in your favorite font. LaTeX is as straightforward as html — you can probably learn it in a day.
In the interest of the proliferation of new poetic activity, we at forgodot.com will host an introduction to LaTeX on the afternoon of Saturday, October 18. Comment below to sign up, or send me an email at <stephen.r.mclaughlin AT gmail.com>.
Alternately, here's an excellent tutorial: Beginning LaTeX
And here's my favorite LaTeX client (OS X): TeXShop
Automated PDF formatting makes wonderful things possible. It would, for example, be possible to dynamically generate LaTeX code (like source code for a PDF) from RSS feeds, Google searches, phone listings, WHOIS listings, Google image searches, OCR'd scans, or texts generated by voice recognition software. Or you could just make a 9-page PDF chapbook in your favorite font. LaTeX is as straightforward as html — you can probably learn it in a day.
In the interest of the proliferation of new poetic activity, we at forgodot.com will host an introduction to LaTeX on the afternoon of Saturday, October 18. Comment below to sign up, or send me an email at <stephen.r.mclaughlin AT gmail.com>.
Alternately, here's an excellent tutorial: Beginning LaTeX
And here's my favorite LaTeX client (OS X): TeXShop
Labels: pedagogy
This entry was posted by Stephen McLaughlin, on
08 October 2008.
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They can. In a way, that's what poetry is. Pound understood this.
Glas, written before the age of blogs and wikis, is a poetic work. A poetic machine.
I know you know this.
Indeed, you're right. But I'm also making a technical point -- that is, the notion of automating the organization of large amounts of information and presenting it intelligibly excites me. And so does the idea of avoiding the use of proprietary formats wherever possible.
It excites me too. "Language is a virus", literally.
I'd like to join in.
Unsure whether I'll be available at the exact time of your demo.
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