I thought I would open my year of blogging by pointing to a post that is getting a lot of attention at the Transformative Works and Cultures Symposium Blog called "Breaking The Primacy of Print" by Karen Hellekson, in which she discusses the decision made by the TWC founders not to produce a print issue.  Read More »

All stories have a setting. The Wizard of Oz takes place in, well, Oz (and Kansas). The Matrix in the Matrix and Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest. A setting provides a context and a grounding for the details of a story – much like a good base on a cake provides the structure for frosting and other sweet frivolities. The setting also influences one’s actions – physical, mental, and spoken.  Read More »

The devices used to frame are just as enigmatic as the framing effects that result.  Read More »

I've been ruminating over this blog for quite some time, actually the last 62 odd days to be precise. It was about that time that the Deep Water Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded sending countless (because really no one knows or will give a straight answer) barrels of oil into pristine Gulf waters. I've been talking to people about what I wanted to write here, but did not actually do it. Hence, Barack Obama's dilemma.  Read More »