Comments on: MASSIVE PEOPLE(7): Derek White http://htmlgiant.com/massive-people/massive-people7-derek-white/ the internet literature magazine blog of the future Thu, 24 May 2012 14:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Derek http://htmlgiant.com/massive-people/massive-people7-derek-white/comment-page-1/#comment-4965 Derek Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:58:59 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=2174#comment-4965 thanks all, thanks Ryan for the interview. And thanks John for pointed out the possum's slo po manifresto. I guess I'm thinking more on a nitty gritty level, not in such a high-brow poetic sense. I wrote down some thoughts last year on the subject: http://5cense.com/Economy_of_Words_2007.htm Though I probably bash on SPD some. It's good to see someone from SPD engaged with the writing community, as I see distribution as a critical component to all this. When I was living in NYC, I was probably a little more idealistic about things, thinking all you needed was a laptop and a bicycle to shuttle around to bookstores, but living abroad makes you realize that (just like in the food industry), not all writers come from urban centers and not all book-buyers come from urban centers, and SPD has made this a hell of a lot easier (now if we only figure out how SPD can pay me!?). Dale is talking more on a ideological level on how to disrupt thought or the status quo, etc. I'm simply thinking about books, books as art, books as objects, books as sustenance, just as a foodie thinks of food, not only from how it tastes, but what it went through to get to them. Going to the Slow Food meetings in Italy was inspiring to me on this level, to see farmers and foodies form all over the world connecting on such a level, it would be great to see a similar thing with bookmakers and booklovers, AND the distribution chain that connects them... thanks all, thanks Ryan for the interview. And thanks John for pointed out the possum’s slo po manifresto. I guess I’m thinking more on a nitty gritty level, not in such a high-brow poetic sense. I wrote down some thoughts last year on the subject:
http://5cense.com/Economy_of_Words_2007.htm

Though I probably bash on SPD some. It’s good to see someone from SPD engaged with the writing community, as I see distribution as a critical component to all this. When I was living in NYC, I was probably a little more idealistic about things, thinking all you needed was a laptop and a bicycle to shuttle around to bookstores, but living abroad makes you realize that (just like in the food industry), not all writers come from urban centers and not all book-buyers come from urban centers, and SPD has made this a hell of a lot easier (now if we only figure out how SPD can pay me!?). Dale is talking more on a ideological level on how to disrupt thought or the status quo, etc. I’m simply thinking about books, books as art, books as objects, books as sustenance, just as a foodie thinks of food, not only from how it tastes, but what it went through to get to them. Going to the Slow Food meetings in Italy was inspiring to me on this level, to see farmers and foodies form all over the world connecting on such a level, it would be great to see a similar thing with bookmakers and booklovers, AND the distribution chain that connects them…

]]> By: Derek http://htmlgiant.com/massive-people/massive-people7-derek-white/comment-page-1/#comment-98365 Derek Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:58:00 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=2174#comment-98365 thanks all, thanks Ryan for the interview. And thanks John for pointed out the possum's slo po manifresto. I guess I'm thinking more on a nitty gritty level, not in such a high-brow poetic sense. I wrote down some thoughts last year on the subject: http://5cense.com/Economy_of_Words_2007.htm Though I probably bash on SPD some. It's good to see someone from SPD engaged with the writing community, as I see distribution as a critical component to all this. When I was living in NYC, I was probably a little more idealistic about things, thinking all you needed was a laptop and a bicycle to shuttle around to bookstores, but living abroad makes you realize that (just like in the food industry), not all writers come from urban centers and not all book-buyers come from urban centers, and SPD has made this a hell of a lot easier (now if we only figure out how SPD can pay me!?). Dale is talking more on a ideological level on how to disrupt thought or the status quo, etc. I'm simply thinking about books, books as art, books as objects, books as sustenance, just as a foodie thinks of food, not only from how it tastes, but what it went through to get to them. Going to the Slow Food meetings in Italy was inspiring to me on this level, to see farmers and foodies form all over the world connecting on such a level, it would be great to see a similar thing with bookmakers and booklovers, AND the distribution chain that connects them... thanks all, thanks Ryan for the interview. And thanks John for pointed out the possum’s slo po manifresto. I guess I’m thinking more on a nitty gritty level, not in such a high-brow poetic sense. I wrote down some thoughts last year on the subject:
http://5cense.com/Economy_of_Words_2007.htm

Though I probably bash on SPD some. It’s good to see someone from SPD engaged with the writing community, as I see distribution as a critical component to all this. When I was living in NYC, I was probably a little more idealistic about things, thinking all you needed was a laptop and a bicycle to shuttle around to bookstores, but living abroad makes you realize that (just like in the food industry), not all writers come from urban centers and not all book-buyers come from urban centers, and SPD has made this a hell of a lot easier (now if we only figure out how SPD can pay me!?). Dale is talking more on a ideological level on how to disrupt thought or the status quo, etc. I’m simply thinking about books, books as art, books as objects, books as sustenance, just as a foodie thinks of food, not only from how it tastes, but what it went through to get to them. Going to the Slow Food meetings in Italy was inspiring to me on this level, to see farmers and foodies form all over the world connecting on such a level, it would be great to see a similar thing with bookmakers and booklovers, AND the distribution chain that connects them…

]]> By: m t fallon http://htmlgiant.com/massive-people/massive-people7-derek-white/comment-page-1/#comment-4939 m t fallon Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:30:55 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=2174#comment-4939 Derek is the Bill Blake of the 21st Century. Derek is the Bill Blake of the 21st Century.

]]> By: m t fallon http://htmlgiant.com/massive-people/massive-people7-derek-white/comment-page-1/#comment-98364 m t fallon Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:30:00 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=2174#comment-98364 Derek is the Bill Blake of the 21st Century. Derek is the Bill Blake of the 21st Century.

]]> By: John Sakkis http://htmlgiant.com/massive-people/massive-people7-derek-white/comment-page-1/#comment-4889 John Sakkis Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:01:28 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=2174#comment-4889 "One of these days I’m going to post a “manifesto” on these thinkings around “Slow Food” as applied to book publishing. Stay tuned for that." see Dale Smith's nascent Slow Poetry Movement... http://possumego.blogspot.com/2008/06/slow-poetry.html “One of these days I’m going to post a “manifesto” on these thinkings around “Slow Food” as applied to book publishing. Stay tuned for that.”

see Dale Smith’s nascent Slow Poetry Movement…

http://possumego.blogspot.com/2008/06/slow-poetry.html

]]> By: John Sakkis http://htmlgiant.com/massive-people/massive-people7-derek-white/comment-page-1/#comment-98363 John Sakkis Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:01:00 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=2174#comment-98363 "One of these days I’m going to post a “manifesto” on these thinkings around “Slow Food” as applied to book publishing. Stay tuned for that." see Dale Smith's nascent Slow Poetry Movement... http://possumego.blogspot.com/2008/06/slow-poetry.html “One of these days I’m going to post a “manifesto” on these thinkings around “Slow Food” as applied to book publishing. Stay tuned for that.”

see Dale Smith’s nascent Slow Poetry Movement…

http://possumego.blogspot.com/2008/06/slow-poetry.html

]]> By: KevinS http://htmlgiant.com/massive-people/massive-people7-derek-white/comment-page-1/#comment-4887 KevinS Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:51:55 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=2174#comment-4887 Derek is also a fine artist and designer! Derek is also a fine artist and designer!

]]> By: KevinS http://htmlgiant.com/massive-people/massive-people7-derek-white/comment-page-1/#comment-98362 KevinS Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:51:00 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=2174#comment-98362 Derek is also a fine artist and designer! Derek is also a fine artist and designer!

]]> By: ravi http://htmlgiant.com/massive-people/massive-people7-derek-white/comment-page-1/#comment-4877 ravi Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:00:32 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=2174#comment-4877 Good stuff. I'm loving these massive people posts. Good stuff. I’m loving these massive people posts.

]]> By: ravi http://htmlgiant.com/massive-people/massive-people7-derek-white/comment-page-1/#comment-98361 ravi Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:00:00 +0000 http://htmlgiant.com/?p=2174#comment-98361 Good stuff. I'm loving these massive people posts. Good stuff. I’m loving these massive people posts.

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