The Medium of Text

When I think about editing images, a vast array of options come to mind: contrast, saturation, sharpen, blur, airbrush, clone stamp, etc. Even basic image editors offer dozens of useful image manipulation tools.

When I think about editing text, a much narrower definition comes to mind: cut, copy, paste, find, replace, spell check — nothing that modi... See more

Reading is alluring. It has a nameless quality beyond satisfying desires for information and pleasure. Despite more colorful and interactive media, reading text somehow remains more refined, more seductive.

Books should be structured as expandable trees. One paragraph summary of each chapter, expandable into summaries of component points/stories, expandable into the full text. Can read the whole book in 5 minutes or 5 hours.