17 Dec

Hot on the heels

Following up on yesterday’s post on the sci-fi tech of Caprica – chiefly the digital paper, I found this new digital magazine concept from Popular Science publisher, Bonnier. Straight to the video:

Mag+ from Bonnier on Vimeo.

Now, let’s critique it, shall we? Über sexy.  I’m not entirely sure that I believe the narrator’s notion that page turning is a false notion in a digital format, especially since he’s replaced page turns with horizontal swipes that feel an awful lot like page turns, no? I love the “heat up” concept and the radial menu, though I wonder how it might grow. Overall, I’m happy with Mag+.

And to recap, we’ve had:

Microsoft Courier from aswin indraprastha on Vimeo.

& (terrible techno not withstanding)

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Alright, we get it. Now where’s the Apple Slate to make it happen?!

In the process of so much collecting, I also stumbled across kottke.org, which bills itself “Liberal Arts 2.0.” As we desperately need to rethink this sphere I’m in now, I am intrigued. And will be back.