Comments on: The view from right here http://snarkmarket.com/2009/4315 The stomping grounds of Tim Carmody, Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson. It's a long-running conversation about media, journalism, technology, cities, culture, design, books, music, movies, the future and the past. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:20:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Robin Sloan http://snarkmarket.com/2009/4315/comment-page-1#comment-7434 Robin Sloan Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:35:45 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=4315#comment-7434 Ooh yeah! Classic. Ooh yeah! Classic.

]]> By: Brett Boessen http://snarkmarket.com/2009/4315/comment-page-1#comment-7431 Brett Boessen Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:20:13 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=4315#comment-7431 I don't think you're being too picky -- the issue you're raising is about point of view and actually having one, regardless of how that's defined in a media object (and here I'm thinking not literal pov as much as conceptual). Often it's culturally implied so strongly that we "know" whose perspective the thing is presented from without having to think about it. But it's still vital in the sense that it's one thing that helps us differentiate better and worse instances of art and/or communication. I'd argue that "Newyorkistan" is presented to us from the pov of "The New Yorker," whatever that means to their readers, which I'd assume the editorial staff has a general conception of (regardless of whether that conception is accurate). I still like this one -- http://xkcd.com/256/ -- and given the general perspective of xkcd's other strips, for me it offers a fairly strong pov of some "one" who likes to opine about computer-related matters, is sometimes a little grandiose and full of her/himself, but is also often insightful precisely because of those broad strokes. I don’t think you’re being too picky — the issue you’re raising is about point of view and actually having one, regardless of how that’s defined in a media object (and here I’m thinking not literal pov as much as conceptual). Often it’s culturally implied so strongly that we “know” whose perspective the thing is presented from without having to think about it.

But it’s still vital in the sense that it’s one thing that helps us differentiate better and worse instances of art and/or communication. I’d argue that “Newyorkistan” is presented to us from the pov of “The New Yorker,” whatever that means to their readers, which I’d assume the editorial staff has a general conception of (regardless of whether that conception is accurate).

I still like this one — http://xkcd.com/256/ — and given the general perspective of xkcd’s other strips, for me it offers a fairly strong pov of some “one” who likes to opine about computer-related matters, is sometimes a little grandiose and full of her/himself, but is also often insightful precisely because of those broad strokes.

]]> By: Robin Sloan http://snarkmarket.com/2009/4315/comment-page-1#comment-7430 Robin Sloan Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:50:30 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=4315#comment-7430 (Sorry if the sarcasm didn't come across—I meant the opposite. The America interior is, in fact, NOT a maize rectangle.) (Sorry if the sarcasm didn’t come across—I meant the opposite. The America interior is, in fact, NOT a maize rectangle.)

]]> By: vanderleun http://snarkmarket.com/2009/4315/comment-page-1#comment-7429 vanderleun Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:41:49 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=4315#comment-7429 "The Amer i can inte rior as maize rec tan gle. Doh. Perfect." Not really because..... oh why bother? “The Amer i can inte rior as maize rec tan gle. Doh. Perfect.”

Not really because.…. oh why bother?

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