Comments on: ‘A supine round bracket’ http://snarkmarket.com/2009/4416 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, 10 Feb 2012 01:58:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Zach Seward http://snarkmarket.com/2009/4416/comment-page-1#comment-7580 Zach Seward Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:10:25 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=4416#comment-7580 "Did Nabokov type" reminds me of a <a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/20/thief-compliments-victim-in-hand-written-note/" rel="nofollow">thief's note</a> that made the rounds earlier this year. It's the only time I've seen an emoticon handwritten on its side as though typing. Could just be a Fargo, North Dakota, thing. “Did Nabokov type” reminds me of a thief’s note that made the rounds earlier this year. It’s the only time I’ve seen an emoticon handwritten on its side as though typing. Could just be a Fargo, North Dakota, thing.

]]> By: Tim Carmody http://snarkmarket.com/2009/4416/comment-page-1#comment-7572 Tim Carmody Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:07:09 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=4416#comment-7572 Results of some Googling: according to Steve Coates, "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/weekinreview/04nabokov.html" rel="nofollow">Nabokov never worked with a typewriter.</a>" But <a href="http://www.securenet.net/tbcl/TBCL_AHOME_Nabokov1.htm" rel="nofollow">some of his correspondence appears to be typed.</a> A couple of possibilities: 1) Nabokov had someone - his wife, probably, or a secretary - type letters for him. 2) N. could type, but never used a typewriter to compose his novels. What's the corresponding technical question for novelists today? "Did Colson Whitehead use Twitter?" (Yes.) "Did Nicholson Baker have a blog?" (No.) "What kind of phone did Zadie Smith have?" (I don't know - but now I kind of want to!) Results of some Googling: according to Steve Coates, “Nabokov never worked with a typewriter.” But some of his correspondence appears to be typed.

A couple of possibilities: 1) Nabokov had someone — his wife, probably, or a secretary — type letters for him. 2) N. could type, but never used a typewriter to compose his novels.

What’s the corresponding technical question for novelists today? “Did Colson Whitehead use Twitter?” (Yes.) “Did Nicholson Baker have a blog?” (No.) “What kind of phone did Zadie Smith have?” (I don’t know — but now I kind of want to!)

]]> By: Tim Carmody http://snarkmarket.com/2009/4416/comment-page-1#comment-7571 Tim Carmody Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:52:30 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=4416#comment-7571 I can't remember if Nabokov typed. He was famous for his use of handwritten index cards, which gets a kind of self-parody in <em>Pale Fire.</em> But his lament about the typographical limitations of the language/keyboard sounds like the lament of a typist. Hmm. I can’t remember if Nabokov typed. He was famous for his use of handwritten index cards, which gets a kind of self-parody in Pale Fire. But his lament about the typographical limitations of the language/keyboard sounds like the lament of a typist. Hmm.

]]> By: James Bent http://snarkmarket.com/2009/4416/comment-page-1#comment-7515 James Bent Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:39:22 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=4416#comment-7515 I love the simple :) It's so adorable. Which is just amazing considering it's just a colon and a right hand (round) bracket put together. I love the simple :)

It’s so adorable. Which is just amazing considering it’s just a colon and a right hand (round) bracket put together.

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