Hey Guys, This is a really cool article from NYT. Phillip M. Parker uses a team of computers to compile public information from the net. He then frames all the pertinent stuff into books for consumers. This seems to be one of the more important changes to the way that we link to together information and is certainly a function of the “wealth of networks.”
“Comparing himself to a distant disciple of Henry Ford, he said he was ‘deconstructing the process of getting books into people’s hands; every single step we could think of, we automated’.”
I love this . . . not only is he taking advantage of the web in a way that is fundamentally in line with what the web is, but he’s also re-redefining “book.” We made the jump to online or e-books, and now Mr. Parker is taking online information and putting it into print.
My press-friends would be so very perplexed by this.