Errata
May 21st, 2007 by David Weinberger
Errors, weaknesses, infelicitous phrases
Page 9: Nick Carr takes issue with the paragraph that begins “For decades we’ve been buying albums. We thought it was for artistic reasons, but it was really because the economics of the physical world required it…” In fact, Carr convincingly shows that long playing records came about to meet the artistic requirements of classical music. Good point, and Carr presents the history interestingly. Nevertheless, when Sgt Pepper’s was released, it was hailed as one of the very first “concept” albums, i.e., a pop album that was more than a collection of singles. (I remember Van Dyke Parks’ Song Cycle as a less popular progenitor). The economics of popular music albums are as stated and I stand by the point the passage makes. [Aug. 1, 2007: Clay Shirky posted a rousing critique of Nick's point.]
Page 120: Jim (see comments) points out that I got the LibraryLookup url wrong. A better one is http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/stories/2002/12/11/librarylookup.html
Page 125: I quote Ted Nelson on “intertwingularity.” Scott Rosenberg, in conversation, has pointed out that that quotation is difficult to track down. He’s right. It is. I can’t find an original source for it. (Later: Shortly thereafter, Scott tracked it down. I’d quoted a popular slight misquotation.)
Page 127: Jim (see comments) points out that I got the ThingLink url wrong. The right one is ThingLink.org
Page 131: From Karen (see comment #13 below): “…you should know that Library Journal is not affiliated with the American Library Association. ALA publishes American Libraries. Library Journal is an independent trade magazine. For more information, see http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/aboutal/aboutamerican.cfm and http://www.libraryjournal.com/info/CA6424872.html” Thanks, Karen.
Pages 196-7: I slip from talking about the tag “italian” to referring to the tag as “italy.” (This was noted by Joanna Briggs, who turns out to have taken the glamor shot of toothpaste the book mentions.)
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