tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post2476987409544006699..comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00Comments on Beervana: Learning to Abandon Shame in the Age of TyposJeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-78787900792304348102011-03-03T10:32:21.476-08:002011-03-03T10:32:21.476-08:00As one who has spent a lot of time working in the ...As one who has spent a lot of time working in the digital journalism media - online only - the great thing about typos is they are fixable! If you notice them after the publish button is hit (or approved by the editor), you edit and fix it. If someone points it out to you via comment or email, you thank them and fix it. As far as digital media goes I have never understood this issue of not fixingJasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12321865399706410702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-91387252853809317452011-03-02T17:03:00.397-08:002011-03-02T17:03:00.397-08:00Jeff, when the I first started on The Beer Here, I...Jeff, when the I first started on The Beer Here, I did indeed have lotsa editorial oversight of the nervous kind...these days, there are barely enough bodies to properly copyedit the print stuff, so I'm free to hit the post button with nobody looking over my shoulder. So perhaps the output that you attribute to layers of editors is better laid at laziness's feet, but I wanted you to know John Foystonhttp://blog.oregonlive.com/thebeerhere/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-5070254174994885952011-03-02T09:54:18.114-08:002011-03-02T09:54:18.114-08:00Dann, no--that's perfect. Thanks!
(I will ac...Dann, no--that's perfect. Thanks!<br /><br />(I will accept free beer anytime, however.)Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-13162495328584987782011-03-02T08:40:07.409-08:002011-03-02T08:40:07.409-08:00@Jeff I asked primarily as there seems to be a ...@Jeff I asked primarily as there seems to be a 'download now' option already under Lulu for a downloadable pdf for $5. In fact, as of 0830 this morning, I can say with certainty that your book looks fantastic on my iPad as a pdf. :-)<br /><br />So, to followup with my other query, if this in any way shortchanges you, I'll buy you a beer anytime at Rogue or Bier One in Newport if you Dann Cutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788286445033083370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-21446321705922877772011-03-01T08:35:24.789-08:002011-03-01T08:35:24.789-08:00I'm not an expert in theater and I don't w...I'm not an expert in theater and I don't want to speak for Jeff, but from what he's saying, I think the nature of film allowed for certain extensions and innovations that have since been fed back into theater. So while I'm sure some theatrical productions arranged disparate scenes together, I don't think they did so to an extent that film did. Film's breakthroughs in &Markhttp://beer.kaedrin.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-50365767982381558012011-02-28T22:27:44.389-08:002011-02-28T22:27:44.389-08:00Nick, aye. When I first started, the main lesson ...Nick, aye. When I first started, the main lesson impressed upon me was: "make sure you spell their names right." Even that wasn't iron-clad.<br /><br />Shawn,<br />Of course theater contains visual cues. But theater is a medium of words, not images. There are ways of telling stories visually that aren't possible on the stage. (And, while it's possible to film stage Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-83300174664421029662011-02-28T20:14:08.568-08:002011-02-28T20:14:08.568-08:00I had two rules in the world of print journalism -...I had two rules in the world of print journalism -<br /><br />1. Never touch a newspaper after it goes to press. Nothing good can ever come of it. You'll find mistakes that you "should have" caught. But there's nothing you can do now. So don't pick the damn thing up.<br /><br />2. Embrace corrections. Fact is, nobody's perfect, and the more you try, the more you'll Nick Christensennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-65629997549873692672011-02-28T17:34:30.018-08:002011-02-28T17:34:30.018-08:00Jeff, so you're saying playwrights have never ...Jeff, so you're saying playwrights have never put disparate scenes together? Not in theater, nor opera, nor Noh, nor anything? I believe that you're wrong in this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00097878173622170668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-66855728289871484972011-02-28T16:39:00.423-08:002011-02-28T16:39:00.423-08:00Shawn, I was getting at the way visuals tell stori...Shawn, I was getting at the way visuals tell stories. Movies introduced the concept of putting two scenes together that had no apparent connection, but which, when viewed on screen, had the appearance of continuity. An example is a scene in which two characters are embracing on the balcony of a hotel room at night, and the next scene is the same couple in bed in daylight. We get what happened,Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-79799682148196950042011-02-28T16:12:11.546-08:002011-02-28T16:12:11.546-08:00Barm makes a very good pint.
Frankly, I'm ok...Barm makes a very good pint. <br /><br />Frankly, I'm ok if someone makes the odd accidental typo (god knows I make a lot, myself) but I'm not really going to spend time reading something that even the writer doesn't want to spend time on.Flagon of Alehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03961940368880824313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-26894221423476086462011-02-28T15:48:15.562-08:002011-02-28T15:48:15.562-08:00"Movies introduced the concept of visual stor..."Movies introduced the concept of visual storytelling." Theater was static? I guess I don't understand how you come to this conclusion. Theater has been around for thousands of years and it has been far from static for a long time. What TV and movies allow is easy distribution. What's the difference between Hamlet performed on stage and a movie of Hamlet in a movie theater?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00097878173622170668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-48850733233944033982011-02-28T15:03:36.220-08:002011-02-28T15:03:36.220-08:00Dann, I'll see if I can get a digital copy tog...Dann, I'll see if I can get a digital copy together.<br /><br />Barm, magnificent.Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-5436465020363726282011-02-28T14:12:19.347-08:002011-02-28T14:12:19.347-08:00There is a very good reason to eliminate typos — t...There is a very good reason to eliminate typos — they distract the reader from the point the writer is trying to mae.Rob Sterowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-81526900401373488462011-02-28T12:50:21.384-08:002011-02-28T12:50:21.384-08:00Is there a financial reason for you to prefer we b...Is there a financial reason for you to prefer we buy this in physical form as opposed to electronically? Better margin? <br /><br />Not that having a physical text is a bad thing; but as one just completing an undergrad degree during a time of 'professorus elephantitus readinglisti' and having suffered an addiction to Powells for far too many years, I am now facing the distinct edict fromDann Cutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788286445033083370noreply@blogger.com