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Database as Love Letter

Paul Ford at The Morning News responds to this reader request,

Question: I need 100 ways to say “I love you” to my girlfriend. We made a bet last night that I couldn’t come up with 100 and I can’t lose! Help me pa-pa-pa-pa-please non-expert. —Rod

with a sprawling (and sort of flailing, in a funny way) collage of text, video, and still image. (Is that a database? Sure. A pretty simple one, but in terms of demonstrating writing as database rather than linear narrative, it's suggestive.)

[via Ftrain.com]

Posted by johndan on November 3, 2007 01:32 AM |

Comments

Yep--I wrote that list in imitation of search results. Which makes me the database, I guess.

Posted by: Paul Ford | November 4, 2007 02:22 AM

Aren't we all? Nice piece, btw.

Posted by: johndan | November 4, 2007 03:37 PM

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