So: “How different can two electronically coded 1’s be?” is sort of like asking how different two 1’s written on a page can be. Just about any question you ask about bits can be illuminated by asking it about script, I find. Digital information really is nothing more or less than a form of writing. And since there’s usually a gap between the levels, and large numbers of electrons involved in determining a given voltage, there’s lots of room for physical difference at the electron level between two digitally equivalent bits. “We tend to think of bits as these sort of atomic, on-or-off monads, but they are usually represented as two different voltage levels-1 being thus-and-such a voltage, 0 being another. In Marcus Boon’s In Praise of Copying, the author recalls a conversation with new-media theorist Julian Dibbell, who says: There were a bunch of short 5-questions style interviews with authors up on the blog but Ace seems to have taken their old Tumblr down not sure where/if they got archived. There was also an annual Dear Reader, Live event where authors (or special guests) read their letters and other works in person. Letters existed in-print only and, only in the hotel rooms. On a surprise date the following month, the letters will be laid bedside in each room–hand-stamped and numbered.” … a cross between a Dear John letter and a limited edition object that 300 lucky guests will receive each month.” “During their stay, they’ll craft an open letter to an imagined audience of hotel guests. “Each month this year, a writer will spend a night at Ace Hotel exploring its edges and insides,” explains Kelly Sawdon, partner and chief brand officer of Ace Hotel. Kelly from Ace described it to Fast Company this way: We created Dear Reader, a program that would come to last for at least 4 years and host some truly great talents. I got introduced to Alexander Chee who, fresh off a residency with a train company, was having similar ideas. After starting Ace Hotel’s AIR program in 2014, I thought to do one specifically for authors.
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