tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209906343472548668.post7884255241164685971..comments2023-09-28T23:09:05.529-07:00Comments on e0: Spineless, Part TwoDave Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228107878504413913noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209906343472548668.post-11048135014093150802013-03-08T13:07:29.104-08:002013-03-08T13:07:29.104-08:00My email is my twitter name, followed by the name ...My email is my twitter name, followed by the name of Google's email service :)Dave Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11228107878504413913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209906343472548668.post-18860272927029608882013-03-08T13:04:10.387-08:002013-03-08T13:04:10.387-08:00ok, coded it. and already done with today's a...ok, coded it. and already done with today's addition, too,<br />which only took minutes, but what a boost in capability!<br /><br />my new feature, in this offline viewer-app, provides a link<br />for each displayed paragraph, which opens in your browser<br />the online version of the book at the very same paragraph.<br /><br />so you can be instantly transported from the offline version<br />of the book to the very same spot in the online version of it.<br /><br />this provides some synergy between the offline and online<br />versions, helping to jumpstart stuff like online annotations<br />and conversations that focus on specific parts of the book.<br /><br />such synergy might be on .epub's drawing-boards, or not,<br />but i already have it, and it just "fell out of" my approach...<br /><br />anyway, dave, send me your e-mail if you're interested in<br />taking a look at this. if not, just consider this an f.y.i. :+)<br /><br />-bowerbird<br />bowerbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962115094107919533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209906343472548668.post-76342875007330440652013-03-07T10:07:56.960-08:002013-03-07T10:07:56.960-08:00Cool. I don't have an FTP that's not tied ...Cool. I don't have an FTP that's not tied to my employer :)Dave Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11228107878504413913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209906343472548668.post-33021115494659627792013-03-07T09:51:40.562-08:002013-03-07T09:51:40.562-08:00dave-
today's task is to program some downloa...dave-<br /><br />today's task is to program some download routines.<br /><br />that way, i'll be able to send you the bare app itself,<br />and it will grab all the content from the web. better.<br /><br />-bowerbird<br />bowerbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962115094107919533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209906343472548668.post-48582323966153008342013-03-06T18:29:13.157-08:002013-03-06T18:29:13.157-08:00hey dave-
i finally got around to testing some of...hey dave-<br /><br />i finally got around to testing some of your concerns<br />in my lab, so i thought i report back with my findings.<br /><br />i've created a mac e-book app with a _lot_ of content<br />-- including a 12m text file, a 7m video, a .5m mp3,<br />and over 3000 images, summing to well over 100m.<br /><br />further, as you probably know, a mac program is just<br />a _folder_, which means you can open it in the finder,<br />and burrow down to that content and replace it at will,<br />meaning you can not just verify the content i described,<br />but also substitute in your own, to make sure it's "real".<br />(you'll need to use the same filenames that i used, but<br />other than that, everything will continue to work nicely.)<br /><br />as for "working", i just stuffed the text into a text-field,<br />so you can actually edit it live. and the video and mp3<br />do play normally, as you would expect. the cursor-keys<br />will thumb you through the paragraphs of the text-file<br />(it's moby dick), one by one, with each one summoning<br />one of the 3000+ graphic-files (the one which was used<br />as the "content" that created the image, as can be seen).<br /><br />anyway, this app is 136m, but if you want me to send it<br />over some way so you can take a look, you let me know.<br /><br />what you will see, if you do look at it, is that it remains<br />very snappy, even with the audio and the video playing,<br />and can slide through the paragraphs much faster than<br />you could read them, or even get a good view of them...<br /><br />ergo, i've got an excellent handle on "container" issues.<br /><br />-bowerbird<br />bowerbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962115094107919533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209906343472548668.post-26020946683967443532013-03-01T15:29:36.007-08:002013-03-01T15:29:36.007-08:00that "conversation" has nothing to do wi...that "conversation" has nothing to do with "simple".<br /><br />indeed, it is so far removed, i won't even go there...<br />(the acronyms alone are enough to choke a horse!)<br /><br />but as soon as y'all get your version worked out,<br />_my_ "simple" will be waiting to steal your lunch.<br /><br />-bowerbird<br />bowerbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962115094107919533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209906343472548668.post-15413587720758849262013-03-01T14:00:52.066-08:002013-03-01T14:00:52.066-08:00The conversation is quite lively elsewhere, as was...The conversation is quite lively elsewhere, as was mentioned in the previous post.Dave Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11228107878504413913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209906343472548668.post-61827208094929076702013-03-01T13:47:44.423-08:002013-03-01T13:47:44.423-08:00the silence is pretty loud in here...
-bowerbird
...the silence is pretty loud in here...<br /><br />-bowerbird<br />bowerbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962115094107919533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7209906343472548668.post-29807179038194685832013-02-28T13:59:39.101-08:002013-02-28T13:59:39.101-08:00you've lost the "simple" plot, dave....you've lost the "simple" plot, dave.<br /><br />here's my file-format for moby-dick:<br />> http://zenmagiclove.com/zml/mobyd/mobyd.zml<br /><br />if you're thinking that looks like<br />a simple text-file, you're right...<br /><br />well, at least, you're mostly right.<br />it's actually a structured text-file,<br />because there is some zen markup<br />hiding in plain sight in the whitespace.<br /><br />but that's what it means to be "simple".<br /><br />we make the file-format simple, so that<br />the humans can produce e-books easily,<br />and we put the smarts in the viewer-app,<br />because that's where they're most efficient.<br /><br />and yeah, we still have to deal with those<br />browsers, which are programmed to be<br />stupid rule-following robots who need to<br />be fed .html, so here's the .html file we'll<br />"back-convert" for your dumb browsers:<br /><br />> http://zenmagiclove.com/zml/mobyd/mobyd.html<br /><br />and my .html might not strike your fancy,<br />but it's easy enough to recode it so it will,<br />if you just describe your preferred markup.<br /><br />and yes, we can (and do) make an .epub,<br />and a .mobi, and a .pdf, and offline apps,<br />and online apps, heck, even a _slideshow_.<br />all of 'em high-quality, from the .zml file.<br /><br />and nobody ever has to deal with an .ncx,<br />or an .opf, or any other stupid acronyms.<br /><br />because we want e-books to be simple.<br /><br />and ordinary people don't think that your<br />acronyms are simple... they really don't...<br /><br />-bowerbird<br />bowerbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962115094107919533noreply@blogger.com