software for reading &writing networked books

WHAT IS

SOPHIE’SFOUNDATIO

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The book has remained relatively static as a form for hundreds of years.

The book has remained relatively static as a form for hundreds of years.

Books have always been “spaces” where readers and writers meet.

The book has remained relatively static as a form for hundreds of years.

Books have always been “spaces” where readers and writers meet.

New media concretizes this metaphor, creating overt spaces for interaction.

The book has remained relatively static as a form for hundreds of years.

Books have always been “spaces” where readers and writers meet.

New media concretizes this metaphor, creating overt spaces for interaction.

Sophie adds temporality and the z-axis as extended modes for authoring.

HISTORY

SOPHIE

HAS A PHILOSOPH

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I failed Physics for Poets. I am not a programmer.  My software aims to make the expressive and hypertextual powers of the computer available to ordinary mortals who have no programming skills but who have something important and perhaps unique to communicate.

– Bob Stein, 1999

TK3 is not a page-design tool, a replacement for Quark. It’s about freeing up the author's creativity..

– Bob Stein, 2001

While reading a books seems like a solitary activity on the surface, underneath it has always been a quietly social experience, a communication between the author and the reader across time and space. Sophie will make these metaphors concrete.

– Bob Stein and Dan Visel, 2007

Software should be free.Software should be open source.

HOW DO YOU MAKE A SOPHIE

PROJECT?

http://sophiecommons.org

Clear descriptions of all aspects of Sophie:

Sophie’s Interface

Halos & HUDs

Video tutorials: http://sophiecommons.blip.tv/

Make demo books!

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