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I can hear Truffaut laughing in his grave….

Close Encounters of the Redneck Kind from Marc Bullard on Vimeo. Thanks to Neatorama for the link!

Point. Shoot. Capture text. Listen or read enlarged text on screen. Intel Reader assistive technology is amazing.  Watch the unit in action in this video and learn more:
There has never been a mobile device quite like the Intel® Reader. Such convenient access to the printed word can be life changing for people with vision or [...]

In time-elapse chalk drawing, artist Jamin creates an amazing mural honoring Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are for a Washington advertising agency:

Thanks to Neatorama for the link!

Publisher and Director of Hachette Audiobooks, Anthony Goff has had his finger on the play button of many titles nominated for recognition at the Audies Award ceremony. But Goff doesn’t keep his enthusiasm for the audiobook publishing field contained at the office. He’s the immediate past President of the Audio Publishers Association, and currently serves [...]

BBC Audiobooks America’s Twitter collaboration with Neil Gaiman generated plenty of audiobook buzz recently – if you haven’t heard about the project, here’s an intro from the BBCA blog (read the rest on the blog) :
Our crowd-sourced saga has concluded! The Twitterverse (with the assistance of New York Times Bestselling Author Neil Gaiman) has created [...]