This comic is inspired by the deer population roaming the University of Victoria campus during the SHARP 2017 conference.
Monthly Archives: June 2017
Happy Birthday, SHARP!
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I’m currently attending the SHARP conference. The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing is turning 25, so I thought I should pay them a tribute.
Watch for. . .
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This Old Pond comic is inspired by a SHARP 2017 talk by Lisa Gitelman, New York University: “Emoji Dick, Prequels and Sequels”.
Did you know Amazon produced a translation of Moby Dick using emoji? The book is called Emoji Dick. It could have been a fun project. Unfortunately the book is gibberish, as most translations were produced randomly. Here are some pictures:

Emoji Dick

Lisa Gilteman presents Emoji Dick at SHARP 2017 conference.
YouTube Star
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This Old Pond comic was inspired by a talk at SHARP 2017 by Silke Jandl, University of Graz: “Which YouTuber Book Are You?”: Social Media, Materiality, and YouTubers’ Bestsellers.”
Digital Preservation
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This Old Pond comic was inspired by a presentation by Corey Davis (University of Victoria) “A Website on the Shelf: Libraries and the Challenges of Digital Preservation” at SHARP 2017 conference.
Haiku Festival Board Game
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This Old Pond Comic is inspired by a presentation “Serious Fun: Gaming the Book Festival” at SHARP 2017 by Beth Driscoll (University of Melbourne) and Claire Squires (University of Stirling) about the creation of a Book Festival board game.

Book Festival-opoly board game by Beth Driscoll and Claire Squires