Blog about hypertext in print?

September 19, 2005 2:53 PM

What's the name of the blog (short for "Web log," a kind of online journal or diary) that covers hypertext-like design features in print media like newspapers?

It has an almost-self-explanatory name that eludes me, and is seldom updated, as there are few examples of such things in the wild.

I Googled.

posted by joeclark to Computers & Internet (12 answers total)

the daily report (or, by association and use, a list apart)?
posted by mrg at 3:05 PM on September 19, 2005

Best answer: There's hypulp, a blog that "documents the influence of the internet on print design." They did a three part series on hyperlinks in print (part 1, 2, 3) . The last part cites the blog over at the Institute for the Future of the Book).

(Subscribed to the BRML a couple years back, by the way.)
posted by rafter at 3:09 PM on September 19, 2005

Response by poster: Hypulp. We have a winner.

Thanks, rafter!
posted by joeclark at 3:14 PM on September 19, 2005

Since the question's already been answered I guess it's okay to note now that it's a little bizzare to define the term blog here, considering that MeFi is one.
posted by stopgap at 3:19 PM on September 19, 2005

I second that, very odd.
posted by Cosine at 3:36 PM on September 19, 2005

Since Mr. Clark has been a metafilter member for about 6 years now (and is user #250!), I assume he is being tongue-in-cheek with his definition of blog.
posted by mbrubeck at 4:10 PM on September 19, 2005

I think he might actually be the Rt. Hon. Joe Clark. Which would be awesome.
posted by loquax at 5:18 PM on September 19, 2005

Still, you gotta bow, he's #250. I took it as a little bit jokey.
posted by RustyBrooks at 5:39 PM on September 19, 2005

Man, people are so finely attuned to the vagaries of humor here it's almost annoying.

(^ HUMOR)
posted by abcde at 6:00 PM on September 19, 2005

Wow. Building Accessible Websites, by Joe Goatse Clark.

(Sorry, Joe - in my defence, I was going to mention hypulp too, but got here too late)
posted by nylon at 6:20 PM on September 19, 2005

They used to call him 'Crazy Joe.' Well, now they can call him 'Batman'!
posted by box at 9:21 PM on September 19, 2005

I was told that blog stood for:

Banal
Logorrhea-ic
Organicallized
Gushing
posted by mecran01 at 11:01 PM on September 19, 2005