Get your name in Mindfire 1.1: just take a picture!
Among other writing projects, I’ve been working on a revised and cleaned up version of Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds. The original printing had a long list of minor issues I’ve wanted to fix.
Here’s a partial list of what’s improved in 1.1:
- Print version will have a more comfortable footprint: 8×6, instead of 9×6
- Font size will be adjust downward slightly for easier reading
- Nearly 75 minor typos, weird spacing issues, errant hash marks and other typographic oddities were corrected
- Perhaps most importantly, a 1.1 edition gives me a chance to get more of you in the book
To get your name in the book, do the following:
- Stand on one foot
- Say “A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men” three times fast.
- (This is the important one) Go take a picture of your copy of the original edition of Mindfire. Make it somewhere interesting, creative, or unusual. And don’t be shy: if you wish, you can be in the photo too.
- (Update) the photo has to show the book cover somewhere, somehow.
- If you have the digital edition, that’s fine. Photos of digital editions shown on devices count.
- Post your image as a comment to this post
The people who take the 10 best photos will get their name in the acknowledgements, and a copy of the 1.1 digital edition. Have fun!
http://t.co/PlvAoAmV kitteh haz mindfire.
Mindfire! – Standing on the shoulders of giants: http://bit.ly/Rtqa6D
How architectural – nice. You’re showing off your understanding of structural dynamics by putting the hardcovers at the bottom.
Some design decisions are set by nature, other arbitrarily by man.
http://pic.twitter.com/7NRNZej4
It actually stood there for a while. :))
Wrong link. Sorry.
You must have not been playing loud enough to shake it off :)
Digital Mindfire. http://twitter.com/georgewenzel/status/242739855069691905/photo/1/large
One of my favorites so far.
Definatly the best photo! This book looks great might have to pick myself a copy up :)
http://bit.ly/Q0EE1w
Think the 1.1 edition will be easier..?
Ha. I’ll consider providing better instructions for how to read the book in the updated edition :)
http://i.imgur.com/wr6C9.jpg
Mindfire, hanging out in LA.
“Mindfire” w/ a shade of India.
Previous comment did not display the picture. So, here’s another try with the link in the comment. http://twitpic.com/atcszy
From Rodney Dunican, on a plane:
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. – Albert Einstein http://goo.gl/CVWMq
By piercing wit:
I know I’m late, but now the pic’ is done. :p
[with the chameleon nano:ztag]
PS : it’s hard to take a picture on one foot, Scott.
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Not sure you got the picture : http://imageshack.us/f/546/mindfirenanoztag.jpg/
Took me a day & a half to take this picture… on one foot… :)