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I'm struggling to see who the intended audience is for this book. Based on the preview, it appears to be 86 pages of illustrations in a cartoon style with a li

I'm struggling to see who the intended audience is for this book. Based on the preview, it appears to be 86 pages of illustrations in a cartoon style with a little bit of descriptive text in the form of 'fun facts.' It reminds me of the style of a children's pictorial encyclopedia. This seems way too simple for a serious video geek, archivist, or historian, but who else will be interested in learning about dozens of historic video formats?

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ablwr 4y ago
It's for funsies. Haven't you ever done something for funsies? Mostly I just wanted to make some nice open-license illustrations and the book is just kind of a bonus. I'm not trying to make a buck; everything you need is available on the website. I've been teaching archivists for a long time and everybody has to start somewhere. I think this is a good starting place, especially for folks that need to know how to figure out what something even is, or the potential content or historical context/era. Especially for folks that don't work with video often, they can get easily freaked out/overwhelmed. I think it's going to be either required or recommended reading for at least three archives courses this fall that I know about.