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Blog: Thoughts on Indexing
Colourful Language
This month I had the pleasure of reading The Secret Lives of Colour (2016) by Kassia St. Clair. It’s a fascinating read, and I learned so many interesting things about how human perception of colour both affects and is affected by culture, economics, and environment. It’s by no means exhaustive, but I appreciate that St.…
Lost in Translation
As an avid enthusiast of Japanese literature, I often think about how much work goes into translation. I’m not fluent enough in Japanese to read works in their original language, so I’m continuously thankful for the people and publishers who take a chance on providing a translation for something that might not succeed internationally. But…
Dirk Gently Would Make a Terrible Indexer
I believe indexing requires a certain tenacity, a determination to leave no stone unturned as it were, to discover all the connections between topics, themes, and ideas that exist within each tiny book-shaped universe and organize them accordingly. As I was thinking along these lines one day, it amused me to imagine Douglas Adams’s holistic…
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