Scrap Writing in the Digital Age

Posts Tagged ‘public signage

Local Scraps

Posted by: dkoupf on: October 27, 2009

Scraps related to Pittsburgh’s G20 protests are featured on Passive Aggressive Notes. I feel so proud.

Lost Pet

Posted by: dkoupf on: May 10, 2009

As the person who submitted this sign to Found observes, “this is far from your ordinary missing pet flier”:  there’s no photo and its design is unique. It looks less homemade than the typical missing pet flier — even somewhat professional, as if it was created with some kind of photo editing software, not just [...]

Submitting

Posted by: dkoupf on: April 19, 2009

A person submits a scrap to a scrap writing website through either email or regular mail. These options indicate that scrap writing in the digital age operates through networks both old and new. The US Postal Service sustains what is probably the most successful scrap writing website, Post Secret, because all submissions must be mailed [...]

My first look at these websites for this project produced pretty much nothing, just these pathetic notes: Apostrophe Abuse Slogan = “Links and visuals illustrating an orthographic pet peeve” Incorrectly placed or missing apostrophes spotted by viewers Blog format, with a title, a description provided by contributor, and a picture Mostly signs on stores, restaurants, [...]


My Scraps

Brown Paper Bag Rhetoric Part 3

Brown Paper Bag Rhetoric Part 2

Crazy Part 2

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