MARK SPURLOCK
The most satisfying thing about helping create "collections +
[RE]collections" is that--while the site uses all the tricks and
gadgetry of computers, the Web, and multimedia--it gives them a
human face. The high-tech medium in no way overshadows the real
story here: one man's singular experience of a global event.
The Web, however, accesses a potentially wider audience than a
conventionally published book. And unlike the printed page,
"collections + [RE]collections" is dynamic and interactive,
allowing its audience to share their own experiences with one
another. So clearly the technology has its advantages. Yet I
think it's evident that the approach with this project was not
"here's what the technology will let us do, so let's do it that
way." Rather, and more appropriately, it was "this is the story
we need to tell; how do we make the technology let us tell it."
To the extent that we succeeded in telling William Yenofsky's
story--and the story of so many men of his generation--I am most
proud.
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