Post on 05-Dec-2014
description
3D Lives
Lisa Gee
vision/definition
3D Life
A digital biography where you get to know the subject as if you were
meeting them in real life.
William Hayley 1745-1820
Why William Hayley
Practical
out of copyright
limited interest in him ∴ limited data
already have (basic) database
Artistic/literary
great untold story
biographer/interest in new tech
William Hayley 1745 - 1820
crap poet
innovative biographer
wrote best-selling self-help book
amateur doctor /early adopter
lone parent/educator
man of sensibility
supportive/interfering friend
3D Life elements
information
commentary/opinions
non-linear narrative/journey
information
the subject
connected individuals
context
reader
varied media & sources
a few nuggets
nearly died 4x in childhood
turned down poet laureateship for political reasons
wife wouldn’t shag him
home-educated son & nursed him through fatal illness
persuaded Blake to move to Felpham
commentary/opinion
author
subject
readers
others
without Hayley
William Blake’s Milton (& everything else inspired by his time in Sussex)
Henry Cary’s translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy
Emma Hamilton’s marriage
journey/navigation
It’s complicated…
reader’s interests, work, calendar etc
subject’s interests
author’s interests
timelines
other people
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