How do we add new things to the Cyborg Library? We follow a method in three steps whose names and meanings are inspired by the poem “Segador esforzado”, by León Felipe.
In the first step, “siega” (reaping), we identify what kind of thing is the thing we want to include into the library. It can be a book, a picture, a drawing, a poem, a knit, a note. We count with tools that help us reap the grain of the different things, so we will have at least a plain text file in markdown, with a frontmatter for metadata. In this stage we only specify the title, the kind of thing, the author and who is writing.
---
class: note
title: Three steps
author: photonbit
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Reading anew the poem "Segador esforzado" by León Felipe, the analogy of making bread and including something into the virtual worlds appeared self-evident and accurate.
During the second step, “molino” (mill), we use other tools that help us identify the relation of this “thing” with other “things” that already inhabit the library. These relations can be by topic, author, time, spatiality. For example, in the first step we could have written a note indicating that the three steps of including a thing into the cyborg library was inspired by “Segador esforzado”, and during the mill step we explicitly create the relations with the poem and with the poet.
---
class: note
title: Three steps
author: photonbit
relatesTo: ["Segador esforzado", "León Felipe", "The cyborg library"]
---
Reading anew the poem "Segador esforzado" by León Felipe, the analogy of making bread and including something into the virtual worlds appeared self-evident and accurate.
Finally, the third step, the “artesa” (kneading trough), where we select and mix the ingredients to form the dough. This step is currently as simple as collecting all the text and image files coming from the previous steps into a shared directory. Then we can either run the “Museum of some things” pointing to this directory to visualize the virtual world, or share the files with others for further collaboration.