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== Description of task ==
== Description of task ==
In November 2018, I experimented with a timed writing task using Etherpad, a collaborative realtime browser-based text editor. Etherpad automatically assigns authorship colours to users. I kept writing and opening up new private tabs in my browser to give each iteration new authorship colors. These are lost when exported, so I recreated the text and authorship colours to make the following visualisation:
In November 2018, I experimented with a timed writing task using Etherpad, a collaborative realtime browser-based text editor. Etherpad automatically assigns authorship colours to users, and I wanted to explore how a text that I was writing, reading and editing over a specific time period could be visualised.
 
[[File:18 11 21 Pad difs 01.jpg|400|frameless|The entire text, with authorship colours]]


== Method ==
== Method ==
The method was to begin writing a text about what I was doing (writing and editing at the same time). I began by establishing writing periods of 3 minutes, and a rest period of 2 minutes. After 6 iterations, this shifted to 5 minutes for both respectively.<br>
The method was to begin writing a text about what I was doing (writing, reading and editing). I began by establishing writing periods of 3 minutes, and a rest period of 2 minutes. After 6 iterations, this shifted to 5 minutes for both respectively. I kept writing and opening up new private tabs in my browser to give each iteration new authorship colours. These are lost when exported, so I recreated the text and authorship colours to make visualisations.<br>


[[File:18 11 21 Pad difs 01.jpg|400|frameless|The entire text, recreated with authorship colours]]
[[File:18 11 21 Pad difs 01.jpg|400|frameless|The entire text, recreated with authorship colours]]
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The authorship colours with text removed:
The authorship colours with text removed:


[[File:18 11 21 Pad difs colours_all.jpg|400px|frameless]]
[[File:18 11 21 Pad difs colours_all.jpg|400px|frameless|Authorship colours with text removed]]
 
The experiment showed me that editing is a way of writing, kind of like making growing a tree while making furniture from it. Whatever is written is there to be pruned and shaped into pieces that are joined together to form a supportive text structure. The software of Etherpad makes this visible with its authorship colours, all the more so when it is used as it has been designed; collaboratively.

Revision as of 13:07, 5 June 2020

Description of task

In November 2018, I experimented with a timed writing task using Etherpad, a collaborative realtime browser-based text editor. Etherpad automatically assigns authorship colours to users, and I wanted to explore how a text that I was writing, reading and editing over a specific time period could be visualised.

Method

The method was to begin writing a text about what I was doing (writing, reading and editing). I began by establishing writing periods of 3 minutes, and a rest period of 2 minutes. After 6 iterations, this shifted to 5 minutes for both respectively. I kept writing and opening up new private tabs in my browser to give each iteration new authorship colours. These are lost when exported, so I recreated the text and authorship colours to make visualisations.

The entire text, recreated with authorship colours

Isolated outcomes

Each iteration is isolated in the following visualisations:

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The authorship colours with text removed:

Authorship colours with text removed

The experiment showed me that editing is a way of writing, kind of like making growing a tree while making furniture from it. Whatever is written is there to be pruned and shaped into pieces that are joined together to form a supportive text structure. The software of Etherpad makes this visible with its authorship colours, all the more so when it is used as it has been designed; collaboratively.