Digi-lexic?

I recently discovered that dyslexic readers find it easier to distinguish words if they are printed on yellow paper. I was wondering – is it easier or harder for dyslexic readers to read on-screen?  Is there a difference across type of screen – a desktop monitor as opposed to a hand held device?  Maybe there is no difference. If anyone has any comments I really would be interested. Continue reading Digi-lexic?

It’s a small Roof-world

Impatiently waiting for me to mix a drink, my mother picked up and idly flicked through my last theory assignment, which looked at some of the main ideas from Michael Foucault’s essay ‘What is an Author?” and the author online. I wasn’t really expecting much of a reaction but she emitted a little astonished “Oh!” of recognition.  I was quite taken aback until she explained that no, she didn’t have a clue who Foucault was or what he was going on about, but she did recognise Christopher Fowler who I mention in relation to the online presence of the author … Continue reading It’s a small Roof-world