Nagori: Writing with Barthes

Elements of Semiology by Roland Barthes

In his Course in General Linguistics, first published in 1916, Saussure postulated the existence of a general science of signs, or Semiology, of which linguistics would form only one part. Semiology therefore aims to take in any system of signs, whatever their substance and limits; images, gestures, musical sounds, objects, and the complex associations of all these, which form the content of ri...

Writing DNA with GenoCAD™

Chemical synthesis of custom DNA made to order calls for software streamlining the design of synthetic DNA sequences. GenoCAD (www.genocad.org) is a free web-based application to design protein expression vectors, artificial gene networks and other genetic constructs composed of multiple functional blocks called genetic parts. By capturing design strategies in grammatical models of DNA sequence...

Poisoning with writing ink.

Writing with a purpose.

S cience has revolutionised everything in the past couple of centuries or even ¿ fty years, including our thought and knowledge. Even today it is spreading its wings every moment, expanding the frontiers of knowledge. Medical Science is not aloof from this revolution. The art and science of medicine has grown all along in many aspects. One of such commendable developments is the medical journal...

Collaborating with writing tools

This paper presents an analysis of the modifications that a synchronous computer support for collaborative writing introduces into the organization of the co-authors’ writing. The analysis is grounded in case studies of different groups of co-authors writing a report together face-toface and at a distance through a collaborative writing computer system. Drawing from these studies I suggest that...