The Bleeding Edge has a cartographic (or printing) origin

[Allan Balliett]

I dunno, as a silicone valley cliche and a pun an informative play on
"leading edge," bleeding edge already says a lot relevant to this book

Doncha guys listen to Tim Ferris' podcast every chance you get?

bleed·ing edge
*noun*

   1. the very forefront of technological development.
   "an architecture that many people believe is still too bleeding edge for
   large mission-critical systems"




On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 7:33 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Another meaning, in book jacket making, is that the art, real and
> covering the whole jacket, spreads to the edges without framing.
> As if whatever is pictured keeps going on beyond the jacket.
> One cannot do a real bleeding edge jacket using an art picture or
> having a composed picture created. It has to seem infinite
> in extension. Sorta.
>
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Off the page, "outside-the-text" (though a swell all know, "il n'y a
> > pas de hors-texte" [J. Derrida]).
> >
> > This is why I look (most) everything up (cf. C. Hollander) ...
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Tyler Wilson <tbsqrd at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> So, [ just ] one way to interpret the title, "Bleeding Edge" is:
> >>
> >> "Off the Map" / "Off the Grid" as in a vector directing you there,
> originating on the map ( in the center? ).
> >>
> >> In addition to, of course, other relevant meanings of the phrase . . .
> >>
> >> --
> >> T
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Jun 10, 2015, at 10:39 AM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> fond perdu /fɔ̃ pɛʁ.dy/ masculin
> >>>
> >>> (Imprimerie) Marge d’une planche dans laquelle l’imprimeur peut
> >>> inscrire des informations qui ne seront plus sur le produit après sa
> >>> coupe.
> >>>
> >>> Le fond perdu représente l'espace situé à l'extérieur de la page, dans
> >>> lequel nous allons faire dépasser les couleurs et photos qui doivent
> >>> aller jusqu'au bord du papier dans la version finale.
> >>>
> >>> http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/fond_perdu
> >>>
> >>> Bleed - An element (colour, image, type) that extends to and off the
> >>> edge of a printed page.
> >>>
> >>> http://www.linguee.fr/francais-anglais/traduction/fond+perdu.html
> >>>
> >>> Fonds perdus
> >>> Thomas Pynchon
> >>>
> >>> http://www.seuil.com/livre-9782021140170.htm
> >>>
> >>>> On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 12:07 AM, Don Higgins <bencanard2000 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Bleed n. The edge of a map or chart on which cartographic detail is
> extended to the edge of the sheet. Also called BLEEDING EDGE. bleeding
> edge. . See BLEED.
> >>>>
> >>>> Hope it takes place in the 1860s and is long.
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