As the world kept him thinking in turns so would the blank, empty, undiluted space in the upper right corner of his unimaginative American blog. It left itself for last - as if it knew it was much too smart for him - as if the search bar that had once been there was an overture to another space in time - as if that corner meant more than it really did.
Print media as offline lust object… redux
The following clip from Mental Floss features Wired Editor Chris Anderson giving his take on where magazines and print might head in a tablet driven digital world. Be sure to click through to the post and listen to the quick audio clip - in it he mirrors something I wrote two years ago: http://mturro.com/2008/01/22/print-media-as-offline-lust-object/
If you’re interested in the future of magazines, newspapers and books, you’re not going to want to miss a word of this 2 ½ minute answer to my question: What does the future of Wired look like: Print or online? His answer is not the usual cable-news talking head rat-a-tat, that’s for sure. After you listen to his answer, tell us what you think, _flossers! Are books and magazines here for good? Sound off in the comments below. Who’s already getting their magazine and newspaper subscriptions digitally? Who can’t wait to?
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This post is syndicated from my Amplify clip blog. Feel free to comment here or check the discussion at the originating page: http://mturro.amplify.com/2010/02/03/print-media-as-offline-lust-object-redux/.
Listening To
- Phil Lesh & Friends – Viola Lee Blues (v1) > Jam >
- Joseph Arthur & the Lonely Astronauts – Lonely Astronaut
- Frank Sinatra – Put Your Dreams Away
- Grateful Dead – Easy Wind
- moe. – Kidstoys
- Deer Tick – Not So Dense
- Oasis – Go Let It Out
- R.E.M. – Maps And Legends [Live At The Olympia]
- Umphrey's McGee – Believe The Lie
- Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey – Perfect Wife's Flannel PJ's
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