Prints are dying, Digital is taking over.
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- gramme0
People have always—and will continue—to need outlets for unwinding. Reading on a computer is a tense experience, regardless of one's age. It isn't very relaxing. The iPad has semi-successfully bridged the gap between digital and print, but there's still room for the printed piece in a world gone slick. And even retina displays can't match the crisp legibility of a 175+ line screen on good paper.
I've said it here before and I'll say it again: print as a throw-away commodity will continue to wane, as it should. But print as a lower-quantity luxury will stay, I believe. The tactile object will seem particularly novel as people continue to spend more and more time in front of screens. See the proliferation of Blurb and other web-based publishing businesses.
And then I think there will always be value in printed stationery. Everyone who's serious about their work needs a nice snappy business card; and nothing in the world of correspondence is more memorable than a hand-written thank-you note, delivered of course on well-designed and well-printed stationery.
- ItalianStallion0
I personally do.
I still read paper books, listen to vinyls, play table games, eat real food and fuck real women.- this is speaking like a man!maikel
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- real women. now that's old fashioned.Peter
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- I'm old fashioned...ItalianStallion
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- maikel0
Firstly, no shit Sherlock.
Secondly, yes we fucking do.
Have you realised that people still PAINT? ...and use stuff like film cameras, vinyls records, and... QBN!
- Salamandojo0
You going to wipe your ass with that fucking screen?
- hans_glib0
books and newspapers require no power to use.
/end thread
- +1ali
- but they take more power to make than the pixels. /reopen thread.CyBrain
- more power to producedrgz
- except when you use them at night.its_only_me
- Peter0
I'd imagine when (forests run out or) portable technology becomes cheap enough to replace magazines, like the ones in say your doctors waiting room, you might see the beginning of such a switch.
- all the rare metals needed to build computer chips will run out before the forests (which are replaceable)hans_glib
- Recyclable and built to last a while, I think they'd sustain long enough until we find an alternative. Besides --->Peter
- when I said "technology cheaper than (paper)"...Peter
- I think you missed the beginning of the switch.ribit
- Peter0
books and newspapers require no power to use.
/end thread
Just like a car could never replace a horse and a wagon?
- shit logic mate. you don't feed a book. try doing the same with your horse and see how far it takes you...maikel
- Shit logic mate right back at you. Trees do require "food". Just like trees the energy source for horses are renewablePeter
- Which is unlike cars.
And like hans_glib pointed out: so is it unlike computers.Peter - But more importantly: why should it matter? The point (or logic as you put it) is cnvenience trumpng sustainbiltyPeter
- i agree that books will last. but my point is that computers, cars AND horses require resources AND fuel...maikel
- while books do not.
voila.maikel - But they do require fuel to produce them...ian
- While books don't, trees DO.
Believe me, water is fuel. But if it's the horse that bothers you: let's say bikes. Or plain walking.Peter - cars haven't replaced walking. except maybe in the US.hans_glib
- I see you're off the horse deal.
Because it eats grass, hay. And therefor it is not a book.
* rolls eyesPeter - also peter, you cannot read while you are riding a horse. it's dangerous read/riding O_omaikel
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- thanks for contributing...
maikel - im going to soil the best "..." i've read in a while to acknowledge his 15 click sub post was kinda dope. I'll get my coat.shellie
- ali0
It sucks to be a slave to the battery.
I prefer the tangibility of reading a printed book it's less strain on my eyes, I like that I can curl up in bed with it. Someone can pick it up off my shelf and look through it.
To me it seems as though when quality and texture are not an issue for the printed material like mags and newspapers then it will be eventually replaced by digital and words and images that are worthwhile printing, will be, so more effort will be put into making them something of beauty and value.- you can curl up in bed with an iPad, and you don't need a light to read by because it's backlitvickyloufox
- but i agree with everything else you say - print will become a luxury productvickyloufox