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Historic view of the future of media

August 8th, 2008

In 1934, Paul Otlet published the Treaties on Documentation: The Book on the Book where he not only predicts the concept of a computer and the Internet, but more interestingly (to me), he envisions the use of different forms of media.

“These instruments taken as substitute for the book, will in fact become the new book. […]

Subscription-based media

October 22nd, 2007

In the last couple of years, I’ve gotten used to subscribing to blogs as my main source of news and information. Mix that with listening to most of my music through a portable player and it’s gotten me thinking about how I consume media.
My primary music player is a Zune, both as a portable device […]

Quick Review: All Marketers Are Liars

January 21st, 2006

I finally got myself to start reading books more. With reading so many online articles, especially blogs this last year or so, reading books has almost become a thing of the past for me. My interest was sparked these last few months as I’ve been finding titles related to the field I’m in written focused […]