Comments on: Print is alive: The New Yorker magazine cover and animation

By: H.A. Page

H.A. Page — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:48:08 +0000

I wouldn’t have caught this, even after holding the cover in my hand this week. Brilliant thinking on this and I think you are right. Now I have to dig mine out of the trash and save it, since all the other “covers” are only saved digitally.

By: Matthew Hageman

Matthew Hageman — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:43:39 +0000

Posted this last night but for some reason it didn’t “take.”

There’s a neat story in this past Sunday’s Cleveland Plain Dealer about the group of 26 people who actually were at the Lincoln on election night:

http://www.cleveland.com/schultz/blog/index.ssf/2008/11/connie_schultz_a_speech_and_an.html

By: Rex Hammock

Rex Hammock — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:40:56 +0000

I didn't mean to imply -- but in hindsight did -- that we shouldn't record the ephemeral way in which the the web responds to breaking-news and historical events. I was merely offering a glib observation that memory-catching is perhaps not the best property of the web. For the record, I have written about the need to collect the ever-changing way in which the web responds to breaking news and have even engaged in some user-archival collecting myself.

By: Tom Cheredar

Tom Cheredar — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:10:52 +0000

Pending that you’re a digg user or at least know why the web site is significant, wondering if you can draw any comparisons with the future of digital capturing of history when viewing this screenshot: http://i36.tinypic.com/xogxec.jpg

It’s not a piece of art, but I’ve taken screenshots of web headlines so I could reflect on them at a later time. The art will certainly get captured in the same way but for now, the print version still holds more nostalgic value.

By: Rex Hammock

Rex Hammock — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:03:01 +0000

Rob, I think it’s great that people have archived so much online content related to the campaign and election. My joke was regarding the relative permanence of digital vs. paper media. In the long run, the digital version should be able to last forever. But for the first century or two, the paper version will look better in a collection of memorabilia.

By: Rob Haggart

Rob Haggart — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:36:42 +0000

“why people didn’t just print out a copy of a website”
screenshots not printouts: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mthomps/sets/72157608715850215/

By: chez beziat

chez beziat — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:09:00 +0000

I got goosebumps as well. I agree with your prediction.

By: Margie Newman

Margie Newman — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:56:16 +0000

I’ve got chills. It’s gorgeous. Thank you for sharing!