Comments on: Ink by the barrel http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/28/ink-by-the-barrel/ Strategies for Internet citizens Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:45:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Online accountability and the threat of impersonation « Jon Udell http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/28/ink-by-the-barrel/#comment-3835 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:22:57 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/28/ink-by-the-barrel/#comment-3835 [...] the anonymous sploggers who run biginternetmall convinced someone that this anonymous ripoff of this item of mine was a legitimate posting. Yet another facet of the same [...]

]]> By: Jon Udell http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/28/ink-by-the-barrel/#comment-3090 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:39:48 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/28/ink-by-the-barrel/#comment-3090 “We can’t farm computers the same way.”

Agreed.

“Paper disintegrates a helluva lot faster and more completely than computers and associated hardware.”

I think paper tends to outlast hardware, which is why digital archiving is such an interesting topic. To guarantee the migration of bits across generations of storage media requires more than hardware engineering, it requires social engineering too.

]]> By: Don Bates http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/28/ink-by-the-barrel/#comment-3065 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:59:34 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/28/ink-by-the-barrel/#comment-3065 Why is it happy that “ink matters less, electrons matter more” in today’s world? Paper disintegrates a helluva lot faster and more completely than computers and associated hardware. Also, computers use up billions of tons of plastic, basic metals and heavy metals in their manufacture, stuff that can’t be reclaimed except at extraordinary and probably counter-productive cost. Before we start glibly bashing “old technologies,” let’s think more carefully and thoughtfully about the impact of the new, as wonderful as they are for creating, storing, and disseminating knowledge and information. Fast forward 20 years — What the hell are we doing to do with the hundreds of millions of computers that have become obsolete but fill our dumps, backyards, closets and basements and have no lost their purpose? At least we can farm new trees with nature’s blessing. We can’t farm computers the same way.

]]> By: "SNAFU of the Week - PR briefing given to journalist" from Pro PR http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/28/ink-by-the-barrel/#comment-2929 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:13:13 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/03/28/ink-by-the-barrel/#comment-2929 [...] Posts on this topic that are worth reading: Giovanni Rodriguez, Jon Udell, Mathew Ingram and Eric [...]

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