http://lefthandedwriter.com/idlethoughts/2008/07/03/is-print-dead/ Writing, Creativity & the Pursuit of Idle Time Well-spent Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:12:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://lefthandedwriter.com/idlethoughts/2008/07/03/is-print-dead/#comment-12470 Kelly Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:52:58 +0000 http://lefthandedwriter.com/idlethoughts/2008/07/03/is-print-dead/#comment-12470 This is a very timely post. I was recently listening to a BBC interview; their guest was Arianna Huffington. She was speaking about the "Huffington Post", her latest project. She says that far from being dead, print wil be supplemented by internet resources. I hope that we don't lose the print medium anytime soon, as I still use print as my primary reading source. I may be showing my age, but I still enjoy holding a book, magazine, or paper in my hand, and I enjoy the creative ads flowing through the magazines. Can it be done more efficiently via the internet? Most likely. In the marketing world more than any other, efficiency can't trump desire. That being said, as the younger generations keep becoming more wired, I do see a possible bleak future for print on the horizon. This is a very timely post. I was recently listening to a BBC interview; their guest was Arianna Huffington. She was speaking about the “Huffington Post”, her latest project. She says that far from being dead, print wil be supplemented by internet resources. I hope that we don’t lose the print medium anytime soon, as I still use print as my primary reading source. I may be showing my age, but I still enjoy holding a book, magazine, or paper in my hand, and I enjoy the creative ads flowing through the magazines. Can it be done more efficiently via the internet? Most likely. In the marketing world more than any other, efficiency can’t trump desire. That being said, as the younger generations keep becoming more wired, I do see a possible bleak future for print on the horizon.

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