If we abandon print, we put ourselves at great risk of even greater losses in the future. Digital archives are expensive to migrate forward and far too easy to corrupt, either accidentally or intentionally. But a series of archives around the world, filled with printed books, periodicals, even films, are a much higher guarantee that our knowledge and experience will survive.

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Can we post this is the d-lab so people will print out their photos? Kthnx

I’m tired of only looking at things on screens.

First Today, Then Tomorrow — Practical thoughts on living today and being prepared for a very different tomorrow.

How I long for a world where ebooks and real books live together in harmony. As one.

(via iainbroome)