tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676157948986192873.post4774144010480923073..comments2014-03-06T01:41:31.824-08:00Comments on Sean in Korea: Preaching to the Choir - Digital Natives and the Future of the InternetAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815400730348916764noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676157948986192873.post-33339481859957370482010-10-12T22:29:59.000-07:002010-10-12T22:29:59.000-07:00You forgot a category, Sean: internet dinosaur. A...You forgot a category, Sean: internet dinosaur. An internet dinosaur is anyone who grew up with TV as a given, who struggled with the short-lived 8-track tape revolution (the first of many insta-obsolete technologies, surpassed only by Beta-VHS), and who first stored data on computer punch cards. Most important of all, these I.D.'s, also known as Boomers, were there at the start of the real computer revolution: the moment when you could get money out of a wall on a Saturday night. The economy hasn't been the same since.D. E. Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18284050941762657840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676157948986192873.post-37592628839695126562010-10-12T22:34:26.000-07:002010-10-12T22:34:26.000-07:00i think its not so much as a "what will the i...i think its not so much as a "what will the internet be like in the future" type of question, as much as it's a "what will humanity be like in the future" question. like douglas coupland said in his 'radical pessimist's guide to the next 10 years': in the same way you can never go backward to a slower computer, you can never go backward to a lessened state of connectedness. and like you said, what is stopping digital natives from connecting to the internet with pocket-sized computers? it just means our lives are going to be increasingly measured not by our physical presence, but by our digital imprint; what is said about us through our activity on the cloud. maybe this whole digital native idea is just the first step in a new direction of human evolution? from flesh and bone to 0's and 1's!love,kyleskulldudgeridoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509832300155756556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676157948986192873.post-81554700127401904492010-10-15T10:48:33.000-07:002010-10-15T10:48:33.000-07:00Detouring from the internet power theme...As an il...Detouring from the internet power theme...As an illustrator, I am nervous at the thought of physical books disappearing. They can be art in themselves, and what happens to illustrators' jobs when books become digital? Will it be the same, except the publishing format changes- on the plus side, no more color errors in printing!- or will we find ourselves with a huge chunk of our market gone? I'm not so sure. On the one hand, maybe viewing art on a tiny screen isn't so much different from viewing it on a slightly larger book. Either way, the original is better. While I'd like to think we'd make more money per illustration because of the costs saved in manufacturing digital books vs. printed ones, I'm not so naive and I'm sure the publishers will enjoy the money saved. I guess the real question for us is will people still expect (and demand) cover art for a digital book?Kitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01292213008849818607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1676157948986192873.post-53951521709178500312010-10-17T19:55:05.000-07:002010-10-17T19:55:05.000-07:00Kitt,I'm not necessarily sure ebooks will repl...Kitt,I'm not necessarily sure ebooks will replace print any time in the near future, if they ever do. I believe that firmly as I completely agree that books themselves are works of art and expressions of different artists manifested in a single medium. The future of ereaders include color screens and higher resolutions, so illustrations will play an important role for sure, but it's not a replacement for the illustrators' contributions to printed material. Just another market, I think :)Sean Stanhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815400730348916764noreply@blogger.com