Comments on: What’s real? http://matthewpetro.name/2010/05/11/whats-real/ Social media, coffee and the urban growth of Phoenix Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:36:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: WesleyTech http://matthewpetro.name/2010/05/11/whats-real/comment-page-1/#comment-612 WesleyTech Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:10:52 +0000 http://matthewpetro.name/?p=480#comment-612 I definitely sometimes get the urge to produce a corporeal item, even if it's just printing a photograph, as the majority of the content that I create is entirely digital. It's definitely nice to hold a physical, one of a kind object in your hands, that cannot be wholly reproduced in entirety by any digital means. I definitely sometimes get the urge to produce a corporeal item, even if it's just printing a photograph, as the majority of the content that I create is entirely digital. It's definitely nice to hold a physical, one of a kind object in your hands, that cannot be wholly reproduced in entirety by any digital means.

]]> By: WesleyTech http://matthewpetro.name/2010/05/11/whats-real/comment-page-1/#comment-589 WesleyTech Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:10:52 +0000 http://matthewpetro.name/?p=480#comment-589 I definitely sometimes get the urge to produce a corporeal item, even if it's just printing a photograph, as the majority of the content that I create is entirely digital. It's definitely nice to hold a physical, one of a kind object in your hands, that cannot be wholly reproduced in entirety by any digital means. I definitely sometimes get the urge to produce a corporeal item, even if it's just printing a photograph, as the majority of the content that I create is entirely digital. It's definitely nice to hold a physical, one of a kind object in your hands, that cannot be wholly reproduced in entirety by any digital means.

]]> By: Matthew Petro http://matthewpetro.name/2010/05/11/whats-real/comment-page-1/#comment-586 Matthew Petro Fri, 14 May 2010 22:36:32 +0000 http://matthewpetro.name/?p=480#comment-586 This sounds like a good merger. We don't use tactile items near as much as my grandparents generation did, so it's interesting to record the digital things we do use by putting pen to paper. Even with my limited artistic skills, I think I could do that! This sounds like a good merger. We don't use tactile items near as much as my grandparents generation did, so it's interesting to record the digital things we do use by putting pen to paper. Even with my limited artistic skills, I think I could do that!

]]> By: johntynan http://matthewpetro.name/2010/05/11/whats-real/comment-page-1/#comment-585 johntynan Thu, 13 May 2010 13:23:09 +0000 http://matthewpetro.name/?p=480#comment-585 I've been thinking about this further, and while this stirs up both desires for tactile, artistic expression along with data portability questions... I realize too that it is possible to merge the digital with the tactile... perhaps gluing tweets/blog posts into a journal, or even sketching the digital experience as an artistic response (like this: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/johntynan/4603614501/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/johntynan/4603614501/</a> ). I've been thinking about this further, and while this stirs up both desires for tactile, artistic expression along with data portability questions… I realize too that it is possible to merge the digital with the tactile… perhaps gluing tweets/blog posts into a journal, or even sketching the digital experience as an artistic response (like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/johntynan/4603614501/ ).

]]> By: Matthew Petro http://matthewpetro.name/2010/05/11/whats-real/comment-page-1/#comment-584 Matthew Petro Wed, 12 May 2010 15:33:53 +0000 http://matthewpetro.name/?p=480#comment-584 Future generations will have brain implants, so they can just think about stuff and create blog posts, tweets, etc and that will make typing look antique and retro-cool. :) Future generations will have brain implants, so they can just think about stuff and create blog posts, tweets, etc and that will make typing look antique and retro-cool. :)

]]> By: Chris Lee http://matthewpetro.name/2010/05/11/whats-real/comment-page-1/#comment-583 Chris Lee Wed, 12 May 2010 14:44:48 +0000 http://matthewpetro.name/?p=480#comment-583 You never know. Maybe someday future generations will look at your blog and say how quaint. Look, he actually typed these words, manually put pictures in & themed this himself. I do get you though. I love the family artifacts - journals, furniture, pictures, everything... You never know. Maybe someday future generations will look at your blog and say how quaint. Look, he actually typed these words, manually put pictures in & themed this himself. I do get you though. I love the family artifacts – journals, furniture, pictures, everything…

]]> By: Yuri Artibise http://matthewpetro.name/2010/05/11/whats-real/comment-page-1/#comment-582 Yuri Artibise Tue, 11 May 2010 19:37:33 +0000 http://matthewpetro.name/?p=480#comment-582 True. i guess it's never too late to start a journal. True. i guess it's never too late to start a journal.

]]> By: Matthew Petro http://matthewpetro.name/2010/05/11/whats-real/comment-page-1/#comment-580 Matthew Petro Tue, 11 May 2010 19:33:51 +0000 http://matthewpetro.name/?p=480#comment-580 I think that putting together a selection of online communications is a cool idea, and it definitely creates something "real". But there's still something more tangible about a handwritten artifact. You get all the nuance of the person who wrote it: the peculiarities of their handwriting, the erasures, smudges and creases. It's like you connect more with them by seeing how they interacted with the page, rather than just reading how their mind interacted with their situation at a specific moment. I think that putting together a selection of online communications is a cool idea, and it definitely creates something “real”. But there's still something more tangible about a handwritten artifact. You get all the nuance of the person who wrote it: the peculiarities of their handwriting, the erasures, smudges and creases. It's like you connect more with them by seeing how they interacted with the page, rather than just reading how their mind interacted with their situation at a specific moment.

]]> By: Matthew Petro http://matthewpetro.name/2010/05/11/whats-real/comment-page-1/#comment-581 Matthew Petro Tue, 11 May 2010 19:29:28 +0000 http://matthewpetro.name/?p=480#comment-581 Actually, my wife is the scrapbooker in our house. She's made some really nice ones...she even made a two-volume set of her grandmother's life and gave it to her as a Christmas present a few years ago. Her grandmother was absolutely thrilled to have it!<br><br>She's also done scrapbooks of years in our life together, so I'm glad our child will have those to look at many years from now.<br><br>I like the idea of a physical journal. There's something very palpable about holding a book with actual handwriting in it. Actually, my wife is the scrapbooker in our house. She's made some really nice ones…she even made a two-volume set of her grandmother's life and gave it to her as a Christmas present a few years ago. Her grandmother was absolutely thrilled to have it!

She's also done scrapbooks of years in our life together, so I'm glad our child will have those to look at many years from now.

I like the idea of a physical journal. There's something very palpable about holding a book with actual handwriting in it.

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