by David | Mar 3, 2011 | culture, design, technology
You’re probably not reading this on paper. I didn’t write it on paper. At some point in the future, paper will probably be as outmoded as real parchment – the kind made from split animal skin – is today, used mainly for antique forgeries, art...
by David | Dec 1, 2008 | design, media
Yep, it’s December again. There’s no possibility of escaping holiday muzak anymore. The threat of snow is in the air. And it’s time to get to work on my new year card. For reasons I can’t really explain anymore, every year for about 15 years...
by David | Dec 22, 2007 | culture
As a follow-on to recent discussion about the paper accoutrements of pre-digital life, I sent my mother to the post office in the freezing cold to buy me 100 self-adhesive stamps today for my new year cards. OK, she was going anyway and I did give her money and it...