Comments on: Dead Trees Walking http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/20167/dead-trees-walking/ Sun, 27 May 2012 09:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Citizen70 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/20167/dead-trees-walking/#comment-1173253 Citizen70 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:55:54 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=20167#comment-1173253 I cancelled my Boston Globe subscription last spring after their biased reporting against Hillary Clinton and for Barack Obama. It pleases me that I could help in their demise. I cancelled my Boston Globe subscription last spring after their biased reporting against Hillary Clinton and for Barack Obama. It pleases me that I could help in their demise.

]]> By: I'm a Linda too http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/20167/dead-trees-walking/#comment-1172432 I'm a Linda too Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:56:07 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=20167#comment-1172432 Great post Mr. B. Great post Mr. B.

]]> By: Peggy Sue http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/20167/dead-trees-walking/#comment-1172416 Peggy Sue Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:20:46 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=20167#comment-1172416 I'm sure they said that about the Illuminated text industry as well. Forever is a very long time, catfish. I’m sure they said that about the Illuminated text industry as well. Forever is a very long time, catfish.

]]> By: AF catfish http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/20167/dead-trees-walking/#comment-1172399 AF catfish Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:02:07 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=20167#comment-1172399 When radio debuted, newsprint took a permanent hit but did not disappear entirely. People forget that paper IS a technology. I have an old palm pilot in a desk drawar that once had ebooks on it. It doesn't work anymore. Paper news and paper books will be with us forever. When radio debuted, newsprint took a permanent hit but did not disappear entirely.

People forget that paper IS a technology. I have an old palm pilot in a desk drawar that once had ebooks on it. It doesn’t work anymore.

Paper news and paper books will be with us forever.

]]> By: elise http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/20167/dead-trees-walking/#comment-1172385 elise Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:19:53 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=20167#comment-1172385 Dedication is necessary to get up in the morning, sometimes in very cold weather when it's still dark, wander around in the front yard looking for the newspaper even before the first cup of coffee. But the rewards were so great. Sit at the kitchen table before the world is fully awake and read what you believe is legitimate news to keep up with what's happening in clear across the world and in city council. Even hands dirty with ink would never have stopped me from the most pleasant and satisfying part of the morning. Citizen Cane was filmed before I was born, but I love that movie. The shadows in the newsroom, reporters really doing their jobs with cigarettes hanging from their mouths and a bottle of booze in the desk drawer. Then All the Presidents Men which may have made Woodward and Bernstein look more like heroes than they really were, but there was a dedication to the story and the truth. I guess this is another antiquity now, like my childhood when we never locked our front door and the only thing my mother worried about when I went to school in the morning was making sure I had money for lunch. I know it sounds silly to the kids who spend their days on a computer, Blackberries and iphones, but I'll miss the newspapers when they're gone. Dedication is necessary to get up in the morning, sometimes in very cold weather when it’s still dark, wander around in the front yard looking for the newspaper even before the first cup of coffee. But the rewards were so great. Sit at the kitchen table before the world is fully awake and read what you believe is legitimate news to keep up with what’s happening in clear across the world and in city council. Even hands dirty with ink would never have stopped me from the most pleasant and satisfying part of the morning. Citizen Cane was filmed before I was born, but I love that movie. The shadows in the newsroom, reporters really doing their jobs with cigarettes hanging from their mouths and a bottle of booze in the desk drawer. Then All the Presidents Men which may have made Woodward and Bernstein look more like heroes than they really were, but there was a dedication to the story and the truth. I guess this is another antiquity now, like my childhood when we never locked our front door and the only thing my mother worried about when I went to school in the morning was making sure I had money for lunch. I know it sounds silly to the kids who spend their days on a computer, Blackberries and iphones, but I’ll miss the newspapers when they’re gone.

]]> By: Peggy Sue http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/20167/dead-trees-walking/#comment-1172374 Peggy Sue Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:01:24 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=20167#comment-1172374 I think there is a romantic attachment to newspaper in hand, book in hand. We have a tactile experience with the published forms we've grown accustomed to. One of my earliest school memories is the smell of new books at the start of the year. But e-publishing is the way the world is going. I've had endless discussions with friends and family and virtual friends on another site I frequent, who claim that the Kindle will destroy the book market. Well, I own a Kindle. The Kindle and like e-vehicles will eventually be the book market, period. And they're a pretty nifty devices, where books are affordable again and I can carry my own personal library to work, on vacation, read my daily newspapers, hunker down with a book of essays or the latest piece of great American and/or foreign fiction. The Whispernet for ordering purposes [downloads take less than a minute or two] is incredibly convenient. I still like to browse through books shops and news stands, but the world is a-changing. And it's not all bad. I think there is a romantic attachment to newspaper in hand, book in hand. We have a tactile experience with the published forms we’ve grown accustomed to. One of my earliest school memories is the smell of new books at the start of the year.

But e-publishing is the way the world is going. I’ve had endless discussions with friends and family and virtual friends on another site I frequent, who claim that the Kindle will destroy the book market. Well, I own a Kindle. The Kindle and like e-vehicles will eventually be the book market, period. And they’re a pretty nifty devices, where books are affordable again and I can carry my own personal library to work, on vacation, read my daily newspapers, hunker down with a book of essays or the latest piece of great American and/or foreign fiction.

The Whispernet for ordering purposes [downloads take less than a minute or two] is incredibly convenient.

I still like to browse through books shops and news stands, but the world is a-changing. And it’s not all bad.

]]> By: Tuppence411 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/20167/dead-trees-walking/#comment-1172372 Tuppence411 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:00:04 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=20167#comment-1172372 I agree with everything you wrote Steve. I too love the printed word, love flipping thru the pages. But it seems to me the newspapers, both large and small have been digging their own graves for a while. Few hire real journalists anymore. The ones they do have got lazy, just re-wording press releases. No real investagations, few in-depth interviews. And in the world of 24 hour news channels and the internet, instead of speeding up they have slowed down. Local or state events are reported days later. WTH! That's no way to compete. If it wasn't for college/high school sports and the comics, my city newspaper would already be buried. I agree with everything you wrote Steve. I too love the printed word, love flipping thru the pages. But it seems to me the newspapers, both large and small have been digging their own graves for a while. Few hire real journalists anymore. The ones they do have got lazy, just re-wording press releases. No real investagations, few in-depth interviews. And in the world of 24 hour news channels and the internet, instead of speeding up they have slowed down. Local or state events are reported days later. WTH! That’s no way to compete. If it wasn’t for college/high school sports and the comics, my city newspaper would already be buried.

]]> By: NoTrollZone http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/20167/dead-trees-walking/#comment-1172355 NoTrollZone Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:38:48 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=20167#comment-1172355 I do like newspapers for the fact that they are public record and can not be wiped clean like the internet. Anything that makes Winston's job at the Ministry of Truth a little bit harder has got to have something good going for it. During the Obama cycle things had an uncanny way of disappearing from the net. Of course it would be nice if we could get some of the major newspapers to fire their Winston's as well. The AP could use a little Aegean Stables treatment too. I do like newspapers for the fact that they are public record and can not be wiped clean like the internet. Anything that makes Winston’s job at the Ministry of Truth a little bit harder has got to have something good going for it. During the Obama cycle things had an uncanny way of disappearing from the net. Of course it would be nice if we could get some of the major newspapers to fire their Winston’s as well. The AP could use a little
Aegean Stables treatment too.

]]> By: NoTrollZone http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/20167/dead-trees-walking/#comment-1172346 NoTrollZone Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:32:29 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=20167#comment-1172346 I agree. The one thing about newspapers is that they are public record and you can't just wipe them clean like you can the info on the internet. The Obama cycle showed just how easy it is to make things "go away" when they are inconvenient. I'm for anything to make Winston's job just a little bit harder. I agree. The one thing about newspapers is that they are public record and you can’t just wipe them clean like you can the info on the internet. The Obama cycle showed just how easy it is to make things “go away” when they are inconvenient. I’m for anything to make Winston’s job just a little bit harder.

]]> By: AF catfish http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/20167/dead-trees-walking/#comment-1172340 AF catfish Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:20:58 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=20167#comment-1172340 I've done blogs, read twitter, and now I'm back to reading the dead-tree edition of the newspaper, in the end parchment is the best technology for getting news. Reading is not a natural act, you have to form a habit with intent. I have a day job. I don't want to surf the web or be a citizen-journalist. The number of stories I see in our whittled-down SF Chronicle far surpasses what I'd see by clicking on SFGate.com homepage. So many I think I better blog that or make sure other people see it - like this one yesterday, UCSF just set a policy that bottles of wine over $75 could not be expensed to the university (which pass thru is subsidized by student tuition and state taxpayer dollars.) If students, scraping to meet ever-rising tuition fees read the newspaper, they'd be up in arms. Instead they believe they get everything they need thru facebook blogs and online editions of news. They're proudly ignorant. Something's gotta give and it will soon. I have a dayjob. I don't want to surf the web or be a citizen-journalist. I’ve done blogs, read twitter, and now I’m back to reading the dead-tree edition of the newspaper, in the end parchment is the best technology for getting news. Reading is not a natural act, you have to form a habit with intent. I have a day job. I don’t want to surf the web or be a citizen-journalist.

The number of stories I see in our whittled-down SF Chronicle far surpasses what I’d see by clicking on SFGate.com homepage.

So many I think I better blog that or make sure other people see it – like this one yesterday, UCSF just set a policy that bottles of wine over $75 could not be expensed to the university (which pass thru is subsidized by student tuition and state taxpayer dollars.)

If students, scraping to meet ever-rising tuition fees read the newspaper, they’d be up in arms. Instead they believe they get everything they need thru facebook blogs and online editions of news.

They’re proudly ignorant. Something’s gotta give and it will soon. I have a dayjob. I don’t want to surf the web or be a citizen-journalist.

]]> By: Baba Rum Raisin http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/20167/dead-trees-walking/#comment-1172332 Baba Rum Raisin Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:13:58 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=20167#comment-1172332 Sounds pretty <em><strong>Seven Days in May </strong></em>- ish to me. Too bad they didn't call it <strong>ECOMMCON</strong>. Sounds pretty Seven Days in May - ish to me. Too bad they didn’t call it ECOMMCON.

]]> By: sowsear http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/20167/dead-trees-walking/#comment-1172328 sowsear Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:00:19 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=20167#comment-1172328 Ths is also scary: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Bill-Grants-President-Unprecedented-Cyber-Security-Powers-504520/ Ths is also scary:
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Bill-Grants-President-Unprecedented-Cyber-Security-Powers-504520/

]]> By: I'mFedUp http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/20167/dead-trees-walking/#comment-1172327 I'mFedUp Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:59:55 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=20167#comment-1172327 How sad. Especially in light of the fact that the Stoner in Chief and Pelousy the Pig are trying to silence free speech, and we all know that Obama's been scrubbing the net like crazy. We already know journalism is dead, considering the rape of America with the Obama lies and bias by buffoons like Tweety and Olberbite. Even now the media is BARELY telling the truth about the scumbag and his crooks in Congress. Now, all we will be able to rely on is net news that Obama will have scrubbed if it doesn't suit him. Why is that romantic? I think it sucks. How sad. Especially in light of the fact that the Stoner in Chief and Pelousy the Pig are trying to silence free speech, and we all know that Obama’s been scrubbing the net like crazy. We already know journalism is dead, considering the rape of America with the Obama lies and bias by buffoons like Tweety and Olberbite. Even now the media is BARELY telling the truth about the scumbag and his crooks in Congress. Now, all we will be able to rely on is net news that Obama will have scrubbed if it doesn’t suit him. Why is that romantic? I think it sucks.

]]> By: sowsear http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/20167/dead-trees-walking/#comment-1172315 sowsear Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:39:00 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=20167#comment-1172315 Yes, I like the part that they don't just get wiped off the record. We had a lot of that with Obama: stuff that never was recorded anywhere, thanks to the MSM. Yes, I like the part that they don’t just get wiped off the record. We had a lot of that with Obama: stuff that never was recorded anywhere, thanks to the MSM.

]]> By: sowsear http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/20167/dead-trees-walking/#comment-1172312 sowsear Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:35:09 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=20167#comment-1172312 Here is what I took from the web: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090405/pl_nm/us_financial_usa_geithner Here is what I took from the web:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090405/pl_nm/us_financial_usa_geithner

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