tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84497521536636548552012-02-16T04:19:31.849-08:00Digital storage will be the death of documentation as we know it. An analog world cannot survive a digital guardian. Digital technology will result in the death of art. A tangible item isn't made of ones and zeros.George Preparedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11989439728395544054noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8449752153663654855.post-80812793072367059952008-02-09T12:28:00.000-08:002008-02-09T12:30:04.750-08:00This article from Computer World also uses "The Digital Dilemma" as its jumping off point:<br /><br />http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&amp;articleId=9061099&amp;source=NLT_AM&amp;nlid=1<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8449752153663654855-8081279307236705995?l=killedbydigital.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>George Preparedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11989439728395544054noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8449752153663654855.post-61337626564043604792007-12-26T15:07:00.000-08:002007-12-26T16:06:10.022-08:00A fine primer on the inherent problems in digital preservation may be found here: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/23/business/media/23steal.html?_r=2&amp;oref=slogin&amp;oref=slogin">NY Times, 12/23/07</a><br /><br />And an earlier Hollywood Reporter piece <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i00627c6566fe8f5f10cde3b1192389ed">here</a>.<br /><br />What better way to consider the implications of relying on digital technology in our day-to-day lives than through the preservation of... anything? The 35mm still camera gathers dust. The pens go dry.<br /><br />Who will back up the vault full of hard drives every few years?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8449752153663654855-6133762656404360479?l=killedbydigital.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>George Preparedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11989439728395544054noreply@blogger.com0