busy and clunky
Did you see the recent Times Style magazine? It was the one with Natalie Portman on the cover. I was particularly struck by Editor Stefano Tonchi’s note concerning the introduction of the magazine on the web. He professes his love for the feel of magazines, the weight of the paper, the feeling of flipping the pages, but knows that the electronic version of his magazine can reach so many more people. He states that much of what we see on the web is visually unpleasant, busy and clunky. So true. In an effort to make the “virtual experience as sensual as the written one,” he has focused on the things that the paper version can never supply: sound and movement.—————————————— The theatre has just hired an email content management company to handle all our email blasts. Yet this requires the acquisition of email addresses from our patrons. I don’t know about you, but I am very selective about giving out my email address. But one cannot fight this technology; it is here to stay, to evolve, to be one with our lives. Someday historians will look back on this period of web infancy and muse about our attempts to create, become comfortable, understand and navigate around our fairly new virtual world.
Barbara,
I understand how you are about handing out your email address - it’s so easy to get bombarded with garbage. But the great thing about the Internet is how easy it is to have multiple email addresses. I have three - my work address, my personal email address, and a third one to give out to retailers. This way, I don’t miss any special deals from Tickemaster or Amazon, but all of that marketing doesn’t get in the way of my personal correspondence.
Comment by josh — 23 December 2007 @ 10:09 am