Sometimes it’s hard for people to understand why we’re taking content in a format that’s perceived as new and printing it out in a format that’s perceived as old. And then I was reading this article in The Guardian and the editorial legend Sir Harold Evans uses this rather nice expression, “I’m in love with the craftsmanship of print. But I have to say I’m intoxicated by the speed of the web”.
That seems to sum it up rather nicely.

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 at 3:53 pm
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