Comments on: perspective on technology https://scratchmybrain.com/2006/04/11/perspective-on-technology/ Jeff Albert's blog Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:41:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.7 By: Anastasia https://scratchmybrain.com/2006/04/11/perspective-on-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 06:15:56 +0000 http://scratchmybrain.com/?p=169#comment-127 Shane, I know what you mean – and there’s also the satisfaction of having a physical *thing* to hold, as well. I find that I still prefer to buy CDs that I really like, and want to have around for a long time, whereas I think I unconsciously think of digital music formats as less permanent. I think it would take a lot for people to abandon the physical product completely.

]]> By: Shane https://scratchmybrain.com/2006/04/11/perspective-on-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 23:52:04 +0000 http://scratchmybrain.com/?p=169#comment-126 For some reason I’m thinking of Ken Nordine’s “Colors,” or “How to Speak Hip” by Del Close — this seems to me like something that could only have happened in the days of LPs (but maybe that’s because it only did happen then); yet now they’re available on CD. I guess the connection is, would our technologically impaired friends be receptive to something similar, mixing jazz and spoken word on a CD that actually educates (with the use of album-style liner notes) on the need for and benefits of self-released online music?

]]> By: Jeff Albert https://scratchmybrain.com/2006/04/11/perspective-on-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:13:02 +0000 http://scratchmybrain.com/?p=169#comment-125 I realize that eventually it will all shake out, but I am a bit unsure how to proceed in the meantime. I don’t want to alienate people, but things would be easier if we didn’t have to deaal with the physical media. Unfortunately people like the physical media.

]]> By: Todd Jonz https://scratchmybrain.com/2006/04/11/perspective-on-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:23:36 +0000 http://scratchmybrain.com/?p=169#comment-124 Time is probably the best solution. Any new technology is at least partially befuddling to a lot of users. Remember the old photos of Dad trying to tune that early regenerative radio receiver or that 6″ Philco TV while the rest of the family sits by and watches in fascination?

The thing that’s important to remember is that some folks will never get it. Has grandma ever figured out how to get rid of that blinking “12:00” on her VCR?

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