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]]> http://www.datachondria.com/2009/digital-distribution-and-the-end-of-home-warehousing/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Tim Middleton Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:31:07 +0000 http://www.datachondria.com/?p=207#comment-31 @Hugh McGuire, I have actually found my list making has grown exponentially with digital. With the ability to place books in a "I want to read" category or on a wish list of some sort my lists are huge. I don't think the sensual pleasure comes from writing a list in a journal? it comes from dreaming and thinking what would I read if I had all the time in the world, sort of like what would you do if you won the lottery. @Hugh McGuire, I have actually found my list making has grown exponentially with digital. With the ability to place books in a “I want to read” category or on a wish list of some sort my lists are huge. I don't think the sensual pleasure comes from writing a list in a journal? it comes from dreaming and thinking what would I read if I had all the time in the world, sort of like what would you do if you won the lottery.

]]> http://www.datachondria.com/2009/digital-distribution-and-the-end-of-home-warehousing/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Tim Middleton Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:31:07 +0000 http://www.datachondria.com/?p=207#comment-23 @Hugh McGuire, I have actually found my list making has grown exponentially with digital. With the ability to place books in a "I want to read" category or on a wish list of some sort my lists are huge. I don't think the sensual pleasure comes from writing a list in a journal? it comes from dreaming and thinking what would I read if I had all the time in the world, sort of like what would you do if you won the lottery. @Hugh McGuire, I have actually found my list making has grown exponentially with digital. With the ability to place books in a “I want to read” category or on a wish list of some sort my lists are huge. I don't think the sensual pleasure comes from writing a list in a journal? it comes from dreaming and thinking what would I read if I had all the time in the world, sort of like what would you do if you won the lottery.

]]> http://www.datachondria.com/2009/digital-distribution-and-the-end-of-home-warehousing/comment-page-1/#comment-22 hdbbstephen on Twitter Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:34:15 +0000 http://www.datachondria.com/?p=207#comment-22 I am not too sure about that. I *really* like the feel of an actual book. And having them on the shelves.<br>I also suspect that it is hard to write in the margins of a Kindle. I am not too sure about that. I *really* like the feel of an actual book. And having them on the shelves.
I also suspect that it is hard to write in the margins of a Kindle.

]]> http://www.datachondria.com/2009/digital-distribution-and-the-end-of-home-warehousing/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Hugh McGuire Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:34:56 +0000 http://www.datachondria.com/?p=207#comment-21 And yet making those list is a sensual pleasure in and of itself. Lists will be missed. I'm not sure if that is good or bad, but we do lose something valuable - the pleasurable thinking required because of scarcity - when digital abundance abounds. And yet making those list is a sensual pleasure in and of itself. Lists will be missed. I'm not sure if that is good or bad, but we do lose something valuable – the pleasurable thinking required because of scarcity – when digital abundance abounds.

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