Kindle

I wonder how many could immediately tell this is about Amazon's latest cash cow (or perhaps some are expecting I am coming up with something profoundly poetic here. Buzz! you lose a turn). The BBC news says that Amazon's Kindle made excellent figures this summer (a rise of 39% in sales) some forecast an even gargantuan growth by the end of the year. But what about print? What will my licked thumb turn to next page? What will I dog-ear? The bookshelves will be left empty, the bookmarks unused. And think about all the work done behind a book/magazine - color separating, printing, folding, binding. Oh what a beautiful thing, print. I will madly miss it when it becomes archaic. On the other hand, I would like to think this will take us to the era when we could finally fly light. When we don't have to carry books in our carry-ons, when we don't have to pack tons of volumes when we moves places, when sorting what to and what not to keep, is over. When acquiring does not have to be possessing. That time when we own less and less and less...and most of all, when we stop losing trees.

But in the meantime, I love print.