ripping, lovehate, subsumption
I've been using the scanner at work tonight to rip (-- not rip as in tear, but rip as in analog-to-digital --) old papers.
Payslips, journaling, coffee-infused/stained notes. I'm trying to go paper-less, (-- not less as in free, but less as in less.) Post-rip, I'm shredding (and, if not recycling, not regretting.)
I skim through each file to name it for archival. The last one tonight, now Notes_TalkingMusic_04.gif, has a quote scrawled:
Duckworth: Are you one of those people who thinks that a lot of the technology is a waste of time because it subsumes you?
-- William Duckworth, Talking Music
comments
I believe it is a priority question. First, is it important to collect and keep these archives? Second, is it important to go paper-less/digital-ful? If these things are important to you, then go for the "subsume".
On another note, I am going for fear-less. I will "assume" my old papers will either get lost, burned, recycled, forgotten or "consumed" by someone who shouldn't be reading them.
-- Jenita (April 21, 2007 7:35 AM)
There is no question; it is a priority.
First, archival is important [to me].
Second, paper-less is important [to me].
Digital-ful seems [to me] the logical intersection.
I "presume" to say my method's more responsible,
although more fear-ful,
and questionably equally fruit-ful.
-- jeffschuler (April 23, 2007 4:46 PM)
u 2 r very smart, i think.
love u both.
raspberries!
PS do i have to type spam in all caps to be human?
-- Chloe (May 3, 2007 10:56 AM)
avocados, Chloë!
i know you're not a spambot, but I still like to watch you jump through [hula-]hoops.
(i'm trying 'spam' lower-case...)
-- jeffschuler (May 3, 2007 12:58 PM)