Comments on: Steve Ballmer says all media will be over IP in ten years http://eatsleeppublish.com/steve-ballmer-says-all-media-will-be-over-ip-in-ten-years/ Thoughts on the future of publishing Thu, 26 May 2011 22:44:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Matt Baron http://eatsleeppublish.com/steve-ballmer-says-all-media-will-be-over-ip-in-ten-years/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Matt Baron Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:55:26 +0000 http://eatsleeppublish.com/?p=74#comment-97 Great point.....this race against time we face---of 14 days, or 30 days, etc., and then these cool graphics are lost to the ether. Every year we'll look back at the previous year and shake our heads, wondering, "Why were holding onto those outmoded ways?" I visited the Patriot Ledger website (www.ledger.com) the other day and was pleased to see they are incorporating basic video as a complement to online stories. That's my hometown paper, from 20-plus years ago, and that one quick clip (of a guy pleading not guilty) shows me that the Ledger "gets it," at least a little bit. Great point…..this race against time we face—of 14 days, or 30 days, etc., and then these cool graphics are lost to the ether. Every year we’ll look back at the previous year and shake our heads, wondering, “Why were holding onto those outmoded ways?”

I visited the Patriot Ledger website (www.ledger.com) the other day and was pleased to see they are incorporating basic video as a complement to online stories.

That’s my hometown paper, from 20-plus years ago, and that one quick clip (of a guy pleading not guilty) shows me that the Ledger “gets it,” at least a little bit.

]]> By: Jason Preston http://eatsleeppublish.com/steve-ballmer-says-all-media-will-be-over-ip-in-ten-years/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Jason Preston Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:02:32 +0000 http://eatsleeppublish.com/?p=74#comment-94 I agree, I think ten years is calling it a little too soon, and I actually think "all media" is a bit of an exaggeration. vinyl is as good of an example as any - people still sell records, because records have a certain value and characteristic that can't be replicated digitally. Similarly, there are aspects of paper that just can't (and never will) be replicated digitally. So I think that magazines and books will survive like records, although they'll do a little better than records do. I agree, I think ten years is calling it a little too soon, and I actually think “all media” is a bit of an exaggeration. vinyl is as good of an example as any – people still sell records, because records have a certain value and characteristic that can’t be replicated digitally.

Similarly, there are aspects of paper that just can’t (and never will) be replicated digitally.

So I think that magazines and books will survive like records, although they’ll do a little better than records do.

]]> By: Ben A http://eatsleeppublish.com/steve-ballmer-says-all-media-will-be-over-ip-in-ten-years/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Ben A Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:10:45 +0000 http://eatsleeppublish.com/?p=74#comment-92 In the mobile telecom industry, 4G (that's one generation after the current up-and-coming 3G standard) is aiming to be all-IP, too. I think that media's headed that way, but I think these tech junkies forget how ferociously the older folks will cling to their paper media. I also think that paper media won't die until a few other things happen, such as being able to easily annotate e-books (I know the Kindle claims it can do this, but until it's as easy as underlining with a pencil, I won't give up my academic paperbacks) and freeing e-books from pesky DRM stuff. I like being able to loan my friend a new novel, and e-books just haven't figured that out yet. In the mobile telecom industry, 4G (that’s one generation after the current up-and-coming 3G standard) is aiming to be all-IP, too. I think that media’s headed that way, but I think these tech junkies forget how ferociously the older folks will cling to their paper media.

I also think that paper media won’t die until a few other things happen, such as being able to easily annotate e-books (I know the Kindle claims it can do this, but until it’s as easy as underlining with a pencil, I won’t give up my academic paperbacks) and freeing e-books from pesky DRM stuff. I like being able to loan my friend a new novel, and e-books just haven’t figured that out yet.

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