Comments on: Magazine Covers Go High-Tech http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/07/21/magazine-covers-go-high-tech/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:00:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: JR Raphael http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/07/21/magazine-covers-go-high-tech/#comment-93121 JR Raphael Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:38:13 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=3447#comment-93121 Seems a bit crazy, but really -- it's just a step beyond the <a href="http://www.techcult.com/staples-embraces-self-destruction/" rel="nofollow">self-destructing DVD concept</a> that's making a comeback right now. I think the magazine cover concept is pretty cool, myself. The idea of things like movies, music, etc becoming disposable strikes me as a bit much, though. Seems a bit crazy, but really — it’s just a step beyond the self-destructing DVD concept that’s making a comeback right now.

I think the magazine cover concept is pretty cool, myself. The idea of things like movies, music, etc becoming disposable strikes me as a bit much, though.

]]> By: Sheamus http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/07/21/magazine-covers-go-high-tech/#comment-93040 Sheamus Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:30:53 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=3447#comment-93040 That's pretty cool actually. I imagine it'll be common place after a while. An advertiser will work out soon that you can get an enormous amount of attention being the first person to put a 'moving' advert in a magazine (and not a hologram, which nobody enjoys). Then everybody will do it and it'll become the norm. I was thinking recently how long it will be until media becomes truly disposable; i.e., you'll buy a movie and watch it on the thing it comes on, like a 5x5 inch touch-screen that has basic iShuffle-type functions like Play, Pause and maybe Rewind. It'll cost like five dollars, and have maybe a 30-day shelf life. You'll then just throw it out. It sounds a bit far-fetched now but the way things are going it'll happen within 5-10 years, I reckon. That’s pretty cool actually. I imagine it’ll be common place after a while. An advertiser will work out soon that you can get an enormous amount of attention being the first person to put a ‘moving’ advert in a magazine (and not a hologram, which nobody enjoys). Then everybody will do it and it’ll become the norm.

I was thinking recently how long it will be until media becomes truly disposable; i.e., you’ll buy a movie and watch it on the thing it comes on, like a 5×5 inch touch-screen that has basic iShuffle-type functions like Play, Pause and maybe Rewind. It’ll cost like five dollars, and have maybe a 30-day shelf life. You’ll then just throw it out. It sounds a bit far-fetched now but the way things are going it’ll happen within 5-10 years, I reckon.

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