A short musing on becoming internet content :

Producing video, art, or text on the internet is an odd experience because there isn’t anything tangibly being given to anyone. A blog isn’t the same as a printed book—which is consciously chosen by the reader, sought out and stored on a shelf or table. A book is a belonging. A blog post is not belonging to anyone. I have given nothing but raw data.

This principle runs through video, music, and art just the same. A Vinyl record is different from a car radio; a movie DVD is different from streaming. In its furthest form, the scrolling of mixed short media is nothing tangible to hold onto at all.( Read more... )