I'd like to pick this book up one day in hopes of finding a little evidence, some back-up ideas that support the notion that I honestly believe that we're on the wrong track, at least off-track a bit. That we're still missing the point after all these years of marketing and trying to sell our stuff on these so-called pages. Hey, maybe I'll pop into Pages and read the first few pages to see if reading it cover to cover would help support these notions... oh right, Pages closed its doors; last of the favorite little local bookstores I once, adored, but in reality, no longer need.
I hope to read this book one day. Ya, right... book reading has about as big a chance as book writing these days what with all this needing to be reading bits and bites all day in and day out, moment to moment... briefs... BUT.
I'd like to pick this book up one day in hopes of finding a little evidence, some back-up ideas that support the notion that I honestly believe that we're on the wrong track, at least off-track a bit. That we're still missing the point after all these years of marketing and trying to sell our stuff on these so-called pages. Hey, maybe I'll pop into Pages and read the first few pages to see if reading it cover to cover would help support these notions... oh right, Pages closed its doors; last of the favorite little local bookstores I once, adored, but in reality, no longer need. Sitting here at the local coffee shop across form Saylor's, what may just be the last of the local hardware stores left on... earth. I'm not sad to see these places go; shift happens, I'm more saddened by the fact that "our stores", these stores haven't embraced "this". Embraced what's possible with this stuff and applied that it to these store, the big-boxes and the endless linked in the same endless chain stores. The places they now have us shop. I'm also hoping it will spin a nice tall tale about those days, when shopping was... social. At least way more so than
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