Legacy: September 2007 Archives
There are so many great ways to do this. But all of them require you to save it somewhere. We all know what a time capsule is. Think of iForem as your own personal time capsule. But if you want to publish a book, after you saved your data for life with iForem, check out this company Modern Memoirs, inc.
They make a great point about why books are so good - but they have not seen iForem yet :-) Lets see if this pages changes after our call today.
Videos & CD-ROMs (How long do things last?)
500 years vs. 20 years
We admit the following: We strongly favor the book over electronic and magnetic media. There are many reasons for this, but the basic one is the book's astonishing longevity, quality, and accessibility (it's user-friendly).
On a deeper level, we believe that paper and ink have a singular place in the world because of their beauty and simplicity. The subtle effects of holding and reading a book contribute to a different state of mind -- the "reading state", it is now called. It is a place of creative contemplation that we aim to support.
Now, on to specifics: According to a report from the Council on Library and Information Resources, the following statistics can be compared to the fact that non-acidic buffered paper lasts up to 500 years:
-- videotapes are unlikely to last 20 years, even under ideal storage conditions
-- videotapes can become archivally unreliable after 5 years
-- CD-ROMs are reliable for 10 years or less
-- the hardware and software needed to use CD-ROMs become obsolete within 5 years
Having said that, we also want to appreciate the way professionally prepared videos can show speech patterns, body language, and ambience. CD-ROMs? Well, they seem to store about as much information as a medium-size book with 30 photographs, but they do offer the service of allowing the viewer to access links to the web.
However, according to a September 1, 2003 report in PC-Active, a Dutch magazine, recent Dutch tests suggest that although some CD manufacturers claim that their CDs will last up to a century, "the CD-R is the wrong medium to store data files, music, or photos for posterity." The tests found that a significant number of CD-ROMs degraded even under normal conditions (room temperature, no sunlight) within months and projected that even better quality CDs will degrade sooner than manufacturers' projections.
Thus, with at least a modicum of confidence in the test of time, we believe that offset-printed books on acid-free paper are the only sure medium other than carved stone, metal, or space-age ceramics. Videos and CDs are a wonderful and appropriate accompaniment, however, and we are pleased to work with selected peers to provide clients with videos or CDs at competitive prices if they request it.
Or we think iForem is also pretty darn good. and you don't have to pay for reprints :-)
They make a great point about why books are so good - but they have not seen iForem yet :-) Lets see if this pages changes after our call today.
Videos & CD-ROMs (How long do things last?)
500 years vs. 20 years
We admit the following: We strongly favor the book over electronic and magnetic media. There are many reasons for this, but the basic one is the book's astonishing longevity, quality, and accessibility (it's user-friendly).
On a deeper level, we believe that paper and ink have a singular place in the world because of their beauty and simplicity. The subtle effects of holding and reading a book contribute to a different state of mind -- the "reading state", it is now called. It is a place of creative contemplation that we aim to support.
Now, on to specifics: According to a report from the Council on Library and Information Resources, the following statistics can be compared to the fact that non-acidic buffered paper lasts up to 500 years:
-- videotapes are unlikely to last 20 years, even under ideal storage conditions
-- videotapes can become archivally unreliable after 5 years
-- CD-ROMs are reliable for 10 years or less
-- the hardware and software needed to use CD-ROMs become obsolete within 5 years
Having said that, we also want to appreciate the way professionally prepared videos can show speech patterns, body language, and ambience. CD-ROMs? Well, they seem to store about as much information as a medium-size book with 30 photographs, but they do offer the service of allowing the viewer to access links to the web.
However, according to a September 1, 2003 report in PC-Active, a Dutch magazine, recent Dutch tests suggest that although some CD manufacturers claim that their CDs will last up to a century, "the CD-R is the wrong medium to store data files, music, or photos for posterity." The tests found that a significant number of CD-ROMs degraded even under normal conditions (room temperature, no sunlight) within months and projected that even better quality CDs will degrade sooner than manufacturers' projections.
Thus, with at least a modicum of confidence in the test of time, we believe that offset-printed books on acid-free paper are the only sure medium other than carved stone, metal, or space-age ceramics. Videos and CDs are a wonderful and appropriate accompaniment, however, and we are pleased to work with selected peers to provide clients with videos or CDs at competitive prices if they request it.
Or we think iForem is also pretty darn good. and you don't have to pay for reprints :-)
