The Analog Renaissance Manifesto

page 1. Multitasking Mayhem

page 1I1. Overdosing on Tablets

page v. Corrupt Memories

page VI1. 140 Characters or Less

page IX. Vimeo Killed the Video Star

page XI. Lo-Fi Living.

page XIII. Solitude.

This is the Analog Renaissance Manifesto, the following points are not

just angry rants about how evil we think technology. We are anything but

anti technology, it serves a purpose and does it well.

Just think of this as a plea to rely less on it, and appreciate the now

all to redundant generations of technology that have come before this.

Appreciate print media, video tapes, 8 tracks, photocopiers, fax machines,

polaroid photos, typewritters and all that other nostalgic stuff!

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Our ever growing reliance and immersion in technology has

seen us `multitasking ̀more than ever. But as we `multitask ̀more and

more I feel out consentration and attentionspan to a subject grows

shorter and shorter. We f ind ourselves looking at multiple screens at a

time, checking e-mails on the computer, watching our favourite shows on

television and texting our friends and co workers in tandem. We live to

be up to date with everything happening in the world at any given second

in the day. We can`t just constentrate on reading that 400 word article

on our bookmarked website, we also have to check the football scores

on another website whilest also checking the weather for tomorrow in

another tab on our browser. Thats if we can squeeze the time in between

liking someones status on facebook and re tweeting that same person

at the same time aswell. Think about it, how often have you put what you

were doing on hold to watch a video on youtube, or reply to a friends

message almost as soon as you`ve recived it?

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Traditional books, in my opinion as a booklover, will always be

around. Many people feel it is completely taboo to even think about

throwing out a book, for whatever reason. As more and more people

begin to go the way of the e-book and e-readers, I have begun to realize

how much better it feels to read an actual book. There is just something

classic and traditional about having a physical book to hold while you

are reading. It is sad to think that one day the youth could not even know

what a traditional book looks like. Books could be a foreign concept

to them; something they see when the go to history museums. Books in

themselves are a form of technology that should not go to the wayside.

The library sciences are waning in popularity and usefulness as more

and more works are being digitized. Librarians are becoming obsolete,

with their traditional f ield of expertise no longer being needed. I

have an e-reader myself but have realized that reading on it is not the

same as holding a book in my hands. Reading a paperback book becomes

an experience: the way the book smells, how the pages feel. There are

memories associated and embedded into the pages of well worn books

that just are not there with e-books, and e-books will never have that

physical and emotional experience associated with them.

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CORRUPTED/MEMORIES/.......................DATA LOST/

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The over reliance we have placed in digital stroage will only lead to

lost memorys further down the line. Storing our photos albums, our

music collection, our books, a in cyber space, on cloud severs, hard

drives and memory sticks is only asking to face corruption and loss of

data as it weathers the test of time. With no back ups our f iles risk being

lost forever.

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There's nothing more frustrating to me than a Twitterer who does not have a

website containing personal writings, musings or information lis...

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...ted in their prof ile. I want to know more about a person than they could

ever tell me in 140 characters, but sadly, I think I am the except...

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I grew up on surf ing and back in the day bodyboarding vids on VHS

were pumping. The constant smashing of the rewind button meant a

Fuzzy White Line of Doom pluaged my exsistance. Oter kids my age were

getting involved in Rage every saturday morning. My musical taste was

restricted to whatever Strohey or Ian Stewart decided I should be digging.

The only thing about the vids was the wait. I'd wait months and watch

the same 3 minuets of footage every afternoon for the next 6 months. I

wanted instant Gratif ication. I wanted to be somthered by new vids on a

weekly basis. Well be careful what you wish for because Vimeo has killed

boogie vids, instant gratif ication is at your f inger tips. But plain and

simple it aint as good. Without anticipation there is no fuf ilment!!

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From a design point of view I fell we all to readily jump to the

computer when we start to work on projects we undertake. I wish we

could all take a step back an explore alternative ways to produce work,

sometimes the results look much nicer and are something we can become

alot more emotinaly invested in!

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We should be encouraged to learn the benef its of being alone;

otherwise, “we risk losing the capacity for the kind of solitude that

energizes and restores

I think of solitude as such an incredibly rewarding experience.

Learning to be alone allows us to know ourselves better, have healthier

relationships, gain conf idence, and experience things for ourselves.

In our constant attachment to technology, we lose the capacity to

experience this kind of solitude. Even when we are alone in our homes

many of us sit with our phones in our pockets, our tablets by our sides

or out laptops infront of us, constantly connected. Have you noticed

how people can't live without their mobile phones? If they're not talking

then they're checking for a message that wasn't there two minutes ago. We

often f ind ourselves f idling with our phones whilst we wait for trains,

wait for friends, wait for coffes, walk form point A to point B, can't we

be out of touch for even a few minutes? Even when we our not calling

or texting our friends or exchanging messages on facebook we still

have the means to do so with us at all times as some kind of comforting

cushion. Learning to be comfortable with out access to these means of

instant communication will serve us better in the long run.

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