Bibliotechno » print http://www.dawnbilyeu.com/blog explorations in library blogging Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:49:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Death of The Printed Blog http://www.dawnbilyeu.com/blog/2009/07/09/death-of-the-printed-blog/ http://www.dawnbilyeu.com/blog/2009/07/09/death-of-the-printed-blog/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:03:26 +0000 dbilyeu http://www.dawnbilyeu.com/blog/?p=810 The Printed BlogIt appears as though The Printed Blog has met its inevitable end, with its founder pulling the plug earlier this week due to lack of advertising funds and investment capital. I originally wrote about The Printed Blog back in February and questioned its staying power. Though a fairly novel concept, it seemed like yet another way of trying to push new technology back into the confines of older models. The layout and design were fabulous and I did find a couple of bloggers that I now follow regularly, but an actual printed copy never quite found its way into my hands, and I quickly forgot about checking in with the online version–instead preferring to follow individual bloggers via Google Reader. Occasionally these sorts of nostalgia-laced initiatives catch on, but sadly, this one did not. And yes, it pains me to write about printed articles as “nostalgia”, but it seems that is where we are at. More on this later…

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The Printed Blog takes posts submitted by local bloggers and turns them into a newspaper form, allowing blog reading to be both portable and tangible.  A free newspaper, The Printed Blog has started distribution in Chicago and San Francisco.  Their ultimate goal is to make the paper a twice daily publication, with readers determining which blogs will make their way to the paper through popular vote.  Critics point out that most people can take their blogs with their through iphones, etc. and that printing blogs on paper is not very environmentally friendly.  I think it is an interesting concept, but ultimate do not see it going very far.  What say you?

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