Re: Living Canon: Web or Word?
[ Home ][ Thread ][ Subject ][ Author ][ Date ]Stewart Brand
Thu, 19 Feb 1998 17:48:42 -0800
At 9:59 AM -0800 2/19/98, Eric Doehne wrote:
>Abstract: When information was manually recorded on paper, _the
>draft_ was a document with its own history inscribed upon it. But
>digital tools threaten to obliterate this history, as NICK BOURBAKIS
>discovers, although new software is helping to preserve the evolution
>of documents and designs.
>
>http://www.metropolismag.com/new/content/tech/fe98wor.htm
Well, I had to check that link, didn't I?
Nice find.
The loss of drafts is another whole element of digital document fragility.