madcow writes “Cory Doctorow’s wonderful BoingBoing has a link to Warren Ellis take on “Burst” culture, ie microchunks of culture, data, information, short attention span, what was I just typing? oh yeah. Bursts.
“* I love print. I love magazines that commit and pay for long articles and long fiction. The web rewards neither approach. It’s a packeted medium, a surf medium. Short bursts are the way to go. The web isn’t a replacement medium — it’s *another* medium. ”
Ellis’ take.
“* Bursts aren’t contentless, nor do they denote the end of Attention Span. If attention span was dead, JK Rowling wouldn’t be selling paperbacks thick enough to choke a pig, and Neal Stephenson wouldn’t be making a living off books the size of the first bedsit I lived in.””
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