{"id":25723,"date":"2011-01-21T16:53:41","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T16:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/mr-gray-was-smart-enough-to-realise-two-things\/"},"modified":"2018-12-05T22:39:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T05:39:57","slug":"mr-gray-was-smart-enough-to-realise-two-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/mr-gray-was-smart-enough-to-realise-two-things\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-25723 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/mr-gray-was-smart-enough-to-realise-two-things\/attachment\/25724\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_lfdtliwtqX1qbup7mo1_1280-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Mr Gray was smart enough to realise two things; firstly that Lulu have made the mechanics of book-making so cheap and easy that you can move straight to the physical form of the thing as soon as you want. The best way to write a book is bundle all your notes and rough thoughts together and stick them in a book. Then carry that around, make amendments, even invite other people to do the same, until you fancy making another version. And one day, who knows there&rsquo;ll be a definitive &lsquo;finished&rsquo; version. But maybe there never will be. The second is that, in many ways, that&rsquo;s a more interesting and involving thing to own than a finished book. You&rsquo;re getting an object, but you&rsquo;re also getting into a little community. He inspired me to make my own book (above on the right) cleverly entitled Notebook 1. I&rsquo;ve always wondered how different notetaking styles might work for me so I&rsquo;ve put them all together in one place so I can try it out. Grids. Shapes. Boxes. Lines. Plus I&rsquo;ve added various things to do in case meetings get boring. Like a simple drawing of Pikachu so I can practise that, get good and impress Arthur. You see what I&rsquo;m getting at here? Books\/paper are proven technologies. Brilliant things. Really good at all sorts of stuff. We&rsquo;re not in an age where books are about to disappear. But many of the business models associated with them may do. Because we&rsquo;re getting direct access to book technologies ourselves. (via <a href=\"http:\/\/russelldavies.typepad.com\/planning\/2009\/01\/meet-the-new-schtick-2.html\">russell davies: meet the new schtick (2)<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Gray was smart enough to realise two things; firstly that Lulu have made the mechanics of book-making so cheap and easy that you can move straight to the physical form of the thing as soon as you want. 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