Inaugural Post

For some time now, I've found myself watching and wondering as the inevitable march of technology outdates age old print institutions in our society. In a month, I will be the proud recipient of a Bachelor's Degree in English, and as a traditionally self-proclaimed bibliofile I've felt mixed as I see newspapers around the country shut down or reorganize, products like the Kindle (and others) move in on the paper-lovers' territory, and as I watch the internet grow in power and popularity among my peers. Until now.

I have decided to embrace this revolution: Gutenberg be damned, for your age is coming to a swift close. I have listened to my fellow students bemoan the loss of daily papers or books, and I no longer want to be a part of it. The internet has come, the internet is good, and whether you like it or not, change is here.

In this blog I intend to chart the increasingly rapid fall of print media, the rise of new and different methods of human expression and communication, and of course, provide my ever-insightful commentary. For the most part, I will argue that this transition is both good and necessary to keep the pace with modern (mostly American-centric, because that is the culture in which I live) life. Am I stabbing journalists and authors in the back? Damning our library system? I would say no. I am suggesting that instead of dragging ourselves into the future kicking and screaming, we embrace the changes and all the possibilities a new medium(s) can hold.