Even in the aftermath of an unprecedented earthquake:
When the worst earthquake in Japan’s history and the subsequent tsunami knocked out all power in the city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, editors at the Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun, the city’s daily newspaper, printed news of the disaster the only way they could: by pen and paper.
For six consecutive days after the twin disasters, reporters used flashlights and marker pens to write their stories on poster-size paper and posted the “newspapers” at the entrances of relief centers around the city. Six staff members collected stories, while three spent an hour and a half each day writing the newspapers by hand.
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Throughout the human history, the best way to inform your fellow humans was, is and will be a pen(plume,..) and a piece of paper.
I’m astonished by their Spirit!
This is a great example as to why I’m miffed as to why Apple didn’t develop a fancy stylus for the iPad. They did, after all, pioneer text-to-type with the Newton. I get that they want to change the way we interact with personal screen devices, but, as this example shows, we will always need to know how to physically write.
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