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Recording of culture started with messages painted on rocks and caves. Ideas behind pictures held on and on. People gathered around the place to experience the message. Years passed and visitors changed and the message transformed into something else, maybe it was lost.

Millenia passed, and the message did become easier to transport. All sort of scrolls and plates have been shattered against the tides of time, but many of them still remain. However the nature of information changed. It wasn’t about the location or ritual anymore, but about the movement. You could pass on information.

Today books are too long to be read through, stories too long to be followed. If we have information with us at all times, we never stop to consume it, we nibble and lack focus. Which message will stand the test of time, let’s say five minutes?

Cave painting text messageIf you had the patience to read this far then you better continue reading John Puterbaugh’s fantastic article about Mobile 2.0.

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