Some days, I wonder what the internet would be like in an analog world. Can we envision interacting with the massive web in physical form, without directly touching a computer? With a bit of coding work, I think it could actually be done. Here, for your pleasure, is my vision of an embodied internet. my blog Now, the whole concept depends on the existence of flawless OCR of my handwriting, which I assume does not exist, given my brief experiments with OCR. But hey, let’s assume the tech exists, or that I would train an OCR algorithm myself to get it working well with my handwriting. Given that, I would simply draft my blog posts by hand, which I already do, on occasion, then put the paper in a slot or box to be scanned, dropped into a template, and uploaded to my website. Easy as pie! (Having never made pie, I admit that I’m not sure how easy it is. Perhaps the phrase should be “easy as stir fry”?) email There are currently other ways I interact with people online, but email…
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