Todd Akira Morikawa ON SNAILPAPERS, PAPER, HANDWRITING AND THE DIGITAL AGE

Todd Akira Morikawa, when I asked him his thoughts about the new term snailpapers as a term of endearment for print newspapers, told me:

"quaint; brings back memories.... mmm... there is something 2 B valued in the written word... in book/magazine/pamphlet/leaflet/sign form... tactile/organizational... Just as handwritten notes (the nigh-lost art of calligraphy/letter-writing by hand) have character.... snailpapers sounds cute/quaint... not trite or ingratiating/deprecating. "

adding:

"yes.... the graphical user interface pioneered by apple (macintosh) that led to Windows.... (point-and-click) is without-a-doubt useful/handy/innovative. The FEEL of paper. The way one page leads to another... the structure of the printed word uninterrupted by
SPAM/pop-up ads/the hyper-information....hope someway our "memes" will penetrate into the netscape/blogosphere..."