WRITERS LIFEGUARD: Mantrae of Our Times
Posted on | August 20, 2010 | No Comments
Way back when — in April, 2009 — I called Writers Lifeguard No. 16, “Mantrae for Our Times.”
Jules Older
It had but four markers of change:
- Screen is the new Paper
- Short is the new Deep
- Pictures are the new Words
- Free is the new Pay
Now, more than a year further into our climb — or plunge — from Gutenberg Era into the Digital Age, I’m ready to add six more
- Canon is the new Nikon (which was once the new Leica)
- Apps are the new Websites
- YouTube is the new Home Movie
- Video is the new Still Photography
- Twitter is the new Pac-Man [Can you guess why?]
- Blogs are the new Poetry. [This time I’ll tell you why. Both are written by many, read by few.]
And so the world turns.
If you have other new mantrae (mantrae being the plural of mantra) to add, shoot ‘em my way. And tell me — are we climbing into sunshine or plunging into darkness?
Jules
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Jules Older (amazingly, no relation to Susan Older) is a freelance travel writer, the author of children’s books, the creator of the iPhone app San Francisco Restaurants, a speaker, a broadcaster and a consultant. Learn more about Jules here. To become a Lifeguard, just drop Jules a line at jules@julesolder.com, saying, “I’m a writer. Sign me up!”
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