Comments on: Shafer’s list of professions & technologies destoryed by digital disintermediation

By: Fletch

Fletch — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:27:17 +0000

Bookbinders?

Bookbinders were marginalized well before the digital revolution took hold. It was really the industrial revolution that changed book manufacturing. In many of these cases, I fear that you are confusing the "typhooning" of a product with the end of a producer.

By: Fletch

Fletch — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:27:17 +0000

By: Fletch

Fletch — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:27:17 +0000

By: wiredless

wiredless — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:18:02 +0000

Hand written letters
Clipboard
Music on AM / FM radio
The Yellow Pages
Door-to-door salespeople
Wooden baseball bats (except in the bigs)
fax machines
easy-to-open packaging

Great list. Fun to take it and add adoption curves for various demographics. I live in semi-rural Western US and some of these actually still dominate the landscape (and mindscape). Many still define their value in simple terms by what they produce. On the one hand, I feel trapped in a culture still fighting against itself. On the other hand, I feel free to incorporate new models into the value proposition. Though we're on the back side of the curve where we live ("the digital divide"), opportunity to lead businesses into the new paradigms exists. Niches in many of the typhooned machines / industries still have life.

Curious about what others think is next to stumble into oblivion.

By: michaelarthurthomas

michaelarthurthomas — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:28:37 +0000

They should make themselves little wooden shoes and hurl them at the computer screens.