It was just last week that I found myself sitting in the waitingroom of my dentist, anticipating the cleaning procedure my teethwere about to experience. As I sat there, fidgeting for a way tooccupy my time, (my dentist has designated the office as a no-cellphone zone) my attention turned to an assortment of magazineshaphazardly spread across the top of the end table next to mychair.

In a world where all the experts seem to be advocating the useof digital communications as a way to reach the masses and savetrees in the process, here I was, surveying a collection of printpublications much like a child perusing which toy to play withnext. Yet I was thoroughly amused, for the thought of handling abound collection of paper pages that did not require scrolling or54Mbps of Internet connectivity was all too thrilling.

I paused to wonder what was driving such an appeal. Did it haveanything to do with me rediscovering the distinct value inherent inprint publications? Perhaps it was because I found the printedmagazines to be so refreshingly different, since I've been gettingall my information online. Yes, no morning newspapers in thishousehold. We've gone totally digital!