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There's a lot wrapped up in that icon: - rendering a physical embodiment of the digital work - more specifically, making a thing you can hand to another person
by the_other 6y ago
There's a lot wrapped up in that icon:
- rendering a physical embodiment of the digital work
- more specifically, making a thing you can hand to another person so they can use it
- also specifically making a thing you can physically store somewhere "safe"
- a distinction between temporary and permanent versions of the digital content
Today we don't use physical media for any of these things. Display, exchange and long-term storage can all be accomplished without going to the physical realm.
How else might we represent this graphically?