Comments on: McLuhan quote for video iPod

By: Deborah Dunn

Deborah Dunn — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 02:58:41 +0000

Would McLuhan say the ipod is a cool or a hot medium?

By: john

john — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 07:05:58 +0000

From: Peter Fallon

“But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It speaks, and yet says nothing!” (Understanding Media)
–PKF

By: john

john — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 21:05:53 +0000

From: Scott Bennett

“Stupidity is no excuse for not thinking.”

It works in any situation.

SB
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From: Corey Anton

For the “Video iPod” : “Apocalypse is our only hope.”

Corey Anton
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From: Bruce Gronbeck

Go for: We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.

(You’ll find in various iterations, not to mention slight rewordings,
in several places in McL.) –Bruce
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From: Alex Kuskis

In the context, I like:
Invention is the mother of necessities.

or
Tomorrow is our permanent address.

Then there’’s:
I may be wrong, but I’m never in doubt.

……….Alex Kuskis

By: john

john — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 21:03:39 +0000

that’s what 100% of the respondents (2 or 3 others) have said so far, so i’ll go with it.

although i did send the same question to the media ecology association email list, and there were 4 or 5 respondents, each who provided a quote of their own.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 21:00:27 +0000

All mankind as our skin.