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One of the best things about writing
The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter is it was basically one big, tax-deductible excuse to acquire some very cool things. After all, if I didn’t practice the analog gospel I preached, what kind of evangelist for the benefits and pleasures of a tactile world of objects and ideas would I be? Over the course of the two years I worked on the book, I managed to amass a decent collection of tools, souvenirs, and other analog treasures that now seem indispensable and say a lot about why analog resonates with people today, even though the digital alternative might be easier and cheaper. These artifacts are the physical history of
The Revenge of Analog and will endure, like the bound pages of the book, long after its release date...