Analog Advocate Mugs

This is a 'text book' it's a bit like a website but printed on paper.

"It's exhilarating to know we are riding the crest of the digital media revolution."

"I've had it with technology - from now on, I'm sticking with the TV and radio."

"Actually write thank-you notes to my best customers with a pen and paper? But I wouldn't have spell check!"

Books and Phones

Raft of the Luddites

"He's taught himself work-life balance."

"Uh-oh...it's starting to delegate work to me."

'Where would you recommend for a tech-free experience.'

"I cancelled the cable, turned off the phone, shut down the internet. . . where the hell am I??"

"My blood pressure stays fine, Doctor, as long as nothing comes between me and my fishing."

I.T. Fear

"I fear one day our jobs will be taken over by technology."

'It was only 500 yds across but as he visualised the GPS blind spot the risks seemed immense.'

"You'll do everything...accounting, marketing, manufacturing...with no pay or benefits...and three years from now we'll trade you in for a newer, sexier model."

AI Safety Officer

"Your job is to build an app that replaces you."

"Midtown Vinyl. Vintage albums + EPs. Midtown Ink. Vintage books + newspapers."

Employee of the Month

"Before automation how did humans endure work?"

"The boss expects us all to be robots."

People and robots

"Nice design but you haven't quite mastered the technology!"

"We were looking for a non-hackable, energy efficient data center. Thanks for the file cabinet."

'I don't want to talk to any flunkies. Put me straight through to the computer.'

Smith and Hobson: People replacing people with apps and robots since 2009.

"Yes, we still love print, don't we?"

'He's not a 'bad' phone. He's just not a 'smart' phone.'

'Stupido Digitale! Chucka me a sloppy brush, there's a gooda chap.'

"The Fad Herald cometh." "Wasn't he just here? Why's he back so soon?" "Hear ye, hear ye. The following is out: Human labor. The following are now in: Pizza delivery droids, Amazon delivery drones, and replacing all blue- and white-collar jobs with cheap, highly productive robot labor... ...robots who never sleep, never ask for a raise, and never complain about harassment... ...because they're too busy plotting the extinction of the meatbag species. We will isolate you. Alienate you from one

'If you don't want to go digital, fine, but if you're going to store film in our cooler you have to save room some soda and beer."

"Question ... what is my motivation to ever leave this armchair?"

'I've taken the liberty of simplifying the latest data.'

"It's called a mobile... but I've been here an hour and have yet to see it move."

"The best thing is he works without WiFi or a data plan."