The Evolving Act of Physically Reading In a Digitial World

Andrew Donaldson
4 min readMay 6, 2024

I cannot help but think about the difference in how I read in digital vs physical mediums, and how others might read differently also.

Photo by Andrew Donaldson

I have joked with folks that my age cohort is the last of the analogs; the last generation that grew up without ubiquitous internet. My high school years “going online” started as something you had to do in the newfangled computer…

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Andrew Donaldson

Writer. Mountaineer diaspora. Veteran. Managing Editor @ordinarytimemag on culture & politics, food writing @yonderandhome, Host @heardtellshow & other media