Welcome to Another Day in Paradise.
They say we are living in exponential times and that’s true in ecology as well as technology, in the natural world as well as in the virtual world. But it’s the virtual world, the digital world, that’s really got my head spinning lately. The digital world (the one through the looking glass of our monitor screens) feels like it is expanding with every blink of the eye, an immense place full of infinite possibilities. A whole new world of wonder and I can’t even keep up with all the ideas it inspires, zinging by at lightning speed.
It all started with an iPod. I got one for Christmas and just like that, I understood what all the fuss was about. Music is such a natural for the digital world, I think the internet has to be the single most important evolution in music since recording devices, for a musician to be able to share their music with an audience of millions, instantaneously. The same could be said of all media (i.e. means of communication), I guess, but music or art in general—which so often translates beyond language and culture—has to be the perfect expression of the potential of digital media. A real capacity for diffusion. People don’t often think of magazines as being part of the digital revolution, they think of us as stagnant and stuck to the three dimensional page, but that is changing with every blink, and it is media (and all of its fabulous forms of communication), that is fueling this digital revolution.
And I am very proud to announce that Another Day in Paradise magazine is now part of the cutting edge of digital media in Mexico. This month we launch the 2008-2009 season with our very own state of the art digital magazine.
You can find it (and many other fun, interactive, multi-media features) on our home page at www.adip.info
We think of it as bringing the world to Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, but maybe we are just bringing ADIP to the world. Either way, we have just expanded our reach exponentially, and are now being seen by at least three times as many readers. We hope they will all fall in love with our little piece of paradise on the Mexican Pacific, and get inspired to come visit us in the non-virtual world.
Until next time,
See you in cyberspace!
