(a post never realized)

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/bloggers/2009/08/04/does-tech-engage-or-distract/
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/magazine/25desire-t.html
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/03/notes-on-abroad-what-do-you-look-for-when-you-look-at-art/

putting aside the recently documented >>link<< animal rights abuses for a moment, waiting in the subzero weather at midnight to watch a parade of zoo animals walk down 34th street in manhattan is a unique event few are able to witness.

/example/ (trying to get a snapshot of elephants coming through queens tunnel, spent entire time behind camera — entire event occurs through filter)

could be integral part of creating new experience, richer, factual and thorough
or supplanting the genuine experience

you can point to a photo or a video or a tweet but what (?intrinsic?) value have you really retained
less a notion of capturing a moment to remember the experience by then documenting every aspect of the experience