CONNECT ING THE DIGI TAL TO ANALOG
CONVINCE YOU PAPER IS BET TER THAN ELECTRONICS 
( FOR SOME TASKS )
BRIAN SUDA 
http://suda.co.uk 
@briansuda
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KICKSTARTER PROJECT: ANALOG. I S LAT LON NOTEBOOKS
B R I E F HIS TORY OF PAPER
P R E - PAPER: BONE, WOOD OR CLAY WAS USED BUT IT WAS TOO 
CLUNKY TO CARRY AROUND.
PAPYRUS WAS INVENTED IN 3500 BCE IN EGYP T
PARCHMENT TAKES OF F IN 300 BCE DUE TO L IBRARY OF 
ALEXANDRIA’S USE OF A L L THE PAPYRUS
PAPER WAS INVENTED IN CHINA OVER 2200 YEARS AGO. 
SILK WAS LIGHTER THAN PAPER, BUT MORE EXPENSIVE
CHINA CREATES TOI LET PAPER IN 600 CE 
(800 YEAR S AF T E R INVENTING PAPER)
112 0 CE S E E THE F I R S T PAP E R MI L L IN EUROP E IN S PAIN
PAPER VS. ELECTRONICS 
(NOTEBOOKS VS PHONES)
WAT ER RESIS TANT
ELECT R ICAL LY INDEPENDENT
FOLDABLE & TEARABLE
SIT ON I T / D ROP I T
ANNOTATABLE
CHEAP
WHY PAPER I S BET TER FOR SOMETHINGS COMPARI SON TABLE 
WAT ER RESIS TANT 
ELECT R ICAL LY INDEPENDENT 
PORTABLE 
FOLDABLE & TEARABLE 
SIT ON I T / D ROP I T 
ANNOTATABLE 
CHEAP 
REPLIC ABLE 
TRANSMITAB L E 
RESOLUTION 
F I L E FORMAT AGNOST I C 
RECYCL ABLE 
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PHOTOCOP I E R 
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7 2 -490DPI 
SORT OF
PAPERNET
IMBUING PAPER WITH THE I N TERNET 
( S LOW INTERNET, SORT OF L I K E SLOW FOOD, BUT WI T H DATA)
QR CODES OR TINYURLS TO JUMP BACK INTO DIGITAL 
(P.S. AVOID QR CODES, THEY MAKE YOU LOOK SILLY)
http://wtfqrcodes.com
http://ia.net/blog/tages-anzeiger-paper-redesign-pi t c h-lost/
BOARDING PASS
FROM TRAV E L DOCUMENT TO TRAV E L GUIDE
SOMETHING MORE DISCRETE
POCKETMOD
http://pocketmod.com
ZOOMING AND COMPRESSING
ANIMATED GI FS ON PAPER
http://demo.marcofolio.net/a_paral l ax_illusion_with_css/
LENTICULAR MAGIC 
GIF POP
GIF POP
BUT WE WORK ON THE WE B . 
SO LET’S DO THIS IN HTML!
THE WE B I S NOT P I X E L P ERFECT 
(NOR SHOUL D I T B E ! ) 
PDF C AN BE PIXEL PERFECT
WE CAN DESIGN FOR A SPECIFIC OUTPUT, FORMAT, 
SIZE AND PRINTER.
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE 
DESIGNERS OR DEVELOPERS?
PDF AS A SERVICE
PHANTOMJS 
(HEADLESS WEBKI T BROWSER)
http://phantomjs.org
https://mac.gi thub.com
https://gi thub.com/optional - i s/html2pdf
g i t c l o ne g i t@g i t hub.com:opt i o n a l - i s / h tml2p d f . g i t
http://heroku.com
https://toolbe l t .heroku.com
g i t c l o ne g i t@g i t hub.com:opt i o n a l - i s / h tml2p d f . g i t 
h e roku c reate
DEPLOY
g i t c l o ne g i t@g i t hub.com:opt i o n a l - i s / h tml2p d f . g i t 
h e roku c reat e 
g i t p u s h heroku m a s ter
g i t c l o ne g i t@g i t hub.com:opt i o n a l - i s / h tml2p d f . g i t 
h e roku c reat e 
g i t p u s h heroku m a s ter 
h e roku c o n f i g : set BUI L D PACK_URL=https://gi thub.com/rsussland/heroku-buildpack- 
python-phantomjs
g i t c l o ne g i t@g i t hub.com:opt i o n a l - i s / h tml2p d f . g i t 
h e roku c reat e 
g i t p u s h heroku m a s ter 
h e roku c o n f i g : set BUI L D PACK_URL=https://gi thub.com/rsussland/heroku-buildpack- 
python-phantomjs 
heroku restar t
g i t c l o ne g i t@g i t hub.com:opt i o n a l - i s / h tml2p d f . g i t 
h e roku c reat e 
g i t p u s h heroku m a s ter 
h e roku c o n f i g : set BUI L D PACK_URL=https://gi thub.com/rsussland/heroku-buildpack- 
python-phantomjs 
heroku restar t 
heroku open
https://gi thub.com/optional - i s/html2pdf
http://tinyurl.com/oe3vmnt 
h t t p ://opt i o n a l . i s / requ i red/2014/06/12/pdf - c reat i o n - f rom-h t m l - s e r v i ce/
CSS FOR PRINT
http://caniuse.com
ROTATE
. rot a te { 
/ * S a f a r i * / 
- web k i t - t rans f o r m : ro tate( -90deg) ; 
/ * F i r e fox * / 
-moz- t rans f o r m : ro tate( -90deg) ; 
/ * I E * / 
- m s - t rans f o r m : ro tate( -90deg) ; 
/* Opera * / 
- o - t rans f o r m : ro tate( -90deg) ; 
/ * I n t e r net E x p l o r e r * / 
f i l ter : p rogid:DXImageTrans f o rm.Mi c ro s o f t . BasicImage( rot a t i o n=3) ; 
}
PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE 
PAGE-BREAK- AF TER
Formal syntax: a u t o | a l ways | a vo i d | l e f t | r i g h t 
/* a vo i d p a g e b re a k b e f o re t h e d i v * / 
d i v. note { 
p a g e - b reak- b e f o re: always ; 
}
DISPLAY: I N L I N E - B LOCK
. u n b reakable 
{ 
/ * p a g e - b reak- i n s i d e : a vo i d !im por t a n t ; < - - d o e s n ' t wo r k*/ 
d i s p l ay: i n l i n e - b l o c k ; 
}
MULT I -COLUMN LAYOUT S FOR FOLDAB L E FLEXI B I L I T Y 
( 4 , 5 OR 6 PANES?)
.pocketmod { 
-moz-column-count: 4; 
-moz-column-gap: 20px; 
-webkit-column-count: 4; 
-webkit-column-gap: 20px; 
}
http://dogear.co.uk
SEXAGESIMAL: BASE 60 
60 IS DIVISIBLE BY: 1,2,3,4,5,6,10,12,15,20,30,60 
PIECES OF EIGHT COI N : 
8 I S D I V I S I B L E BY: 1, 2 , 4 ,8 
12 IS DIVISIBL E BY 1,2,3,4,6,12
MEDIA QUE R I E S FOR VAR IOUS PAPER S IZES!
US LET TER VS. A4 PAPER
I AM AN A - S E R I ES CONVERT ! 
WHY I S THE USA S T I L L ON THE IMPERI A L SYSTEM?
<style> 
body, html { font-size: 16px; } 
h1 { font-size: 32px; } 
h1, p { padding: 10px; 
margin: 0; line-height: 1.35; } 
div { outline: 1px solid #ccc; } 
.a4 { height: 4.15in; width: 2.825in; 
float: left; margin: .5in; } 
.us { height: 4.25in; width: 2.74in; 
float: left; margin: .5in; } 
.us h1 { font-size: 28px; } 
.us p { line-height: 1.4; } 
</style>
BINDINGS
S TAPLES AND HOLE PUNCHS ARE MESSY
A SMALL , P R I N T ON DEMAND, CUSTOM, PAPERNET NOTEBOOK 
L E S S THAN $1
THAT ’ S GREAT, BUT WHERE’S THE INTERNET?
APIS/PRINT ON DEMAND 
DESIGN ON DEMAND
BERG L I T T L E PRINTER 
http://littlepr i n ter.com
BERG L I T T L E PRINTER 
http://littlepr i n ter.com
YOTEL LOBBY EXAMPLE
S TART WI TH THE EASY S TUFF 
Stocks, Weather, Todos, Calendar 
Same as iOS apps you can’t delete
DREAM DEVICE
OTHER PAPERNET EXAMPLES
https://www.paperlater.com
http://booktwo.org/notebook/sxsw-2010-f ieldnotes/
http://booktwo.org/notebook/wikipedia-historiography/
Brian Suda 
brian@suda.co.uk 
@briansuda THANKS! 
MOR E ABOUT S E T T ING-UP A HTML2PDF SERV ICE 
http://tinyurl.com/oe3vmnt 
MOR E ABOUT PAPERNET BOARDING PASSES 
http://tinyurl.com/3947p8w

Connecting The Digital To Analog - Brian Suda