Known among his friends for his handstand pictures around the world, the Staten Island, New York, consultant says he still wants to experience the reality of his trip, which he claims is better than the virtual reality of his postings.

CNN: Does virtual travel cramp your style?

That may be about to change, thanks to the biggest breakthrough in the visual display of words and pictures since the invention of television--a new technology that promises a world where information is portable, cheap and stunningly vivid.

FORBES: Seeing the Light

In the latest example of the growing fragmentation of the world of work, a new company called Quri is offering to pay shoppers for collecting pictures and other data while they shop in supermarkets, drug stores and other retail outlets.

FORBES: Quri: Startup Wants To Pay You To Take Pics While You Shop

But as magazines and newspapers and books and business offices and schools make their inexorable leap into the digital future, there's nothing wrong with acknowledging just how nice the tactile, comforting, here-when-you-want-me world of words and pictures on paper has been, even while recognizing and appreciating the marvels of the new way.

CNN: In digital age, recall beauty of paper