words, words
"wouldn't it be great if textbooks were published online with dynamic comment fields so that students like Matthew LaClair could raise these sorts of issues directly in the margin of the book. what a great conversation might ensue?" if:book
...er, since when is a entry in a "dynamic comment field...in the margin of the book" a "conversation"? This category of communication used by screen reading advocates is more akin to talking to a nearby driver. Let's not assume that multiple keyboards produce conversation.
all the news that's fit to print
"I think that newspapers still have a future if they stop trying to compete with the net. Printed editions cannot match the speed of the net and publish -almost by definition- old news for an increasing part of there potential market. Therefore I suggested that they use their journalists and experience to add value to news stories by adding background information, by running more extensive stories. Long well-balanced stories still read better on paper. Their readership might be smaller, but could prove to be more steady in the long run."
Kurt
kindle disguised as e-book
"One of the more intriguing aspects of the Kindle's initial rollout in November 2007 was the degree to which Jeff Bezos and Amazon played the Kindle's most revolutionary feature so close to the vest. By marketing the Kindle as an e-book reader, Amazon kept the public focus away from Kindle's stunning EV-DO woreless connectivity.
Did I just tell you that you could buy a mobile computer for $399 and never pay a dime to connect to the web?"
Stephan Windwalker
"Kindle is a whole new class of device. Thank you for being an early adopter." (Kindle screen saver)
KindleKorners
Kindle is engendering its own functionality. One posssibility is a screen transition away from books emerging directly from legacy book formatting. For example, only the cursor scrolls on Kindle, all the content navigation is paginated. Its a blink rather than a slur of text. This blink does play seemlessly with a link, essentially integrating web surfing with pagination. Can collation be far behind?
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