Comments on: Printed press, RIP http://www.technollama.co.uk/save-the-press Not Just Another Technology Law Blog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:12:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Printed press, RIP | TechnoLlama http://www.technollama.co.uk/save-the-press/comment-page-1#comment-14666 Printed press, RIP | TechnoLlama Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:07:07 +0000 http://www.technollama.co.uk/?p=2136#comment-14666 <strong>Printed press, RIP | TechnoLlama...</strong> [...]Much digital ink has already been spent on commenting on Judge Richard Posner's bizarrely reactionary proposal that the only solution to save newspapers is to[...]... Printed press, RIP | TechnoLlama…

[...]Much digital ink has already been spent on commenting on Judge Richard Posner’s bizarrely reactionary proposal that the only solution to save newspapers is to[...]…

]]> By: E. Stevenson http://www.technollama.co.uk/save-the-press/comment-page-1#comment-2774 E. Stevenson Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:17:51 +0000 http://www.technollama.co.uk/?p=2136#comment-2774 I love the kindle! I have only owned it for 2 weeks, but have already finished 4 rather large books on it. Here is what I have noticed so far: - I always used to loose my place when reading a real book, but the kindle makes it very hard for this to happen, it even syncs the last page read between devices (if you find yourself reading a part of a book on an iphone for instance) - I can read through books much faster than I used to be able to (since I have been working I have only read at most a book a month -- never would I dream 2 books a week!) I attribute a lot of this to the ability to increase the font size (with my bad eyes I found my self squinting reading normal books) - I learn more about what I'm reading. I used to come across words I didn't know, and just try to figure out the meaning from the surrounding text. Nothing beats being able to quickly get a dictionary definition, wikipedia entry, or google search result on an unfamiliar word. - Can read without interruption when its windy outside! - Can carry huge 1000 page books that most people would feel silly hauling around. - Great for reading through large work documents (with the ability to quickly search, highlight and add notes) - Can send and receive email from anywhere in the United States (via gmail on the built-in browser)! And all this from something that cost the same price as one high quality book shelf (which would never hold 1500 books). I love the kindle! I have only owned it for 2 weeks, but have already finished 4 rather large books on it.
Here is what I have noticed so far:
– I always used to loose my place when reading a real book, but the kindle makes it very hard for this to happen, it even
syncs the last page read between devices (if you find yourself reading a part of a book on an iphone for instance)
– I can read through books much faster than I used to be able to (since I have been working I have only read at most a book a month — never would I dream 2 books a week!) I attribute a lot of this to the ability to increase the font size (with my bad eyes I found my self squinting reading normal books)
– I learn more about what I’m reading. I used to come across words I didn’t know, and just try to figure out the meaning from the surrounding text. Nothing beats being able to quickly get a dictionary definition, wikipedia entry, or google search result on an unfamiliar word.
– Can read without interruption when its windy outside!
– Can carry huge 1000 page books that most people would feel silly hauling around.
– Great for reading through large work documents (with the ability to quickly search, highlight and add notes)
– Can send and receive email from anywhere in the United States (via gmail on the built-in browser)!

And all this from something that cost the same price as one high quality book shelf (which would never hold 1500 books).

]]> By: *The Only Solution To Save Newspapers Is To Ban Linking « Austrotrabant’s Blog http://www.technollama.co.uk/save-the-press/comment-page-1#comment-2106 *The Only Solution To Save Newspapers Is To Ban Linking « Austrotrabant’s Blog Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:20:30 +0000 http://www.technollama.co.uk/?p=2136#comment-2106 [...] stumbled across this issue on a blog of a former lecturer of mine at the University of Edinburgh. What actually caught my attention was [...] [...] stumbled across this issue on a blog of a former lecturer of mine at the University of Edinburgh. What actually caught my attention was [...]

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