Sunday, July 25, 2010
MAC Wk 3 - E-Books
I love technology, I really do, but I do not love e-books. I am enjoying reading the Art of Possibility, but every time I sit down to read, I can't help but think how much more I would get out of it if I was reading it in my nice cozy bed. I just can't curl up with a laptop like I can with a book. Although there are some things about technology that can help us communicate and connect to others (skype, facebook, etc.) but I am also recognizing that it can also separate us from each other. I could spend all night on facebook, or I could go out to a coffee shop with my friends and interact with live people. For some reason, reading a book (a real book) seems like a much more intimate, personal experience than reading an e-book. I also get too easily distracted when I try to read an e-book. There are so many other things on my computer to distract me, that I am finding it very hard to read. If I just had a book in my hand and could go to a room with no computers or outside or something with very few distractions, I could read this book the way the author originally intended.
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Yes, I agree with you. I also love technology but I do not like e-books. I think that we need to take break from the computer screen. I am more comfortable reading a book that I can hold in hand and make notes in. I also agree that reading a hand held book is a more personal intimate experience. I think that the newspaper and magazine publishers will also agree with us, there is nothing like the feel of a book in your hand when you are reading.
ReplyDelete...or an iPad. :-)
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