-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Russell writes:
I tend to follow distracting links, and forget my original purpose as well
Sometimes that's a bug; sometimes that's a feature...
Traditional folds so you can book the paper and scan columns don't seem to work well any more.
I know! Newspapers should always have an even number of columns so that you can fold the pages back on themselves, the better for reading on the subway without spilling all over the other passengers' laps. - --Bob. On 2018-03-03 09:18 AM, Russell via talk wrote:
On March 3, 2018 8:31:07 AM EST, Ken Heard via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
On 2018-02-02 05:06, Russell via talk wrote:
Snip.
For my personal pleasure in reading tho, I prefer paper. For one it's easier on the eyes.
Also I have several dog eared reference books I would never trade for their digital versions. The simple fact is, that while flipping pages searching for one thing, I learn many other things.
Accidental learning, this is something almost completely eliminated by key word searches of digital documents.
I don't think so. I find that when I look up something on for example Wikipedia, I find myself following many of the links in its articles which take me to all sorts of places unrelated to my original quest. In fact I sometimes run the danger of forgetting what I was originally looking for -- but on the other hand memory loss is attributable to age, and I qualify for such loss on the ground of age.
Me too. I tend to follow distracting links, and forget my original purpose as well. I did say almost in relation to keyword searches. Although if you tried to those away from me today, I'd fight you tooth and nail.
Memories are funny things. I use to know all my friends phone numbers by heart, now I can't think of one, my phone does that for me.
In support of books, you can underline, highlight and dog ear them, even in the bath with little chance of data corruption. Try that with a phone and you might put hundreds of dollars at risk and lose data to boot.
In support of digital media. I can add page links to my phones home screen and group them in folders. I can download some types of PDFs and highlight passages. However I think my favorite reason for reading on a handheld is that it is shakey viewing. Just like holding a book, I do believe this reduces eyestrain by making the eye constantly refocus more often than when sitting in front of a monitor.
IMHO you cant beat a hot bath and a good read. Newspapers have changed their format somewhat. Traditional folds so you can book the paper and scan columns don't seem to work well any more.
Ken
Cheers,
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