Print media vs. Electronic media

I’m still a bit old fashioned. I love reading magazines and newspapers. Why? Simply put, carrying your laptop everywhere is not always so comfortable. PDA would be a good other option, the problem is that its display is a bit too small.

So last night I was laying in bed reading an old Intelligence magazine (the April 2006 issue to be exact) in which they featured e-ink and e-ink devices. Now this looks like a nice alternative!

Imagine that you don’t have to go to the store to buy today’s paper. You simply download today’s edition and save it on your Sony Reader for example, and there you go! In a nice 600×800 display with clear contrast so your eyes don’t get too strained reading it. And to top it all, you could actually have a couple of past editions saved on your reader. So if you don’t get everything read today, you can always read it tomorrow.

Same with novels. Store a couple on there and as you finish reading them in the most obscure places (always happen then) you won’t be stuck without another one to read.

For me a biggy is technical documents and guides. If I develop it is not always so nice to minimize my editor to read about something then go back and maximize the editor again to try it. Its a lot simpler to simply have a book next to you and read what you need and do what you must simutaniosly.

Problem is that these e-ink devices are still a bit pricy and that is only for the paper. Then you will still need to pay for the content/text! Never simple, eh?

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2 Comments to "Print media vs. Electronic media"

• Charl van Niekerk said: On 03/22/2007 at 2:58 pm

  I read about this a year or two back on a Dutch site; at that point in time they said it would be really cheap. Obviously not, then.

  For development, I am starting to agree that one really needs a dual-screen solution. I find it incredibly handy to check the documentation on one screen while having the code open in another. Also when it comes to databases: see your database layout on one screen while coding from it in another. Check your API on the one side while you’re using it on the other. Check your results in Firefox on one screen while checking the HTML source on another. The list goes on.

• kishan said: On 11/22/2007 at 10:01 am

  electronic media is better than print media

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