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07/22/09
I think many entreprenuers like the pull my finger developer fail to realize that several other people have the same epiphany as them all it is a matter of skill, luck, planning, and timing that can lead to their success. And no matter what industry your in someone will eventually duplicate and reimagine your product or ideas to make money.
07/22/09
If your going to paint yourself pretty, go all out man, go all out.
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02/27/09
02/27/09
yeah i'm not sure how this meshes with his hatred of books.
maybe when they send him one he'll smash it...
02/27/09
02/27/09
Yup, he did a big thing with the iPhone... Ah, I see the next comment thread covers this. I am a dollar short and a day late. Should I just hit "x" and cancel this redundancy, or leave it in all its splendor?
02/24/09
02/24/09
Nope, I have to drag around some huge $350 dollar gadget that I can't do anything with except read books/RSS. I have to worry about battery charges, weather, damage, air port screenings, etc.
02/24/09
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02/24/09
Are you reading the book to absorb the information contained within or are you doing it so that other people will think you look cool?
I use an E-reader(the sony model) and I haven't enjoyed any tech device more than it.
Why is it so great?
It is smaller and lighter than any book you can buy, but it stores ALL of my books. It is the same reason the ipod is more popular than the walkman.
We have vinyl-freaks promoting the "loss of magic" with the new mp3-era. Now we have paper-freaks bemoaning the loss of the printed book?
Where are all of the giant-binder freaks complaining about the invention of the computerized spreadsheet? How about the drafting-board freaks who think Autocad takes all of the magic out of hours of tedious drawing?
The question should be simple...
Does this device make it easier and more convenient to engage in a particular activity?
If YES, then it is a good device
If NO, then the device sucks.
e-ink readers definitely make reading a lot of books more convenient....so GREAT DEVICE!!!!
02/24/09
02/24/09
Buttons will hold your cuffs closed just as well, if not better, than cuff links. But there is an intangible aspect to links. It's not just about the look. There is a deliberateness to links. It's almost like a ritual.
Similarly, listening to a record involves ritual. The blowing on the record. Lining up the hole. Gently lowering the tone arm. The first hiss and pop.
Or making a mixtape. Collect your tapes. Write down the songs. Tally up the runtime. Sitting by the player, ready to hit pause.
There's a deliberateness to turning a paper page. Also, there's the "trophy" aspect of read books.
02/24/09
I don't care if my paperback make me look cool but I sure as hell appreciate the fact that I can read it after I sit on it.
Ans when I finish I'll leave it in the seat pocket of the plane as an unexpected gift for someone else. It was such a surprise that got me to read Starship Troopers (after seeing that horrible movie).
I have been returning the favor in kind ever since.
02/24/09
The batteries on pencils don't die, but I bet you didn't write your article with one. What's the weight/storage volume/environmental impact of the production and distribution of a complete set of "The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire" in the printed format of you choice, versus the weight/storage volume/environmental impact of the production and distribution of the same work via Kindle. You might not prefer the format, but if you don't see any advantage to it, then maybe tech writing's not your thing.
02/24/09
When's the last time you were able to read more of the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire in one sitting than you could physically carry on your person?
02/24/09
It's a burgeoning market that will take time to find specific niches and development its own unique methods of improving or streamlining content distribution. For some people, who don't read as voraciously, or as often, it's obviously a less than stellar concept, and probably seems rather silly. For myself, who reads upwards of 10 paperbacks per month, and is often flipping through reference books (astronomy, biology, Roman history, etc, etc) it would allow me to have numerous things to read without having to decide which two or three books I'd like to bring along (if any, space permitting).
While the cost is still too high, for me, I applaud the concept, just as I applauded the concept of MP3 players long before I considered one affordable for myself. Will I ditch my collection of hundreds and hundreds of books? Absolutely not. I'll still buy hardcovers, coffee table books and the occasional paperback. Just as I still sometimes buy a physical CD because I enjoy having it in my car, or for making my own MP3s, even when I've bought a track or two via on-line stores.
In a world where information can be, and often is, available nearly everywhere, from multiple sources both physical and digital, I think the option to utilize both is great.
I think it's amusing that everyone is casting aspersions on e-readers, and Bezos specifically, for this product. It's not much different than Stve Jobs' promotion of the iPod at a time when digital music was stilla somewhat radical concept. That device was pretty freakin' expensive too.
I'm not comparing Bezos to Jobs, but rather that first gen devices that challenge traditional media distribution and physicality are often criticized unfairly based on personal bias. Don't get so personally and emotionally involved. Are these people scared someone is going to steal their books away? Or that books will suddenly stop being printed?
02/24/09
Do you leave your laptop laying around? Well then why the fuck would you sit on an e-reader, or leave it somewhere? Just becaus eyou are a retard doesn't mean the device is impractical for others.
02/24/09
Bravo!
02/24/09
Dollar for dollar, the At-A-Glance Daily Diary (it's red and measures about 5 x 8.5 x 2) is one of the best planners you can get.
It doesn't crash, it's rugged, involves an instinctive UI, and will store your data for as long as you need it to.
02/24/09
How about Trollop of the fucking year. I don't screw around.
02/24/09
Letterman's response: "That's great. Now I can have all my music with me and still listen to the same crappy 5 songs over and over." That response perfectly summed up one view of the I-pod.
Gates also demonstrated XP's ability to use a CD-ROM drive to toast waffles.
02/24/09
02/24/09
Apple's only real competitor for mp3 players was Creative, who took the bold step of not advertising their players at all except for in PC Magazine. And Sony decided that the future of the Walkman brand was in MiniDisc. Two companies that not only shot themselves in the foot, but then proceeded to hack off their legs.
I still don't know why Sony didn't put out an mp3 player in 2004. It would have coincided with the 25th anniversary of the Walkman. The ad copy writes itself:
Walkman: The First Name In Music.
History is littered with the corpses of lost opportunity.
02/24/09
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02/24/09
"iPod", it really isn't that difficult to get right.
02/24/09
02/24/09
Wtf? I mean don't get me wrong, the guy's funny and all, but man his crowd seems a little dumb. A lot of the time he makes political jokes and it takes them a good 5-10 seconds to start laughing, and even then I'm not sure they fully understand his joke.
// not trying to troll, just had to say that lol
02/24/09
02/24/09
lol this is like when I found out that America's Funniest Home Videos actually PAID people to be in the audience and laugh. I knew people couldn't seriously find Bob Saget and the other guy on AFV that funny.
02/24/09
It's probably the fact that the audience is filled with folks who are major fans! Fans who are ticked to be there and to hear anything he has to say.
Pretty normal really.
Look at any live audience show.
The people making the show actually WANT that.
I like the show but I don't go out of my way to catch it, though he does seem spot on regarding many things and is quite funny.
02/24/09
02/24/09
*practices laughing* hahaha...bwahaha...phwahahah...
hmmm... how much for chortling, that's about all I can muster. Now, if I could just get paid for hem and hawing... I'm grade a black belt in that discipline.