Content is king (but medium is prince regent)
20 September 2009 @ 21:38 in Life
My wishlist is filled with books I want to buy, but I
don’t want to buy them until I own a Kindle. (I can’t
really articulate why; it just feels that way. Partly
it’s a love of the tech, partly it’s that I’m
becoming increasingly frustrated with the book as a
medium; too bulky, too limited, and too wasteful of
resources all along the manufacture and distribution
process.)
But it’s an odd experience, to deny myself stories and knowledge until a new format arrives. Wonder if anyone ever thought “No, I don’t want to hear the troubadour recount the latest must-hear tale; I want to wait till I can read it in one of these book things. They have so many advantages over the old oral tradition.”
But it’s an odd experience, to deny myself stories and knowledge until a new format arrives. Wonder if anyone ever thought “No, I don’t want to hear the troubadour recount the latest must-hear tale; I want to wait till I can read it in one of these book things. They have so many advantages over the old oral tradition.”
