So I read a book on my phone this week.<\/p>\n
Just typing it makes it seem like the future, doesn’t it? I mean, seriously, I read a BOOK on my PHONE. The flying cars must be next!<\/p>\n
The book was Little Brother<\/i>, by Cory Doctorow of bing bong fame. It’s a YA terrorismtechnotyranny kind of thing, an enjoyable and compelling read. Because he’s all open source in the hizzouse, you can download it<\/a> and read it for free. Also because he’s a widely published writer who already has a roomful of money. JOKING! Sort of.<\/p>\n But see, here’s the thing. There’s a lot from the internets that I could be downloading and reading. I mean, practically every journal article I read these days is a PDF. And there’s tons of fiction that’s out of copyright out there, too.<\/p>\n But I don’t. Why? Well, for work\/research stuff, it’s because I need to be able to jot down marginal notes (though, to be honest, they are often along the lines of “right on!” or “that’s stupid!”). But the real reason is that it’s just not that fun to read big fat chunks of text on a computer. Esp. when you sit in front of a computer for much of the day.<\/p>\n