[Insert maniacal laughter here] I find a sense of shadenfreude in this New Republic article about reading. The person being interviewed has been gathering evidence, other than anecdotal, about reading and the use of electronic books versus paper (or "traditional") books.
Turns out that there seems to be a host of component factors to reading that are unsatisfied by reading on a screen. There has been a slowing of ebook sales in the past 5-6 quarters that have puzzled publishers, pundits, and others alike. Why haven't ebooks continued their meteoric rise?
I've wondered about this before and it's good to see someone look at this issue with a certain amount of diligence. I've always thought, with nothing empirical to back it up, that people become distracted when using a device to read versus a paper book. As the article above states, the book provides immediate feedback AND you can't just "quickly" check Facebook.
Anyway, maybe it will turn out that "I told you so" and ebooks will be just another medium for delivering information. They have shortcomings and strengths just like any other medium. To me, it makes sense that ebooks will fill the needs better than paper for some purposes and vice versa. And the best part is that libraries will still be here to help you find what you need. [Insert more maniacal laughter].
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Time for a new look...
Does this happen to everyone? One day you look at something you've seen everyday and decide, "You know what? It's time to spruce this up!"
I've reached that day with this blog. I think it is time to try a new look. As much as I like the clean white, it has become a little stale. I've played around with the Blogger HTML5 templates and I really like a couple of them. I set up the "flipcard" template for use with our new staff/patron book review site and it looks great since there is jacket art for each flip card.
I think for this blog, I'd rather use the "sidebar" template because I don't always have a nice photo to accompany my ramblings...although maybe that would be a good challenge for me. Anyway, there's a listing down the side (surprise!) and the main body of the post appears on the right. These templates use the latest whiz-bang stuff: HTML5, CSS3, and Ajax to allow fast switching between posts and much more rapid image loading, etc.
Just so I have something by which to remember the old look:
As an aside, while I was looking for something new for this blog, I did a Google image search for "sample blog styles" and this was the 6th image in the list:
Anyway, the look may change again if I try this one out for a while and it doesn't suit me. Let me know what you think.
Thank you for reading!
I've reached that day with this blog. I think it is time to try a new look. As much as I like the clean white, it has become a little stale. I've played around with the Blogger HTML5 templates and I really like a couple of them. I set up the "flipcard" template for use with our new staff/patron book review site and it looks great since there is jacket art for each flip card.
I think for this blog, I'd rather use the "sidebar" template because I don't always have a nice photo to accompany my ramblings...although maybe that would be a good challenge for me. Anyway, there's a listing down the side (surprise!) and the main body of the post appears on the right. These templates use the latest whiz-bang stuff: HTML5, CSS3, and Ajax to allow fast switching between posts and much more rapid image loading, etc.
Just so I have something by which to remember the old look:
As an aside, while I was looking for something new for this blog, I did a Google image search for "sample blog styles" and this was the 6th image in the list:
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| Bloggers like a nice pint of Porter? |
Anyway, the look may change again if I try this one out for a while and it doesn't suit me. Let me know what you think.
Thank you for reading!
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