Comments on: How I Spent My Snow Day http://www.robertswartwood.com/the-silver-ring/how-i-spent-my-snow-day/ Occasional News, Insights, Rants, and Other Miscellaneous Stuff Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:36:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Robert Swartwood http://www.robertswartwood.com/the-silver-ring/how-i-spent-my-snow-day/#comment-764 Robert Swartwood Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:20:21 +0000 http://www.robertswartwood.com/?p=900#comment-764 Aaron - as cheesy as it sounds, but I would rather have a lot of readers than money right now. Ryan - I'm assuming your professor was an old guy stuck in the ways of tradition? Sure, there's something nice in the actual experience of holding a printed page, but at the same time the important thing (in my opinion, at least) is the content. If you can read the same words on your cell phone or ereader as you could in a book, then what really is lost? Just because you don't read it in a book doesn't mean you don't enjoy it or understand it the same, right? And Aldiko won't work with the iPod Touch or iPhone, only Android phones. But the Stanza reader is the same thing and can open epub files, which you can also download at Smashwords. Hope you enjoy it. Aaron – as cheesy as it sounds, but I would rather have a lot of readers than money right now.

Ryan – I’m assuming your professor was an old guy stuck in the ways of tradition? Sure, there’s something nice in the actual experience of holding a printed page, but at the same time the important thing (in my opinion, at least) is the content. If you can read the same words on your cell phone or ereader as you could in a book, then what really is lost? Just because you don’t read it in a book doesn’t mean you don’t enjoy it or understand it the same, right?

And Aldiko won’t work with the iPod Touch or iPhone, only Android phones. But the Stanza reader is the same thing and can open epub files, which you can also download at Smashwords. Hope you enjoy it.

]]> By: Ryan White http://www.robertswartwood.com/the-silver-ring/how-i-spent-my-snow-day/#comment-763 Ryan White Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:03:32 +0000 http://www.robertswartwood.com/?p=900#comment-763 I remember the silver ring from high school! I look forward to reading the new version. I went kind of ereader crazy, I have the stanza, wattpad, BeamItDown, and kindle apps. I'll have to try Aldiko. It's something I think about actually... I do most of reading on my ipod touch these days. I suppose it counts for something that at least I'm reading, but am I losing part of the experience? I had an English professor a semester or two ago who I deeply respected. He had us read the New York Times every day for class, and one of his requirements was that we not use an online version, but a physical newspaper that we could feel, smell, and turn it's pages. Ultimately, I think the content of whatever you are reading is more important than format, but as I mentioned, there are opposing views. What are your thoughts? I remember the silver ring from high school! I look forward to reading the new version. I went kind of ereader crazy, I have the stanza, wattpad, BeamItDown, and kindle apps. I’ll have to try Aldiko. It’s something I think about actually… I do most of reading on my ipod touch these days. I suppose it counts for something that at least I’m reading, but am I losing part of the experience? I had an English professor a semester or two ago who I deeply respected. He had us read the New York Times every day for class, and one of his requirements was that we not use an online version, but a physical newspaper that we could feel, smell, and turn it’s pages. Ultimately, I think the content of whatever you are reading is more important than format, but as I mentioned, there are opposing views. What are your thoughts?

]]> By: Aaron Polson http://www.robertswartwood.com/the-silver-ring/how-i-spent-my-snow-day/#comment-762 Aaron Polson Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:14:35 +0000 http://www.robertswartwood.com/?p=900#comment-762 A noble experiment, Robert. I'm firmly in your camp in regards to readers vs. money. It's a game of patience at this stage. A noble experiment, Robert. I’m firmly in your camp in regards to readers vs. money. It’s a game of patience at this stage.

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