Amazon's Kindle, and trading purchasing content for leasing content, and what that has meant and means for libraries and for individuals.
Walshe, Emily. "Kindle e-Reader: A Trojan Horse for Free Thought." The Christian Science Monitor. 18 Mar. 2009. The Christian Science Monitor. 24 Mar. 2009. http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0318/p09s01-coop.html
I saw this guy's car when I was driving into work today, and thought of all those "hound mounds" in my own yard...
"Pooper Scooper Service - Minneapolis Saint Paul Twin Cities..." HoundMounds.com [2009?] HoundMounds.com. 24 Mar. 2009. http://www.houndmounds.com/local_franchise_minnesota_minneapolis_stpaul.shtml
I was listening to a podcast of the 2nd hour of the Thom Hartmann Show from yesterday, and he had Dr. Richard Silbesrstein, who is a neuroscientist, on his show. They were talking about a soon-to-be-published study Dr. Silbesrstein conducted that loo
ks at brain structure and activity, and the links between how the brains work of people who have ADHD and ADD (the attention element) and how the brains of creative people work. If you or someone around you has ADHD or ADD, this is interesting stuff. They also discuss how traditional learning methods often don't work for those people. As I've gotten older, I've identified attention as something I struggle with. I have to manage my focus every day, and I see it in my younger son as well.Hartmann, Thom "Interview with Dr. Richard Silbesrstein." The Thom Hartmann Show. Podcast. 23 Mar. 2009, 2nd hour. AM 620 KPOJ: Portland's Progressive Talk Station. 24 Mar. 2009. http://www.620kpoj.com/cc-common/podcast.html
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Thanks for posting the Kindle article. I have been flip flopping over whether to purchase one. I like the idea of traveling with a device the width of a pencil that encapsulates several good reads in under 11 ounces but have been concerned as to what happens if it malfunctions? I don't own the book, what if the Kindle needs repair or replacement? Paper doesn't cost hundreds to repair and can be given as a gift to someone, at least paper can be patched with .005 cent piece of tape. I like the greater question put forth to the readers: what happens next if books are left to the way side?
ReplyDeleteThis commentary seemed to boil down a lot of my thoughts about Kindle and other digital readers with the access versus control dilemma. It really is great to have easy access to so many different things but I just have a problem with the ownership of it.
ReplyDeleteVery interested in listening to the Hartmann ADD/ADHD segment. The book looks good too. My daughter has ADD, I find myself using tools she's learned and think I may need more. How different people process information is also just plain interesting.
I think I have seen something somewhere about the "Hounds Mounds", or someone else who offers a similar service - maybe I'm thinking of "Doody Calls". :)
@margothere: I think I've seen "Doody Calls," too. :-)
ReplyDeleteMore on Kindle: some academic libraries are using Kindle for popular fiction collections. They catalog the Kindle itself, and then add author/title access points to the catalog record to identify works held on the Kindle (downloaded books are associated with a single machine in Amazon.com's system). One of our librarians just returned from a conference where this idea was presented. Kinda clever, I think.