Comments on: Take it with you http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/06/19/take-it-with-you/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:40:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: J. Martinez http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/06/19/take-it-with-you/#comment-406026 J. Martinez Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:49:52 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/06/19/take-it-with-you/#comment-406026 I just received my Kindle 2 and had some concerns about the viewing area and size of the text. I have an "eye issue" and noticed it was getting harder to read books. The Kindle solved that problem in a flash. It is so much easier to read than a paper page and you can adjust the font size as needed. For older readers, I think this would be the answer to any reading problems. Great item!! I just received my Kindle 2 and had some concerns about the viewing area and size of the text. I have an “eye issue” and noticed it was getting harder to read books. The Kindle solved that problem in a flash. It is so much easier to read than a paper page and you can adjust the font size as needed. For older readers, I think this would be the answer to any reading problems. Great item!!

]]> By: Nico Flores http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/06/19/take-it-with-you/#comment-74745 Nico Flores Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:12:21 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/06/19/take-it-with-you/#comment-74745 I like the idea and suspect it will fly. The practice is not a radical innovation. It builds on--is in fact just a new instance of--a series of existing practices: printing something for the commute, reading the news on the tube, reading the news on paper, reading evening papers, checking the news on the web before going home, etc. But it improves on them by offering the up-to-the-minute freshness that only on the web can offer, on the go, without gadgets. And for the Guardian's substantial US audiences, this will be their only way of getting a printed, typeset copy of the paper. I like the idea and suspect it will fly. The practice is not a radical innovation. It builds on–is in fact just a new instance of–a series of existing practices: printing something for the commute, reading the news on the tube, reading the news on paper, reading evening papers, checking the news on the web before going home, etc. But it improves on them by offering the up-to-the-minute freshness that only on the web can offer, on the go, without gadgets. And for the Guardian’s substantial US audiences, this will be their only way of getting a printed, typeset copy of the paper.

]]> By: Will Pollard http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/06/19/take-it-with-you/#comment-74332 Will Pollard Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:29:48 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/06/19/take-it-with-you/#comment-74332 Could someone explain more about YOYO and WITT? Maybe it is an American thing, hard to understand here in the UK. The Guardian seems to have concluded that online is for free, funded by advertising. They rarely promote the subscription option on the digital edition of the full print content. Maybe the numbers are too disappointing. Maybe they worry the demand for print could vanish entirely. So if print has to be free, buy your own ink. I think it is a Blues Brothers movie where somebody asks 'what do want for nothing? a rubber biscuit?' what was that about? Could someone explain more about YOYO and WITT? Maybe it is an American thing, hard to understand here in the UK.

The Guardian seems to have concluded that online is for free, funded by advertising. They rarely promote the subscription option on the digital edition of the full print content. Maybe the numbers are too disappointing. Maybe they worry the demand for print could vanish entirely.

So if print has to be free, buy your own ink.

I think it is a Blues Brothers movie where somebody asks ‘what do want for nothing? a rubber biscuit?’ what was that about?

]]> By: Eoin Purcell’s Blog » Blog Archive » The Guardian Brings e-news one step closer http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/06/19/take-it-with-you/#comment-74202 Eoin Purcell’s Blog » Blog Archive » The Guardian Brings e-news one step closer Tue, 20 Jun 2006 07:43:23 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/06/19/take-it-with-you/#comment-74202 [...] Update: Jeff Jarvis wonders over two posts about the moves by the Guardian and Times to move into the US and their return to paper. Posted by eoinpurcell Filed in Publishing, Media & News, Tech & Web stuff, Future of Publishing [...] [...] Update: Jeff Jarvis wonders over two posts about the moves by the Guardian and Times to move into the US and their return to paper. Posted by eoinpurcell Filed in Publishing, Media & News, Tech & Web stuff, Future of Publishing [...]

]]> By: Robert Feinman http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/06/19/take-it-with-you/#comment-73876 Robert Feinman Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:49:36 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/06/19/take-it-with-you/#comment-73876 This is a makeshift solution because electronic books have yet to develop. Jared Bernstein has a new book out where he coins(?) the acronyms YOYO (you're on your own) and WITT (where in this together). He means the followers of the Reagan era, but it seems to fit. Making readers print their own copies is the ultimate YOYO theme. This is a makeshift solution because electronic books have yet to develop.

Jared Bernstein has a new book out where he coins(?) the acronyms YOYO (you’re on your own) and WITT (where in this together). He means the followers of the Reagan era, but it seems to fit.

Making readers print their own copies is the ultimate YOYO theme.

]]> By: Shawn Levasseur http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/06/19/take-it-with-you/#comment-73729 Shawn Levasseur Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:19:24 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/06/19/take-it-with-you/#comment-73729 10 seconds??? Wow. I had no idea my RSS reader was so quick. 10 seconds??? Wow. I had no idea my RSS reader was so quick.

]]> By: BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Back to paper http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/06/19/take-it-with-you/#comment-73728 BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Back to paper Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:19:08 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/06/19/take-it-with-you/#comment-73728 [...] « Take it with you [...] [...] « Take it with you [...]

]]> By: Shawn Levasseur http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/06/19/take-it-with-you/#comment-73656 Shawn Levasseur Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:55:17 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/06/19/take-it-with-you/#comment-73656 Adobe Acrobat will shrink or enlarge the page to fit whatever size paper you are using. I think that Preview on the Mac will do the same thing. Adobe Acrobat will shrink or enlarge the page to fit whatever size paper you are using. I think that Preview on the Mac will do the same thing.

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