Showing posts with label Tech Talk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tech Talk. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Hard Copy or eReader?
8:00 AM | Posted by
Anonymous |
Or have you gone to the technological side and got yourself a Nook or a Kindle? Any sort of eReader at all?
I can't decide. I love my books. But believe me, I'd have a lot more space in various rooms of my home if I had less of them. And I'd never have to leave my house to buy the latest title that sparks my interest. AND I could carry more than one book at a time with me when I travel (not that that's frequent or anything - but still) and switch it around if I wanted to without worrying.
And no more tearing ads out of magazines to create bookmarks. That would be nice. You know the kind? The little tear outs that are in every magazine? Oh, and magazines! I could subscribe to more and not worry about how quickly I read them and whether or not I'll be able to recycle all those pages well enough to feel a little bit greener.
But I would totally miss the page by page feel. I would totally miss how a book feels in my hands. The weight of it. The smell of it, even. I would miss living in the bookstore like I normally do. More than once a month we head there to take our daughter to play with the trains at Barnes and Noble.
But see, there's another concern. Kindle or Nook? I live off Barnes and Noble, ALWAYS. But I am saving the Amazon giftcards that I have been getting through Swagbucks so I can buy one [a Kindle] for practically nothing. Sort of.
So what do I do? What did you do?
Fill me in on why you switched to an eReader, or why you think you never will. And I'll just keep reading. And reading. And - well - you get the idea!
Happy Reading -- however you do it!
Originally posted on the TriangleMommies blog on 5/7/11
Andrea is a SAHM who blogs about her everyday life, motherhood and more over at http://goodgirlgoneredneck.blogspot.com
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Saturday, June 11, 2011
Printed vs digital photos
In this ever electronic world where every device we own is hooked up, plugged in, or linked to something else. I often wonder what to do about photos. It used to be you took a bunch of pictures, got the film processed and then saw what, if anything, turned out. Often you’d get funny stories about people always having their eyes closed, that crazed look on Grandma’s face or how a child chose that moment to pick their nose. Now with digital we know just how it turns out. We take a picture and can instantly see how it looks. We can decide if the pose or lighting was wrong. So then we can delete it and take another. I often feel we lose the stories behind the pictures other than “it took FOREVER to get the right shot”. Then there’s the dilemma of what to do now that you’ve taken the picture. Do you simply put it on your computer? Burn a disc? Maybe you print a few favorites? Or are you a creative type that takes the time and patience to create an on-line scrapbook or order a printed story book?
I love the feel of a printed image in my hand. I like being able to study each part of it and experience it on a different level than you do on a screen. I often think it’s more intimate when printed. I admit I’ve taken so many digital pictures and printed none of them! Why? To quote a favorite movie, “I could no sooner choose a favorite star in the heavens.”- Ever After. That, and I admit, I have so little time. I’m too busy taking the pictures, experiencing the moments with my children. Although I’m sure one day, when my kids are more independent and self-reliant I will sit down and sort through the discs I have burned and the back-ups I have made and chose those favorite moments that took forever to capture and have them printed. Maybe I’ll find a treasure or two that tells a funny story about the time the cat walked in front of the camera, a child lunged to get away, or someone sneezed at just the wrong moment. I’ll be sure to print those too.
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