fiction files redux discussion

One of the design websites/blogs I follow for work recently had one of the best explanations of real books and book design that I've yet to stumble across.

Check it out: http://designinformer.smashingmagazin...

It is in this article that I've found the most damning argument against ebooks. I am not necessarily anti-ebook. I own a Kindle but hardly ever use it(and have never purchased an ebook from amazon).

I've said it before and I say it again: you're so totally an information designer/user experience person. This is the kind of thing I think about all the time -- design is about emotional connection, not just ease of use, or portability, or coolness.

I have a Kindle. It sits unused. The closest thing to online reading I do is NPR and NY Times on my iPhone.

Hey, wait. We have the same birthday, don't we. :)

You might be right, in fact it's the one thing I'd consider changing careers for. I've been doing some usability testing on the library's website this past week and it has been disturbingly fun.

I have some digital subscriptions to magazines on my ipad. But I have hardly read any of them. A complete waste of money. Should have stuck to print ones.

And yes, I do believe we have the same birthday!