http://www.freelinereport.com/freeline-11-12-09/ Web 2.0 in 2/0 Minutes Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:20:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.freelinereport.com/freeline-11-12-09/comment-page-1/#comment-2847 Anonymous Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:46:28 +0000 http://www.freelinereport.com/?p=1358#comment-2847 I consider myself a reader, and there is no debate that a real book beats its electronic alternate any time... but we all know that in (sorry to sound cliche) 'todays world', if given the option of lugging oneself to a book store or -gasp- a library to carefully hand select the item of choice, versus having that (virtually) same product appear magically without having to move more than a few finger joints, the consumer will very likely pick the latter. Certainly not the same experience, I am sure, but convenience and speed and instant gratification are priorities that are here to stay. Recently, I succombed to the (self-imposed) pressure of not finishing a book-club book in time, and checked out the cd-version from the local library to listen to during my commute. Never having done that before, I did not have high hopes for enjoyment. I was happily surprised to find that I was just as captivated by the story while sitting, listening in my car in the Target parking lot, as I would have been in my own living room. Perhaps the Kindle would surprise me as well... I consider myself a reader, and there is no debate that a real book beats its electronic alternate any time… but we all know that in (sorry to sound cliche) ‘todays world’, if given the option of lugging oneself to a book store or -gasp- a library to carefully hand select the item of choice, versus having that (virtually) same product appear magically without having to move more than a few finger joints, the consumer will very likely pick the latter. Certainly not the same experience, I am sure, but convenience and speed and instant gratification are priorities that are here to stay.
Recently, I succombed to the (self-imposed) pressure of not finishing a book-club book in time, and checked out the cd-version from the local library to listen to during my commute. Never having done that before, I did not have high hopes for enjoyment. I was happily surprised to find that I was just as captivated by the story while sitting, listening in my car in the Target parking lot, as I would have been in my own living room. Perhaps the Kindle would surprise me as well…

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