[Sigia-l] The art of reading

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> On Jun 28, 2005, at 1:36 AM, Listera wrote:
>
> How the Web changes your reading habits
> <http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0623/p13s02-stin.html>
  I'm glad you mentioned this.  I'd seen it earlier and thought it  
was a good read.  I didn't think much of the tech they noted, but  
it's a good question since I think the web has changed my reading  
habits much.


> The reading experience online "should be better than on paper," Chi  
> says.
>

This point I do like, though I'm not too sure how that will unfold.   
I wonder if it could be something like the way iTunes is changing the  
way the music industry works.  Books could become smaller and more  
malleable.  Who knows..


> Is this a good thing? How far should we go in *directing* how  
> people read?
> How far do we go in "engineering" reading experience?
>

There was a time I was the traditionalist and would say a book is a  
book and I have to hold it in my hands.  But after long being a fan  
of O'Reilly's Safari online books, I've been reformed.

Maybe it's not so much directing or engineering the reading  
experience so much as changing it for or even catering to the reader.

-dg