Norman Dunbar wrote, on 20/Mar/13 12:31 | Mar20:
Hi Geoff,
On 20/03/13 12:26, Geoff Wicks wrote:
Why do we have to think in terms of a magazine?
Good point. Maybe because we are discussing a replacement for a magazine
perhaps?
What's wrong with a (simple) rolling website?
I cannot read a web site when I'm on a train or a plane. Nor can I read
it when I'm in the bath - which is actually where I do most of my
reading these days! :-)
Also, Dilwyn has complained many times about the speed of his broadband
link, so people who have less than speedy internet connections may have
a problem. I agree that that applies to downloading PDFs as well,
obviously.
I love books and magazines, paper will never die I'm afraid, no matter
how much we think we might want it to.
The British Museum thought that digitising its collection would be the
answer for historians. They now find they simply cannot keep the data
up to date with changing technology.
Paper although seemingly fragile, remains readable after centuries, and
maybe millenia - floods, earthquakes and all. Not fire! Digital data
is far too fragile and hardware specific.
Microfilm and microfiche are better than digitising.
The transcripts of Nelson Mandela's trial were only on a specialised
recording roll. To play them, the recorder had to be re-manufactured.
Paper is readable by anyone anytime anywhere.
I am with Norman.
I got a 'free' sub to the Sunday Times Ipad version when I subscribed
for the paper copies. I have given up even downloading it. It is *much*
easier and more relaxing to read paper.
Digitized versions are best for reference only.
My DocBook stuff, a seriously bad way to create a magazine I admit, but
it can be used to create a web site and a PDF (and may other formats
including ePub) from the same source file.
Tony
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