tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863889655787695005.post7983779828829400072..comments2023-11-14T18:39:04.624-07:00Comments on James LaRue - myliblog: Does the Brain Like E-books?Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759880634583081097noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863889655787695005.post-89584300288604775462009-10-20T14:37:19.369-07:002009-10-20T14:37:19.369-07:00I find it interesting that these two quotes could ...I find it interesting that these two quotes could be put in dialogue.<br />I instinctively agree with the second one, but I'm a little perplexed by the first for that very reason. Electronic media and their "social" and "interactive" functions are so active! Ebooks' access to the dictionary is so much easier than I find myself using it more often and more liberally; I also find that I take more notes, as they can be inserted within the text easily, and without "defacing" the book/ annoying the next reader.<br />And if we extend the discussion to electronic texts such as blog post, surely they actively engage their reader (perhaps even too much, putting us straight into that reaction/ commenting mindframe, before we've pondered everything there was to think about).<br />I'm all for best thought and research, though!Polyreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14088198674883640036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863889655787695005.post-26053044419704376722009-10-19T12:26:33.022-07:002009-10-19T12:26:33.022-07:00The second quote is very much true... I observe it...The second quote is very much true... I observe it on myself. I can get lost in a book and read it until the small hours of night/morning. I can get lost on the internet in a similar way, but never reading one and the same thing, I need to keep switching between them.<br />And I also feel learning is much easier from paper.<br />Besides (mind, I haven't read the essays yet, so I don't know what they're arguing) there's nothing like the simple pleasure of turning the pages and later remembering that this was on the bottom of the left hand page and that in the middle of the right-hand page...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com