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Originally Posted by barryem
I wish I'd had a Kindle when I was a kid. Back then, though, even paperbacks were new technology. 
I was that kid who always had a paperback in my hip pocket.
I remember thinking how cool it would be to have a thin flat panel for reading. I even did sketches of that. At the top was a scroll wheel and another one at the bottom. Just give it a few twists and you're on the next page. Too bad I didn't pursue it. My name might be Jeff Bezos today.
Computers, phones, the internet, intelligent devices, etc all get talked about a lot in the media but in my life ereaders are the brightest change.
Barry |
When I was a kid in the 70s-80s (I'm 50 now) I remember these hand held stand-alone video games that kids on the school bus used to show off. I remember being laughed at for suggesting, "wouldn't it be cool to have something portable you could hold in your hand and watch something like tv shows?". My peers were unrestrained in the names they called me.
I now have watched at least a dozen things from Netflix that I've downloaded on my 5 inch phone :P ... while commuting on metro.
I am delighted that my daughter is an adult in an age where technology is not entirely inaccessible, and books can be obtained and borrowed rather easily.
Even the borrowing of physical books has become easier due to technology. I can place holds by logging into my library's website. Love it.