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Offboard, a new email friend tells me just now:
"Danny, what a great question!
How about the obvious: E-READING? That probably says it all, and the word
contains the question -- Is e-reading really reading? Or is it something
neurologically different (which, I think, we all suspect it is).
We already use the word "e-learning," and that's been helpful. I mean, taking
an "e-learning" course, or an online course, isn't exactly like going to
a live university classroom, is it? It's fine, and I'd like to do more of it -- but it isn't going
to put classrooms out of business. So why not use e-reading, too?
I'd love to disagree with you, Danny. But I can't do it. My brain processes
words on paper in a particular way .......and processes them on-screen in an
entirely different way. E-reading, for me, is a way to instantly simulate
Attention Deficit Disorder. My brain goes into the shut-down mode, and I
can't do anything about it. I get the equivalent of a blue-screen, and I'm
out. [Strangely, audio books do the same thing. ]
I'm a paper addict
(seriously), and I'm wondering whether I would ever be able to transfer that
addiction (not that you'd want to, but I'm just saying....) to any other
mechanism for packaging entertainment or information."
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